Michael McAlhany serves as Founder and President of UNITS® Franchise Group, Inc., a National Moving and Portable Storage Corporation servicing over 650 cities throughout North America. ranked INC.500 in 2020. A self-made entrepreneur has granted accomplishments and success with launching and operating multiple businesses over the past 30 years.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Rich Setzer
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I started out; I am not college educated… I started out right out of high school in the construction industry and I just kept working it hard. The challenge I would say is when people didn’t pay on time and we my wife and I exercised late gratification and payroll was paid first all of the time… I wouldn’t have it any other way Neil, I wouldn’t take anything back for nothing. It really calluses us up and brought us up to not only respect what we have today but also still practice delayed gratification. So really the challenges early on when making payroll, making sure that we could keep our staff paid and making sure that our clients paid us in a timely manner. So, stay on top of receivables was definitely very important for us”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Book by Simon SinekFavourite Quote:
“If you help enough people get what they want, you will get what you want.” Zig Ziglar
Recommended Online Resources:
LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“number one is when you going put it in stone and draw the line. They say draw a line in the sand. There is no backdoor… Number two is be as involved as you can… Exercise humility, lean on others… And then hungry, being hungry for always there is no room for complacency… Then I would indulge in books… In self-help books, motivational books… The question is why. And so, for every new entrepreneur out there that’s the biggest point, the why. And you are not going to get the why without being humble to know how to get there ”…[Listen for More]
More About Michael McAlhany:
UNITS Moving & Portable Storage
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.” Mother Teresa
Other Quotes From the Chat with Michael McAlhany:
- “you are challenged to connect the dots looking forward Neil but if you are smart enough you can look back and connect the dots”
- “when you have friction and dissatisfaction that causes liability and lawsuits”
- “whatever we are doing best today we can do better tomorrow with our culture”
- “persistency, a no backdoor attitude… There is no backdoor at all”
- “People of integrity expect to be believed and when they are not all they have is time to prove them right”
- “the fire in me has got to out burn the fire around”
- “find a mentor”
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