Corporate Engineer to Helping you Grow a Handyman Business with Dan Perry

<p>In today’s episode, Jeff begins a series of shows exploring people who have created businesses based on their skills. In this show, Jeff interviews Dan Perry:</p> <p>Dan and Jeff discuss:</p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">Has a company that teaches people to start a Handyman company.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">He started out as an engineer. He went to college for that. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">He got the job that he thought was a dream job and found out that an office career was not for him. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Every day he woke up and wondered how many days it was going to be before Friday. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">He stumbled on the idea of a handyman business. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Shared his story via a blog. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Within five months he was making as much as he was as an engineer. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Created HandymanStartup.com. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Creating an online business takes time. It is not an overnight process. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">If he had it all to do over again. He would have been more focused on what he was doing. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Has created 3 courses that teach: How To Get Started, Marketing, and Pricing.</li> </ol><p>Fast Five Questions:</p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “I would lay there first. I would post an add on Craiglist, start doing handyman services. Share my story on Youtube.”</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Pricing in my handyman business.”</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What is a book that you would recommend? “Anti-Fragile by Naseem Taleb ”</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “I am a huge Evernote Fan.” </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What is the best way to contact you? “<a href='h