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Assertion Supported
Scudamore: Fired entire 11-person team at 1-800-GOT-JUNK over culture
“It was the day I fired my entire team. Now, literally, I didn't preserve one. There were 11 people in the company. I always say that one bad apple spoils the whole bunch, and I think I had nine out of 11 that were bad apples. Now, not bad human beings, but jus…”
Brian Scudamore Nov 29, 2022 ▶ 17:04 How the Founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK Built His $700M Empire
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Scudamore: 1-800-GOT-JUNK reached Oprah 14 months after setting the goal
“And 14 months later, we did. I was sitting there on stage in Chicago, thirty-five million viewers watching us all at the same time.”
Brian Scudamore Nov 29, 2022 ▶ 10:23 How the Founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK Built His $700M Empire
Assertion Supported
Scudamore: COO Eric Church scaled O2E brands from $100M to $700M
“Eric took the business from a hundred million to the combined family of the three brands doing seven hundred million.”
Brian Scudamore Nov 29, 2022 ▶ 42:22 How the Founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK Built His $700M Empire
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Scudamore: 1-800-GOT-JUNK began with a $700 classifieds pickup truck
“And so I went out and bought a truck. I started a company called The Rubbish Boys. It was a week after I got that idea, went on to the classifieds, found a truck, 700 bucks, boom, off I went.”
Brian Scudamore Nov 29, 2022 ▶ 4:20 How the Founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK Built His $700M Empire
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