Zachary Rook is a 29-year- old entrepreneur who was a hand-hopping, head sliding professional breakdancer. In 2007 he started Your Local Movers in Brisbane and has experienced an average of 30% growth year on year, and he has now expanded operations throughout Australia. Zachary was on the board for Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) from 2013 to 2015, an exclusive group for business owners turning over a minimum of $1 million per annum. So how did Zach as a The young entrepreneur become one of Brisbane’s most successful entrepreneurs? The story is simple. Nine years ago, 19 year old Zachary was travelling around New Zealand and looking to make a few extra dollars, so he started working for a removal company. Four hours later he believed he could do a better job, bought a $3,500 truck, and nine years later he employs up to 50 staff in locations across Australia. The young entrepreneur says his success is attributed to one simple element – excellent service.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Warren S. Rustand
When business started difficulties overcame:
“For me there wasn’t a whole lot of risk to be honest, I was 19, what do you have to lose, I borrowed a little bit of money off my brother and off we went”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Discover Your True North Book by Bill GeorgeFavourite Quote:
“Be yourself, everybody else is taken” Warren Buffet
Recommended Online Resources:
Asana – is the easiest way for teams to track their work
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Dream big, make a goal and chase it because if you don’t you never know where you’ll get”…[Listen for More]
More About Zachary Rook:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven’t been before, show me sights I haven’t seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.” Therese Fowler
Other Quotes From the Chat with Zachary Rook
- “That’s really special to me to be able to provide that service to them and give people something when they’ve got nothing and give them a hand out, I mean it costs us a bit of money but the comparative to them is massive so that’s pretty special to be able to run a business that’s able to do that for people, pretty special”
- “So I have a really good morning routine, I get up before my daughter who’s ten months old now and my wife about an hour before them and I spend the first minute of my day thinking what’s my purpose for the day and doing my things through the day with intent, I spend ten minutes thinking positive thoughts about the world, visualising what I’m gonna create today then I write a positive diary about what’s going on in my life that’s really great at the time”
Jez Coates
Yep … a real great company