Charlie Felker is the co-founder of Free2Grow, a company that provides back office support to service-based companies to allow owners and operators to focus on growing their business. An expert in home service management, leadership and entrepreneurship, he has also co-founded several other companies, such as RFP Testing and HBM Holdings.
In this episode, we talked about outsourcing, CRM, hiring…
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Show notes
- Introducing Charlie Felker. [01:11]
- The beginnings of Free2Grow. [02:54]
- Identifying the right CRM for a business. [06:01]
- What Free2Grow does for their clients. [08:04]
- The limitations of answering services. [09:21]
- What to consider when getting clients for your call center. [10:11]
- Helping clients choose the right CRM. [12:46]
- How Free2Grow makes your CRM work for you. [14:12]
- What to look for when hiring. [16:00]
- How company culture and referrals strengthen hiring. [17:59]
- The right mentality to run a business. [19:53]
- Hiring people with a military background. [22:53]
- Handling common objections about outsourcing. [25:16]
- The advantages of working with Free2Grow. [32:22]
- Learning from successful businesses and business owners. [35:13]
- What success means for Free2Grow’s clients. [37:25]
- How outsourcing can significantly help your business. [41:11]
- Dispatching for business. [43:27]
- Secrets to a successful business partnership. [45:24]
- An effective client onboarding process. [47:03]
- Assigning employees to specific clients. [48:28]
- Free2Grow’s blended support model. [49:25]
- How to get more information about Charlie. [50:19]
- Books on Charlie’s reading list. [51:40]
- Charlie’s most important piece of advice to home service business owners. [54:32]
Resources And People Mentioned:
- www.free-2-grow.com/hse
- Charlie Felker
- Free2Grow
- HBM Holdings
- ServiceTitan
- Housecall Pro
- Pro Business Tools
- Salesforce
- Hubspot
- Go High Level
- Jobber
- Buildertrend
- LA CRM
- Indeed
- Glassdoor
- Craigslist
- Tiktok
- Monster
- Zip Recruiter
- West Pointe
- 82nd Airborne Division
- 3rd Ranger Battalion of Fort Benning
- Ray Kroc
- The E Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
- Built To Sell by John Warrilow
- Grant Cardone
- Subway
- KFC
- Kwik Trip
- The Lost Treasures of American History by WC Jameson
- Sam’s Club
- Arizona Republic
- Disneyland
- Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott
- 120 Difficult Conversations to Have with Employees by Dave Young
- Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles
- Traction by Gino Wickman
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes
- The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
- 2034 by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
- Back in the Fight by Joseph Kapacziewski
- Business Ventures by Howard Stevenson, H. Irving Grousbeck, Michael J. Roberts
- Home Service Millionaire by Tommy Mello
- The Private Equity Playbook by Adam Coffey
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