Episode 75: Viewing Life’s Challenges as Opportunities to Improve with John Martese of On Demand Design Concepts
Episode 75: Viewing Life’s Challenges as Opportunities to Improve with John Martese of On Demand Design Concepts
From a young age, John has been overcoming what life has thrown at him. His father left at the age of 2 and he was raised by a single mother. Luckily, he had some great influences in his life like his grandparents and stepfather who helped teach him many of life’s lessons. John tells us what this experience was like and how it helped him embrace other challenges that came his way. One of those challenges was the economic crash in 2007, which led to him getting into the pool service side of the industry. John had to face a harsh reality and make many changes in his life. Years later, another health-related challenge led him to the design side of the business. You don’t want to miss this inspiring story!
We also have some great discussions about the pool service sector of the industry. We go over topics like employees, growth, downsizing, selling routes, and how adopting the word no into your vocabulary can change your business for the better. On the design side, John talks about different concepts, some of his projects, structure studios, using Instagram as a platform, and more. We hope you enjoy this episode!
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Shownotes:
1:50 John Martese Introduction
2:43 Getting into the pool industry
7:22 I thought it was the going Rate
12:03 Growing up in California
15:40 Moving every six months for years
19:07 Regretting not trying harder in school
2:18 Working at the local grocery store
27:00 Early twenties you start realizing the effort
36:12 Be there to coach and help
43:19 I have a sister!
47:15 The freedom that the pool industry brings
50:03 Build it up and sell
55:47 Craigslist ads
58:48 Thats how i met Scott Bushey
1:06:30 More successful owner operators
1:10:06 Not afraid to say no
1:16:17 Feel, felt, found
1:25:24 Still has a majority of his clients from the downturn
1:35:21 Getting into designing pools
1:40:38 First customer through instagram
1:43:59 Fixing what i did wrong to learn
1:49:20 I was never into social media
1:56:04 Anything can be built
2:03:06 What an average week looks like
2:08:45 I wish I had more knowledge when I started
2:13:08 One book one Podcast
