Josh Cohen is the CEO and founder of Junkluggers. He founded Junkluggers out of his mom’s Dodge Durango 14 years ago and has grown the company into one of the largest junk removal franchises in the country. For Josh, it’s about much more than just hauling junk away. He has a greater mission guiding everything they do. Their B.H.A.G. is to ensure no junk collected by Junkluggers enters a landfill by 2025. They are completing the process now to convert their corporation into a b-corp meaning that while they do strive for profits, they’re also driven by and held accountable to bettering the world.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Josh’s Dad and Grandfathers
When business started difficulties overcame:
“it was about figuring things out for the first time being that I was young and I didn’t have that experience. What I need to figure out was how do I find customers? How do I get rid of the stuff that we are hauling the way? How do I make sure that my employees are safe and doing the right things? Do I need any sort of permits although actually I didn’t actually concern myself with that for a while and I should have”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Book by Michael E. Gerber
- The Highest Calling: An inspirational novel about business & life; struggle & success Book by Larry Janesky
Favourite Quote:
- “Alone We Can Do So Little. Together We Can Do So Much” Helen Keller
- “When you believe in yourself you are unstoppable”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Podcasts
- Young Presidents’ Organization – YPO represents a global community of leaders committed to the shared mission of becoming
- Gary Vaynerchuk – is a Belarusian American entrepreneur, author, speaker and internet personality. First known as a wine critic who grew his family’s wine business from $3 million to $60 million
- Tony Robbins – the world’s top life and business strategist.
- Joe Rogan – Stand-up comic/mixed martial arts fanatic/psychedelic adventurer Host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“my best advice to other entrepreneurs is to believe in yourself and to invest in yourself… Ultimately you want to grow a successful and larger business you can’t stay in your comfort zone, you constantly need to be changing and evolving and trying new things or otherwise you are just going to continue to get what you have always got”…[Listen for More]
More About Josh Cohen:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Thomas Edison, entrepreneur and inventor
Other Quotes From the Chat with Josh Cohen:
- “it’s possible to take control of your own destiny and you don’t have to work for the man”
- “I did this is a part-time thing for a while until it started to show momentum… It was really important for me and for the business that I eventually focus full-time on this give it all of my energy”
- “it’s really about believing in what you are doing… I couldn’t get a bed in the morning and continue to focus on this if I wasn’t super passionate about what we are building here and what we are doing”
- “I would say anybody who is not following their passion to really examine that because you only live once”
- “it is so much easier when you have people you don’t need to micromanage, they can run with things, they are smart, they have their own ideas that you can trust to continue grow and develop the company and you don’t have to think of everything”
- “when I’ve tried to do everything by myself all that does is add a ton of stress, it’s not possible and ultimately one person can’t build a company on their own”
- “I’ve really had to learn to believe in myself, to invest in myself because I needed the confidence to walk in everyday and to know that there is no reason if someone else can’t do this why can’t I”
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