He attended 14 schools in 10 years and has nothing to show for it but a kindergarten diploma.
Well... a kindergarten diploma and a half-a-billion dollar company with three brands and 5000 employees across all its franchises.
His dad's impressed. At least, he's impressed now.
But when Brian Scudamore, founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK, announced he was leaving college to drive a junk truck, his father, a liver surgeon, didn't jump for joy.
On this episode of HawkeTalk, Brian discusses his journey from driving a beat-up pickup to becoming an entrepreneurial wizard.
Listen in as Brian and Erik chat about...
- Why school isn't all it's cracked up to be
- Starting a business from scratch
- Brian's big break
- What is making franchising sexy again
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