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what's the range of Revenue all this

does over 600 million a year

yeah basements meet Larry janeski the

blue color billionaire he has built one

of the largest and most successful

basement repair companies in America

he's invented revolutionary products

that Millions use across their home he

has a portfolio of blue colar businesses

making $650 million a year and he's

achieved this all while working less

than the average CEO if you you have to

work 70 hours a week you're doing it

wrong so today we're finding out what it

takes to build a billion dooll bluecolor

Empire you've been running this for 40

years well I started when I was 17 and

how much did you make your first year I

made you know $188,000 maybe I don't

know I got a call when I was 18 years

old you know can you build a house for

me yeah but I'm 18 years old so if

that's a problem let me know in six

weeks me my friend who was 17 years old

and my younger brother who was 14 years

old on summer vacation the three of us

you can't make this up we built the

house and then when we were done the guy

next door comes over says can you build

mine and then we built his and the guy

on the other side comes over can you

build mine and that's it I was Off to

the Races how does it feel when I say

the phrase blue color billionaire you

know it might be surprising to you but

you know hello you know in before you

know whatever 1990 we didn't have

computers and they were

people that did well before then okay so

Tech isn't the only way to make money

okay you know you go to the store you

buy groceries you go to a mall and you

have all this retail but you know the

cool thing is about working with your

hands is that you can never be replaced

by AI Amazon's not going to take over

your job is not going to be offshore to

India or anywhere else right nobody can

go in to a a homeowner and fix their

basement you know from Amazon or from

India or no robot is ever going to fix a

crawl space it's just not going to

happen right we need guys who are

willing to get dirty they know how to do

what to do and why they're there and

that's what we do these guys are real

men okay you would see what these guys

do you would not believe it you would

not believe what these guys do what do

you mean the work that they do how hard

work it is crawl space work we go into

crawl spaces that are this high and they

got dead mind and and snake skins and

bugs and it's all mud under there and

they crawl in there when they leave at

the end of the day the customer could

crawl in their in their pajamas and

slide around and these guys go into

these very difficult environments every

single day and they make a an incredibly

almost impossible job look easy and we

pay them very very well what's the range

of salary someone these guys make over

$100,000 a year because they earn it

it's hard to see this here but he who

works with his hands is a laborer he who

works with his hands and his head is a

Craftsman he who works with his hands

his head and his heart is an artist from

making $188,000 Building Homes to owning

a $600 million a year business I had to

find out what Larry's secret is that's a

big jump from here to $600 million a

year like did just you started hey I'm

just going to do basements and and just

the demand was there it's been 40 years

okay come on we didn't make a big jump

we made a lot of little ones there's a

lot of business people are looking for

the quick hit right I'm going to start

this business I'm going to sell it in 3

years right you're going in it with the

wrong mindset to begin with my doctor

energy saer business I went $5.5 million

in the hole with no end to the losses in

sight and then my partner quit and sued

me so what do I do do I quit no I kept

going 11 years later I made $1 today

it's very profitable we're making houses

more comfortable more energy efficient

they burn less fossil fuels and

electricity and they're less expensive

to own I've had a great positive

environmental impact on the world

because I didn't quit do you have

regrets about working too much and was

all this worth

that I'm glad you ask because I don't

want people to think that I was the

classic story of The Busy business guy

who was married to his business and

worked so much and and ignored his

family that is EXA not the issue and I

haven't worked the weekend in 30 years

if you have to work 70 hours a week

you're doing it wrong you cannot ignore

your family you cannot ignore you know

having some fun in the beginning you

think it's about making money you think

it's about making a lot of money right I

think that a lot of business owners

don't stick with it long enough to

realize what it's really about and it's

not about the money I I don't get my

self-esteem from how much money I make I

get it from those people right from them

looking at me and saying I trust you at

your funeral nobody's going to say oh we

had so much money they don't care it's

the relationships and the good that

you've done the footprint did you leave

the world better than when you found it

that's what it's about I've been working

hard on my upcoming book million dooll

weekend which is coming out early 2024

stay tuned looking through my notes I

found a lost chapter that is not in the

final book very m my serious it reveals

things like how to double your income

without any new customer how to create

complimentary products to generate more

income one solar preneur did this and

made an extra

$340,000 how to optimize pricing

strategy and maximize profits and more

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right back to the video a huge part of

Larry's success that he downplayed in

his early career was how serious he took

having a positive mindset you got a lot

of your education through motivational

tapes you got a lot of your learnings

early on I discovered n g Conan audio

programs when I was 19 and it changed my

life and I would listen to cassette

tapes driving around in my truck and my

friends would make fun of me you know

listen to all that motivational crap and

stuffff so I kind of hit it from them

for a long time you know but I wear

those things out yeah Brian Tracy and

Earl Nightingale you know he's like a

father to me you know and now it comes

full circle as Larry has created his own

motivational tapes to inspire others on

their Journey some people say I can't be

successful because I'm not

talented

really I don't believe that now was time

for Larry to give me a tour of his $13

million office and as he was taking me

through we met a few of his employees

and I was blown away by how loyal they

are to Larry Michael how long you've

been here 9 years November 14 all right

9 years November 14th Sue how long

you've been here almost 20 years yeah

how long you've been here 16 years 16

years how long youve been

here going to be 21 years what makes you

want to

stay oh the people just whole atmosphere

of the company the thing I I don't

understand Larry how are you so

calm there's a saying flows uphill all

the problems that no one else could

solve go up to the leader I don't get

those problems my phone doesn't ring uh

and it's on right now I didn't turn it

off because I have good people so you

need to create a team a great team of

people who stay if you have continual

turnover nobody gets good at what

they're doing right and then you're

constantly rebuilding your company you

know if you turn everybody over every 24

months you have a brand new company

every 24 months you can never get

traction you're going to go for a ride

on the world's slowest elevator no come

on how did you learn your initial skills

I I went to a Technical High School a

Regional Vocational Technical High

School I chose carpentry yeah so I

wasn't afraid to cut wood and nail it

together so this is marketing so they

generate you know 15,000 leads a

year if ftim gets a a lead from the

internet she's calling within 60 seconds

I just want to see the Google reviews

this is just so good this is like so

well run let's see what the customers

say 3 days ago five

stars added a full bathroom to my

basement Tech professionals came on time

high quality work they put in a basement

to dehumidifier system so all this is uh

displays of different products that we

that we either manufacture or uh

distribute to our our dealers um I

invented most of our key products for

basement waterproofing and crawl spaces

I have 32 patents can you show us some

of those products yeah this is a

dehumidifier that my son designed um

this is the most efficient high

performance dehumidifier in the world my

son also developed the world's best air

purifier he built this

room that we would fill with smoke and

watch it clear the

air and uh we have videos on it to to

prove that this is the world's best air

purifier we set up lasers in here so you

could see the smoke and uh we put every

competitive air purifier in here and did

the same test and you could see the

smoke go right through it with your own

eyes so this is Boom toown this is the

1880s mining town theme so this is the

Boomtown mine and this is what the

miners would have oh wow been going

after there

that's cool that's cool plus this is

your stuff too no uh this is foam yeah

so I sprayed the foam and pushed them in

yeah so we we built all this you know

designed and built the whole thing you

know we're contractors right so that's

like I'm so over Tech this tech company

suck dude I'm get I'm getting dirty my

hands messy so this is a vintage

industrial space and all the desks are

like 100y old oak desks and you know all

this stuff is most of all this stuff

including light fixtures is you know

from old factories and stuff this is a

sculpture of the business Machine model

all my dealers walk in here they know

what that is and and it actually

operates this was from Grand Central

Station literally mailbox is from Grand

Central Station this year when someone

says Blue Collar what does that how does

that make you feel or what do you think

when you hear that for me I've always

been blue collar I I don't think of it

that way I don't think that white collar

is any better I mean you could have a

guy who's a billionaire but uh if his

foundation's messed up who are you going

to call now

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
revenue /ˈrɛvəˌnuː/ B2	noun - income generated from normal business operations
billionaire /ˌbɪljəˈnɛər/ C1	noun - a person whose wealth is at least one billion units of currency
invented /ɪnˈvɛntɪd/ B2	verb - to create or design something that did not exist before
portfolio /pɔːrtˈfoʊlioʊ/ B2	noun - a collection of investments or business holdings
achieved /əˈtʃiːvd/ B2	verb - successfully reached a desired objective or result
basement /ˈbeɪsmənt/ B1	noun - a floor of a building below ground level
running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ A2	verb - managing or operating something verb - moving quickly on foot
work /wɜːrk/ A1	verb - to perform a job or task noun - an activity involving mental or physical effort
business /ˈbɪznəs/ A2	noun - an organization or economic system where goods or services are exchanged
products /ˈprɑːdʌkts/ A2	noun - items manufactured or refined for sale
customer /ˈkʌstəmər/ A2	noun - a person or organization that buys goods or services
income /ˈɪnkʌm/ B1	noun - money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or investments
profit /ˈprɑːfɪt/ B2	noun - financial gain after all expenses have been deducted
environmental /ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntl/ B2	adjective - relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition
motivation /ˌmoʊtɪˈveɪʃən/ B2	noun - the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way
career /kəˈrɪər/ B1	noun - an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life
loyal /ˈlɔɪəl/ B1	adjective - showing firm and constant support to a person or institution