Serial entrepreneur and author Brian Scudamore has always taken the road less traveled. At just 19 years old, he pioneered the industry of professional junk removal with 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, turning a chore people avoid into an exceptional customer service experience. Then he scaled that success into two more home-service brands, WOW 1 DAY PAINTING and Shack Shine under the O2E Brands banner. His first book, WTF?! (Willing to Fail): How Failure Can Be Your Key to Success is now available on Amazon.
Brian learned the ins and outs of business by running his own and believes that anyone with a fire in their gut and a vision for doing something incredible with their future can do the same.
His philosophy, WTF (Willing To Fail), stems from his belief in the power of dreaming big, taking risks, and learning from mistakes.
Through franchising, he’s giving thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to live their dreams of business ownership.
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About O2E Brands
What is O2E Brands? It’s a new, surprising, and totally different collection of companies that take ordinary home services and make them exceptional; that’s why we’re “O2E”. We help entrepreneurial people realize their dream of business ownership, and we’re building the most innovative franchises on the market with 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, WOW 1 DAY PAINTING, and Shack Shine.
OUR STORY
Founder and CEO of O2E Brands Brian Scudamore did something big in 1989 when he started 1-800-GOT-JUNK?: he changed how the world views junk removal. He realized exceptional customer service combined with attracting the right people to own businesses within O2E Brands was the secret to success. Since then, he’s applied that magic formula to create multiple, globally admired home-service brands.
It all began in 1989, when Brian was stuck without a summer job and no way to pay his college tuition. He was waiting in line at a McDonald’s drive-thru when he saw a beat-up junk truck with “Mark’s Hauling” painted on the side. Something clicked, and he was inspired to spend his last $700 on a used pick-up truck and start his own junk removal service.
Over the next three summers, business took off. He invested in more trucks, hired student drivers, and set out to make his company a household name: 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, now known as the world’s largest junk removal service.
But he didn’t stop there. Brian saw that 1-800-GOT-JUNK?’s systems and processes could be applied to other home service industries. He was inspired to launch WOW 1 DAY PAINTING and Shack Shine, taking painting and gutter cleaning from ordinary to exceptional — from O2E — and create an exceptional family of brands that have helped hundreds realize their own dream of business ownership.
OUR VISION
Vision starts with a mission, and ours is to use scalable systems and tools to drive results, customer service, accountability and profitability within a franchise system that champions team culture.
We know that leadership is the key to growth — leadership as a brand, as a team, and by our actions and values: Passion, Integrity, Professionalism, Empathy (PIPE). By developing leaders and promoting growth, we hope to have 500 Franchise Partners with system-wide sales of $500 million by the end of 2025.
OUR PRINCIPLES
- Customers - We know our customers are our most important assets, so we create loyalty for life with enthusiastic, professional service.
- Entrepreneurial Spirit - We create environments that encourage and reward innovation, initiative, and passion.
- Leadership - We continue to disrupt the home-services industry by setting new standards and expectations for customer service.
- Teamwork - We create an environment that’s open, honest, and innovative. We work hard — and play hard — together, working towards our common goal of building something bigger, together.
- Community - We recognize that as leaders, we have an important role in our community, so we strive to give back and promote community initiatives.
- Profit - We know profits are essential to everyone’s success, and we maximize profits by increasing revenues and decreasing expenses. We ensure that people who contribute to the company’s profitability are rewarded.
- This year I published my first book, WTF?! (Willing to Fail): How Failure Can Be Your Key to Success. It’s been listed on Amazon as a bestseller and has connected me with so many amazing people in unexpected ways.
- In 2016, we achieved the goal we set in our Painted Picture of doubling our revenue. As a reward, we brought the entire 1-800-GOT-JUNK? System at Kauai to celebrate. The impact and significance of the Painted Picture is something I’d love to share with your audience.
- The biggest accomplishment I’ve achieved, though, is helping hundreds of entrepreneurs achieve their dreams of entrepreneurship. Franchising has given hundreds of people in our systems freedom, flexibility, and career satisfaction. There’s no greater feeling than that.
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