Brian Clark has been with STOP Restoration since 1990. After self-employment through college and receiving his degree in marketing, he joined his father to help bring the company’s systems to more people via the franchise format. As the new CEO of STOP Restoration he is focused on expanding the brand’s footprint nationwide.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Local Mentors
- Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Tom Peters
- Thomas J. Stanley & Sarah Stanley Fallaw
When business started difficulties overcame:
“when my confidence in my ability to run this company better than he was running it I had to call myself to walk the walk and stop talking the talk. We can’t be an armchair quarterback, we can’t be a referee for ever, at some point we think we are so smart. We have to then prove to ourselves that we are right otherwise you go to your grave knowing that you were just an armchair quarterback. And so I had to call myself to the mat. I went to him and I said I love you but A, B and C,D and F and I spell it all out and I said either this business plan changes and we start budgeting things that we need to be competitive as a franchise or I am going to need to take everything I have and go and do it on my own. Whether I do it in this business are not I don’t know but I know a lot about franchising, I know a lot about serving people, and I know a lot about what franchise companies need to have and to provide. And so he said well you are probably right. And so that’s when we decided to make the sale”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Mindset: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential Book by Carol Dweck
- Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money – That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! Book by Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant: Rich Dad’s Guide to Financial Freedom Book by Robert T. Kiyosaki
- The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth Book by Thomas J., Ph.D. Stanley and Sarah Stanley, Ph.D Fallaw
Favourite Quote:
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—you‘re right” Henry Ford
Recommended Online Resources:
- Google – Search the world’s information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you’re looking for…
- The Entrepreneur Way Podcast – Daily chats with today’s most inspiring Entrepreneurs with useful information to help you get to the next level of success in business
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“stay the high road… seek fit in everybody you deal with, your customers, your employees, referral sources. Seek fit, do it right, take the high road. The long run is reached by the high Road. It is a flash in a pan you are going for you can take the low road and cheat and scam and be lazy. But I believe the high road leads to long-term” (4 Lines minimum – if less then need more quotes) …[Listen for More]
More About Brian Clark:
Service Team of Professionals (STOP) Restoration
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“You ask how it is possible to be your own father and son. You should seek answers, although it is better to anticipate some, to be the light and dream.” Dejan Stojanovic
Other Quotes From the Chat with Brian Clark:
- “the yardstick of effective management is retained earnings”
- “strength in business is financial. If you have no money you are not making good decisions, you are not able to capitalise on better deals. Money is power. And when you are self-employed you are responsible for the health and wealth of your company”
- “because business requires relationships, it requires getting out and saying hi to somebody it’s not going to be built in the privacy of your own home or office. A business is going to be built out there shaking the trees. I would say to people instead of speculating about who your customers might be go out there and ask them…”
- “get some empirical evidence wherever possible as far as the things that are scaring you”
- “trust your gut when it is a no but not when it is a yes”
- “we can’t expect the maximum if we give the minimum”
- “we can work really hard to make some money or we can get money working for us”
- “read a book a month it is a good goal”
- “either do it or quit talking about it”
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