March 14, 2025 • 27 mins
What happens when a 20-year corporate veteran decides to trade his comfortable career for a chance to build something entirely new? Craig Blevins, founder of DumpStor of Cincinnati, joins Mike Murphy to share his unexpected journey into the dumpster rental business and the freedom he's found as an entrepreneur.
Craig describes himself as "the lazy junk guy," delivering clean, professional-looking green dumpsters to homes and businesses throughout Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. With a straightforward business model and a focus on exceptional customer service, he's carving out a niche in an industry dominated by larger, less personal companies.
The conversation reveals fascinating insights about the waste management industry, including how dumpster rentals connect with restoration companies, roofing contractors, and property renovations. Craig's innovative "DumpStor Pro" dumpster—featuring lockable storage compartments for contractors' tools—demonstrates his forward-thinking approach to solving customer problems.
Beyond the business details, this episode explores the personal side of entrepreneurship. Craig shares how working alongside his wife Stacey has strengthened their relationship, and how leaving corporate America has allowed him greater control over his life and schedule. His powerful message resonates throughout the conversation: "You have more control over your life than you think."
Whether you're contemplating your own entrepreneurial leap or simply need a dumpster for your next home cleanout project, this conversation delivers practical insights and genuine inspiration. Learn how one man's decision to follow his instincts is transforming both his life and the waste management landscape in Greater Cincinnati.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Mike Murphy.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Thank you, charlie.
Yes, I am Mike Murphy, host ofthe Good Neighbor Podcast.
We're a podcast based here innorthern Kentucky and I
interview local business ownersand influencers to let you know
them as people and not justlogos on a business card side of
a truck or a shirt.
And the business owner I havewith me today is a guy named
(00:37):
Craig Blevins.
Craig lives in Burlington andhe recently opened a new
business and I want to make surehe gets a chance to tell
everybody exactly what he'sdoing.
The name of the business isDump Store.
Is that correct?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yes, Dump Store of Cincinnati.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
All right.
So, Craig, say hi to everybodyand tell us what is Dump Store.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Hello everybody.
Thanks Mike for having me on.
Dump Store is a dumpster rentalcompany, so basically I
describe it as I'm the lazy junkguy.
I'll drop the dumpster off atyour house.
You fill it up with whateveryou need.
I come pick it up within 10days or whenever you want me to
pick it up.
So real easy business model andjust kind of got into it by
chance, which we can get intolater, but happy to be a part of
(01:20):
it.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I'm learning a lot about trash other than I'm
learning a lot about trash.
Well, it's a business that I'veused in the past, because I
mean not your businessspecifically, you just started
yours.
But when I moved out of my lasthouse into this one, when we
built, suddenly I realized thatmy basement was just filled with
(01:40):
things that I had no idea whatto do with it, and I identified
most of it as trash.
You know, things that I hadaccumulated.
I wasn't going to move it, Ididn't need it, but I didn't
know what to do with it.
So I had a dumpster rolled offin my driveway and over the
course of two or three days I,by myself, just soldiered
(02:03):
through it, man, and I cleanedout my basement and threw it in
that dumpster, and it was sonice to have somebody just show
up and roll it away.
Is that kind of the experiencethat people can have when they
work with you?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Yeah, I mean, I do commercial, I do residential.
So, just as you described bythe way, Mike Seinfeld described
your basement as the firstdegree of knowing that you have
junk it goes to the basementfirst.
You're not the only one.
I do residential commercial.
So I'm seeking contacts withrestoration companies, people
(02:40):
who put fences in, remodelers,things of that nature.
I specialize in both.
There's not really a job, I'llturn down, unless it's too big,
for one know one of my dumpsters.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I have two sizes of dumpsters 20 yards and 12 yards
so residential and uh, justsmall commercial kind of my
specialty okay, when I seedumpsters uh in the neighborhood
, usually it's because, ofcourse, the construction crews
are out working, you know,building houses or whatever, or
uh.
I also see um roofers, roofingcrews, doing tear-offs, uh
(03:08):
ripping shingles down andthrowing them into the dumpster
in the driveway, and I I neverknew if they have their own
dumpsters or if they rent them,or maybe a little bit of both
yeah, typically, um, a lot ofcontractors do not have
dumpsters number one.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
They're hard to store .
You gotta, you gotta have aplace to store, you know.
And it's just one less thingthey have to worry about because
you know, uh, the rates Icharge, or you know a lot of
people charge.
It's just more uh conducive forthem to get their business done
fast and one less thing theygot to do.
So that's kind of where I liketo sell the businesses like, hey
(03:43):
, let me do this for you.
You call me, one call, I'lltake care of everything else.
So yeah, you're exactly right.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Okay, so your industry touches a lot of other
industries, correct, and Iimagine, mostly the trades it
would seem.
So, people listening to thispodcast, they may need your
services, or they know somebodythat does need your services,
and I think the depth andbreadth of your target audience,
(04:14):
I guess, and if there is such athing, is much wider than I
assumed.
Yes, so, as you have learnedthis business since you're, you
know, relatively new to it, hasthere been anything that
surprised you about thisbusiness?
Speaker 1 (04:36):
I can't say surprised , but just things I come across
and it's just kind of a lightbulb.
Not really a surprise, but,like you know've never worked in
in like the transportationindustry, which is kind of you
know a little bit of what we do,and just you know dealing with,
like the us department oftransportation and all the ins
and outs of that part of it umI've dealt with truck drivers my
whole life in my prior industryand um didn't really know what
(04:58):
was all into.
There's a lot more to it thanyou know, like keeping logs and
and all that kind of thing.
Just safety is paramount and ofcourse that didn't surprise me.
But you know, one thing that didsurprise me was I've gotten two
calls now for for like burntdown buildings, and you know I
wasn't expecting that, so thatwas kind of a surprise to.
Guy called me he needed to needto clean a trailer that burnt
(05:21):
down on his property.
Another guy called me andneeded a for next week, need to
clean up a barn.
So they're just like thosekinds of things that you never
really know, that that that areand that's, that's good for my
industry, because obviouslythat's work and um yeah so that
was a little bit of surprise.
But yeah, really just like thetransportation part of it that
just knowing all the ins andouts of that was was kind of
(05:42):
gave me anxiety.
But now I'm learning it and uhyeah like second nature.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
You touched on something earlier.
You said, um I think you saidthe word um storage or inventory
of dumpsters, but you alludedto the fact that you've got a
couple sizes available.
I'm sure you have more sizesthan that ultimately available
to you.
I just don't know what yourworld looks like right now, in
this moment.
(06:08):
What's your inventory lookinglike, and what type of lead time
do you require?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
So right now I do only have a 12 yard and 20 yard.
I do have more available to me.
I can get them pretty fast.
Right now I have about Istarted with 30.
I've got about 24 in my lotright now.
Cause a lot of those I dump inreturn things that they don't
come back to the yard right away.
So, and like I said earlier,you know this is my second week
(06:34):
in business and it's goingpretty good Looking to have that
yard empty, you know, andprobably a month or two, and
actually I'll probably have toorder more at that point, but
right now it's just kind of await and see, like, how the
business is going to ebb andflow.
I've noticed, you know, it'skind of feast or famine, I think
.
It's like you know I've dealtwith that in other businesses
too.
It's like, you know, when it'sbusy.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
it's busy.
When it's dead, it's dead yougot to find things.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
And certainly there's plenty of things that keep me
busy when I'm not deliveringdumpsters, marketing things of
that nature yeah, so you'rewearing many hats, I assume.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yes, all right.
Well, if you have sort of a, ahit list, a punch list of um,
I'd say community partners thatyou'd like to, um, get connected
with, um, who would they be?
What's what's on your what's onyour wishlist in terms of
(07:27):
setting up relationships withother professionals in the
community that could help youmove your business forward.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Yeah, certainly I mentioned them before.
Restoration companies are avery big part of my niche
because they do like the lessindustrial right.
Like you know, 20 yarddumpsters, 12 yard dumpsters, so
you know most dumpsters, youyard dumpsters, so um you know,
most dumpsters you see out there.
If you're just a lay person, yousee a dumpster on a big
construction site.
That's probably like a 40 yarddumpster.
That's not where I specialize.
(07:54):
Where I specialize is like,like I said, restoration
companies.
Uh, actually I dropped the cardoff at the cottage up here on
us 42 the other day.
He needs, he needs dumpsters attime to get rid of existing
structures okay, in order to puthis new structures up so I'm
really just creatingrelationships with, with
restoration companies at thispoint, uh, flooring companies,
(08:14):
uh, roofing companies which,honestly, when you know I didn't
know this either kind ofsurprised I guess.
Going back to your lastquestion is um, a lot of
restoration companies do roofing.
Probably 80% of the jobs yousee people doing roofing that's
done for a restoration companyas a contractor.
So that's a big part of mybusiness and I've already
partnered with one in the areaFirst Call Restoration Services.
(08:37):
I got with them and they weregracious enough to give me a
contract.
So just trying to get those offthe ground and get steady work
is what you know.
I need to get the work to youknow the way I put it, the work
that covers the bills, and thenI can go out and find all that
you know cherry on top work asof right now.
That's kind of the stage I'm inright now.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
So, since you are wearing all those hats, are you
literally the one that's outdelivering the dumpsters?
Are you literally the onethat's out delivering the
dumpsters, dropping them off andpicking them up?
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Yeah, that's a good question.
I was actually talking to aclient this morning and he was
asking me the same thing and Iwas like, yeah, but in my mind I
have to do that because I wantto know the ins and outs of
every part of the businessbefore I hire, before I hire a
driver, that way there's nocircumstance I've been in, you
know they can't really get oneover on me.
I know what's going on.
(09:26):
So that that is my.
It's kind of a discovery stagefor me in the next, in the next
couple of months, just learninga business and then really, once
I start picking up business andI'm comfortable with all the
scenarios and walking themthrough it and training them,
then I'm going to go out andjust kind of be the sales guy or
the face of the company.
That's kind of the journey I'mon right now.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Okay, so somebody that helps support you learning
this business and making surethat you're getting sleep,
making sure you're getting fed,making sure to keep your energy
up, is your wife Stacey.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Yeah, Stacey, she's actually right here in the room
with me.
We share an office together.
So that was one of the one ofmy motivating factors for
leaving the corporate world wasto spend more time with family.
And we had said, right, youknow, right when we got married,
like you know, it'd be nice ifwe could work with each other
every day.
So I'm, you know I'm in and out, but you know, we've shared the
(10:20):
office now and it's kind ofcool to just sit here and be
able to talk about dinnertonight or whatever, without
having to make a phone call orwhatever.
But, yeah, she's been a greatsupport and she's actually the
one that pushed me to do it.
So, you know, love her to deathand love the family and they're
supporting me like crazy.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Let's make Stacey poke her head in behind you and
wave and say hello, come on over, stacey, come say hello.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Now she's going to make me look bad on camera.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Hey, stace, it's nice to see you're not in your
bathrobe.
I can't hear you.
Okay, good thing she couldn'thear me.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
So then you've got kids as well, too, that are part
of your world.
What's family look like for you?
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Family's awesome.
So I've got a 20-year-old sonwho is in UC.
He is interning down inLouisville right now for this
semester as a software engineer,so he's basically a junior at
the end of this semester.
He's doing really well.
And then I've got two bonuschildren, stepchildren, whatever
you call them.
They're my kids, whatever youwant to call them but Ethan he's
(11:32):
11.
And Raven she's 6.
And they've been a greataddition to my life.
To be honest, with you.
We have a great time.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Cute little kids, I've seen them.
Yeah, I actually knew Staceyfrom you know past jobs that we
worked together back in ourComair days.
I've known her quite a while.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Your name has been coming up, since we've been
together.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Now, here we are.
Here we are.
We got to meet face-to-faceabout two weeks ago.
Maybe I'm still getting callsfrom that event.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
To be honest with you , I met with a guy this morning
yeah, we hold those events forjust that reason.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
You know, we want to make those connections.
Just, you know, that's thepoint of this podcast as well.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah, great job on that, by the way.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
So what do you guys do for fun?
I mean, you're in heavy workmode right now, obviously, but
when you get a chance to getaway, what do you guys like to
do?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Well, we like to just get outside walk the dogs.
That's a big part.
Um, you know, now it's warmingup, we're looking forward to
just hanging out on the patiogrilling.
I love to cook, so that'sobviously a big center of the
family kind of thing.
We can all get together.
Um, I probably cook too much.
There's there's a lot ofleftovers and stuff I'm tossing
all the time, but um, I justlike to make different things
and uh.
(12:50):
I always like to have food inthe house for the kids when
they're here, cause, honestly,they always want food, like all
the time.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Well, I love to cook too, and you know what's on my
to-do list this spring is tofinally buy that Blackstone
grill I've been looking at.
So what's your favorite cookingcooking uh tool?
Do you cook outdoors?
Are you an outdoor?
Speaker 1 (13:15):
barbecue.
Yeah, I cook outdoor.
I like to grill and uh, smoke,um, but mostly I like to um.
Like brunch is my, my specialty.
I like to make brunch, okay, um, but you know I love the grill
and, uh, one of the things Ireally love to do is, um.
I don't know if you've everheard of rocklet a rocklet grill
, mike.
Um, it's a european mode ofeating.
It's kind of like think offondue.
(13:37):
You know, you chop a bunch ofvegetables, you're you're
cooking it, cooking at the tablewhile you're talking to people
drinking some wine, whatever.
So I love to entertain, sodoing things like that.
You know I like to cook a lotof food, so I've noticed
somebody's coming over.
If I can make you know afive-gallon or a
two-and-a-half-gallon bucket ofsoup or whatever.
I just like to feed a lot ofpeople and that's what brings me
(13:58):
joy and I like to do somegolfing.
Stacey's getting into golfing aswell and we'll probably hit the
driving range, maybe thisweekend.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Okay, yeah, beautiful weather for that.
Yeah, I'm a scramble golfer.
I'm not.
I'm not a great golfer by anymeans.
I just like to go out there andhave fun, raise money for
charity, have a beer or two, ormaybe sneak a bourbon here or
there while I'm, while I'mhitting the pill around, but uh
hey why not?
Speaker 1 (14:24):
it's a good excuse to get outside, for sure, and you
know, it's definitely bettermowing the lawn.
In my mind, amen, brother.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
So, um, let's see.
Um, if, uh, if somebody wantsto reach you, well, first of all
, there's.
There's one thing we haven'ttalked about yet that I had in
my notes, that I thought was apretty unique thing.
You may or may not have accessto it right now, but it's that.
Um, it's the Dumpster Pro.
Oh yeah, that's got the lockingstorage, because when I saw
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that it's a dumpster and it'sgot locking storage like a
little walk-in shed forcontractors to lock up their
tools and things like that,isn't that correct?
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, I thought that was genius.
Yeah, so I'm Dumpster.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Cincinnati, so the company's name is Dumpster.
Yeah, I thought that was geniusyeah.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
So I'm dump store Cincinnati, so the company's
name is dump store.
It's out of Virginia and I justmet these guys through a broker
by happenstance and startedtalking to them when I met them
and that was one thing thatintrigued me too is they had the
.
It's a 12 yard dumpster andit's got like, basically, like
you said, a storage shed on it.
Now I don't have any of thoseright now.
Those are kind of.
You know, I mentioned the firstthree months.
(15:34):
That'd be like when I get into,you know, full selling mode
when I want to get out and I'llprobably wind up.
You know, working with acontractor like, hey, try this
thing for me for a month, let meknow how it works, things of
that nature.
I haven't gotten along thosekind of conversations yet
because I'm trying to buildvolume, but that will be a
selling point for me down theroad is hey, if you're on a job
(15:54):
site, you don't need to carryyour tools back and forth to the
job site for five days, justlock them up in here.
They'll be safe and yeah,that's a really good selling
point and it will be more of anemphasis for me down the road.
But yeah, that's a patentedthing for them it's called the
Dump Store Pro.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Dump Store Pro.
Yeah, I saw that and I thoughtthat was so unique, because how
many times have we seen onsocial media contractors posting
hey man, somebody ripped off mycools last night, I got three
saws missing and whatever, andit's always infuriating to see
that people are out there doingthat and this Dump Store Pro
(16:30):
kind of addresses that need andI thought that was something
that is going to get a lot ofattention once you're able to
provide that.
So I don't know when that isexactly.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
But you know, when I find my client that and, like I
said, you know I like the wheeland deal, so someone wants to
give it a try and do sometestimonials I can have that
thing down here in two weeks.
Ok, so I can get dumpsters andtrucks pretty fast.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Well, maybe we can make that happen for you.
So dumpster Cincinnati, that's,I'm sure it comes with maybe a
territory, what is that like?
What's your service area?
Speaker 1 (17:08):
Yeah, so I have a pretty large service area
compared to a lot of thefranchisees.
I have all of Cincinnati, whichis basically Hamilton County,
Claremont County in Ohio and Ihave no kitten and Campbell in
Kentucky and nobody owns anyterritories around me, so I'm
also been served.
I'm like I went pick one upfrom Phoebe, Indiana, yesterday.
So you know I haven't looked toexpand in those areas.
(17:36):
Uh, down to crittenden okaynorth to south and then if you
look at like cleves,lawrenceburg area on the west,
over to batavia, so that kind ofgives you a picture where I'm
on.
It's a pretty large territoryit's basically in their, in
their um vernacular, it's fourterritories.
So and I thought, well, if I'mgonna go, if I'm gonna go, I'm
(17:57):
gonna go big or go home.
So, um, they were a little,they were actually a little
worried about the biggerterritory, but I was like you
know, I got it handled and youknow, once things start moving
along, we can adjust to the sizeof the market.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
What's the typical contract length?
Three, four days, or is it aday or two?
What's it look like?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Well, that's one thing that I really wanted to
put an emphasis on was thelength, because one thing I
don't want to do is break trustwith customers, right?
So when we were talking overpricing, I wanted to go a little
bit longer than most.
So I give a 10-day a 10-dayrunoff, which is pretty good
when you look at the market,yeah, and then usually most
(18:39):
people.
You know I don't have to chargepeople over just for a day,
especially when I know in theback of my mind I've got plenty
of dumpsters out here.
So that was kind of my thoughtto give value.
You know you never want to be,you know, just the lowest in the
market or anything like itwouldn't have value for your
customers.
I know that they're going to getnot only a dumpster but, you
(19:01):
know, a dumpster for the lengthof time they need it.
Yeah, and also you know, youknow when you, when you have one
of my dumpsters in yourdriveway, it's going to look
good.
I take care of them.
They're a nice color green andyou know, that's one thing we
stand for.
A dumpster is a clean, fast,reliable service.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Well, I'm glad you mentioned that, because when I
go to your website, of coursethey look beautiful on the
website they're supposed to, butin real life, you know what?
What do they really look like?
I've I've seen some uglydumpsters, let's face it, yes,
and who wants that in theirdriveway for for too long?
So you bring exactly.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
And that's kind of my niche, you know.
You know you go play with thebig boys and industrial kind of
trash hauling.
My niche is, hey, like I said,residential.
Most of my dumpsters are goingto be sitting where they're
visible and in my mind, ifthey're going to be sitting
where they're visible, they needto be a reflection of how I run
my business.
You know, clean, fast, reliable, and you just don't.
(19:59):
And I'm not banging on theindustry, it just kind of is
what it is right.
For years we've only had, uh,you know, two reputable um trash
haulers in the area and it'skind of like you know the
electric companies.
You're kind of beholden to thatright, and what I offer the
public is, uh, number one, adifferent choice um customer
service.
Because, to be honest with you,those guys that are bigger, you
(20:22):
know they I'm not saying theydon't have time, but that's not
their emphasis right, they'removing as much as they can.
I've got to elicit businessthrough being a great
communicator, being clean, beingon time and just forming a
relationship with the customerand that's what is going to get
me the business and get me therepeat business so if somebody
(20:42):
wants to learn more about yourservices, see the depth and
breadth of your offerings, seesome pretty pictures of some
beautiful green dumpsters.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
Do you have a website they can go to?
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Yeah, honestly, just go to dumpstorecom.
Easy to navigate the areaCincinnati.
Yeah, honestly, just go todumpstorecom.
Easy to navigate the areaCincinnati.
Also, you can call 513-928-3867, and that 3867 is dump D-U-M-P.
Okay, play on that word.
So pretty easy.
I'm also on Facebook Dump StoreCincinnati.
Search on Facebook, linkedin,craig Blevins, and then my page
(21:22):
is managed under that.
So, yeah, lots of ways to seeme.
There's also a company calledHometown Dumpsters.
You can go on there and rentthrough a third party and see
what I have to offer as well.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Okay.
Well, when I post this to thepodcast website, I'll make sure
that it's posted correctly.
But I just want to make sure,while we're talking, anyone
listening to this when they heardumpstorecom, I want to make
sure they understand it'sD-U-M-P-S-T-O-R Correct.
Yeah, there's no E on the endof store.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
And that's the play on the Dumpstore Pro.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Yeah, no, it's funny, but you know I have no skin in
this game at all, really.
But I saw that Dumpstore Proand I'm excited.
I'm like dang, I want in onthat man.
Yeah, it's a great idea.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Well, hey, if you need extra storage out in your
backyard, maybe you can put aliner in, put a swimming pool in
it and keep your floats in thetop part.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
I'm open to a lot of ideas.
You probably already have apool, don't you?
I don't, that's my designbecause I don't want to knock on
pools, but I'm telling youpools can be expensive, oh.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
I understand.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
My neighbors have pools.
That's all I need.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Hey, friends with pools, friends with boats,
that's what you need.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Yep, exactly, you got it, brother, all right, is
there anything that we?
Speaker 1 (22:43):
haven't talked about that.
You wanted to make sure peopleknew, or have we done?
The only thing I would say isyou know, I started this journey
back in October and I had avery long successful career with
a big company in the area,worked for him for 20 years, and
I never thought the time wouldcome in my life where I would
just look up and be like thisisn't what I want to do, right,
and I kind of just I woke up oneday and just said, hey, you
(23:07):
know, I need to do somethingelse because, um, I need to find
where my passion lies.
And it doesn't lie in thisanymore.
And it wasn't the fault ofanybody, I think it was just,
you know, I went the, it wentthe course with where I was at
and it was kind of time to gohome and do something and and I
just started researching.
So, just, you know, message outthere to anybody Don't feel
stuck into anything.
Uh, you have more um, you know,um, you have more control over
(23:33):
your life than you think.
Uh, go find something you loveto do, go, start meeting with
people and things start fallinginto place.
Uh, of's hard work, you know alot of time, but, um, you know,
that would be my message toeverybody because I, you know,
I've dealt with plenty of peoplemy my old career and I still do
, just counseling them through.
Hey, you know, going throughthe same thing I went through
(23:54):
and like, hey, you know, go trythis, go try that.
Yeah, like you have more power,more control over your life
than you actually think.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Scary and exhilarating at the same time.
Awesome, yes, yeah, you.
You jump off that cliff, andyou know.
You just hope that there'ssomething down there that was
worth it.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
Well, you said something at that networking
event and I've I think I've usedit once, as I said something to
the effect you know, I haven'tmade a dollar in like five
months, and you said you know,spoken like a true entrepreneur,
and now I'm really starting tolearn that you know.
So that stuck with me.
I'll probably I'm going tosteal that from you and use it.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Okay, very good, yeah , because I'm sure I stole it
from somebody else.
So we pass along our knowledgeand wisdom and I'm happy that
you and I got to sit down todayand let people know about your
new venture, dump Store ofCincinnati, and they got to meet
you and see your smile and hearabout not only Dump Store of
(24:51):
Cincinnati but your love ofbrunch.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Yes, love brunch.
Maybe too much, that's why Ihave the camera up top here.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
There's a method to our madness.
Yep, yes, all right, guy.
Well, um, I'm, uh, I'm happythat we got to sit down today
and do this, looking forward toyour success, and I'll do
everything I can to kind of help, um, uh, push you forward in
this new endeavor.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
And, uh, I can tell you we're going to have you over
for some rock luck here soon.
I'm going to teach you allabout it.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Yes, Would love that, would love it Maybe play some.
Euchre right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, itching toplay Euchre.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
I appreciate you having me on.
This was fun.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Yeah, we'll do it again sometime.
We'll we'll, um, you know meet,meet back here in a few months
or so and update everybody onhow it's going for you.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
I did want to mention one other thing.
You know I another part of thereason I got into business for
myself is I I love giving backto the community.
Yeah, you know I love beingable to help children especially
.
So I'm looking really in thenext couple of months with Dump
Store, because they have a greatcommunity outreach program to
raise some money for some reallygreat causes that I won't
mention right now, but I knowwhat they are.
I look forward to getting outin the community and helping
(26:10):
people out.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
I would love to help you with that.
I've got some communitypublications that we can promote
that in and we'll do anotherpodcast specific to that.
Part of my mission is tohighlight local nonprofits,
charitable endeavors and man man, especially when kids are
involved.
I'm right there with yourbrother.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
Yeah, that's what it's all about.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
I appreciate it, Mike .
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Well, with that being said, this is the end of the
latest episode of the GoodNeighbor Podcast.
Always good to talk to newbusiness owners.
I'll just say to the listenersout there be good to your
neighbors.
Until next time.
See everybody, take care.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Thanks for listening to the Good Neighbor Podcast
Union.
Take care.
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Mike Murphy.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Thank you, charlie.
Yes, I am Mike Murphy, host ofthe Good Neighbor Podcast.
We're a podcast based here innorthern Kentucky and I
interview local business ownersand influencers to let you know
them as people and not justlogos on a business card side of
a truck or a shirt.
And the business owner I havewith me today is a guy named
(00:37):
Craig Blevins.
Craig lives in Burlington andhe recently opened a new
business and I want to make surehe gets a chance to tell
everybody exactly what he'sdoing.
The name of the business isDump Store.
Is that correct?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yes, Dump Store of Cincinnati.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
All right.
So, Craig, say hi to everybodyand tell us what is Dump Store.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Hello everybody.
Thanks Mike for having me on.
Dump Store is a dumpster rentalcompany, so basically I
describe it as I'm the lazy junkguy.
I'll drop the dumpster off atyour house.
You fill it up with whateveryou need.
I come pick it up within 10days or whenever you want me to
pick it up.
So real easy business model andjust kind of got into it by
chance, which we can get intolater, but happy to be a part of
(01:20):
it.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I'm learning a lot about trash other than I'm
learning a lot about trash.
Well, it's a business that I'veused in the past, because I
mean not your businessspecifically, you just started
yours.
But when I moved out of my lasthouse into this one, when we
built, suddenly I realized thatmy basement was just filled with
(01:40):
things that I had no idea whatto do with it, and I identified
most of it as trash.
You know, things that I hadaccumulated.
I wasn't going to move it, Ididn't need it, but I didn't
know what to do with it.
So I had a dumpster rolled offin my driveway and over the
course of two or three days I,by myself, just soldiered
(02:03):
through it, man, and I cleanedout my basement and threw it in
that dumpster, and it was sonice to have somebody just show
up and roll it away.
Is that kind of the experiencethat people can have when they
work with you?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Yeah, I mean, I do commercial, I do residential.
So, just as you described bythe way, Mike Seinfeld described
your basement as the firstdegree of knowing that you have
junk it goes to the basementfirst.
You're not the only one.
I do residential commercial.
So I'm seeking contacts withrestoration companies, people
(02:40):
who put fences in, remodelers,things of that nature.
I specialize in both.
There's not really a job, I'llturn down, unless it's too big,
for one know one of my dumpsters.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I have two sizes of dumpsters 20 yards and 12 yards
so residential and uh, justsmall commercial kind of my
specialty okay, when I seedumpsters uh in the neighborhood
, usually it's because, ofcourse, the construction crews
are out working, you know,building houses or whatever, or
uh.
I also see um roofers, roofingcrews, doing tear-offs, uh
(03:08):
ripping shingles down andthrowing them into the dumpster
in the driveway, and I I neverknew if they have their own
dumpsters or if they rent them,or maybe a little bit of both
yeah, typically, um, a lot ofcontractors do not have
dumpsters number one.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
They're hard to store .
You gotta, you gotta have aplace to store, you know.
And it's just one less thingthey have to worry about because
you know, uh, the rates Icharge, or you know a lot of
people charge.
It's just more uh conducive forthem to get their business done
fast and one less thing theygot to do.
So that's kind of where I liketo sell the businesses like, hey
(03:43):
, let me do this for you.
You call me, one call, I'lltake care of everything else.
So yeah, you're exactly right.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Okay, so your industry touches a lot of other
industries, correct, and Iimagine, mostly the trades it
would seem.
So, people listening to thispodcast, they may need your
services, or they know somebodythat does need your services,
and I think the depth andbreadth of your target audience,
(04:14):
I guess, and if there is such athing, is much wider than I
assumed.
Yes, so, as you have learnedthis business since you're, you
know, relatively new to it, hasthere been anything that
surprised you about thisbusiness?
Speaker 1 (04:36):
I can't say surprised , but just things I come across
and it's just kind of a lightbulb.
Not really a surprise, but,like you know've never worked in
in like the transportationindustry, which is kind of you
know a little bit of what we do,and just you know dealing with,
like the us department oftransportation and all the ins
and outs of that part of it umI've dealt with truck drivers my
whole life in my prior industryand um didn't really know what
(04:58):
was all into.
There's a lot more to it thanyou know, like keeping logs and
and all that kind of thing.
Just safety is paramount and ofcourse that didn't surprise me.
But you know, one thing that didsurprise me was I've gotten two
calls now for for like burntdown buildings, and you know I
wasn't expecting that, so thatwas kind of a surprise to.
Guy called me he needed to needto clean a trailer that burnt
(05:21):
down on his property.
Another guy called me andneeded a for next week, need to
clean up a barn.
So they're just like thosekinds of things that you never
really know, that that that areand that's, that's good for my
industry, because obviouslythat's work and um yeah so that
was a little bit of surprise.
But yeah, really just like thetransportation part of it that
just knowing all the ins andouts of that was was kind of
(05:42):
gave me anxiety.
But now I'm learning it and uhyeah like second nature.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
You touched on something earlier.
You said, um I think you saidthe word um storage or inventory
of dumpsters, but you alludedto the fact that you've got a
couple sizes available.
I'm sure you have more sizesthan that ultimately available
to you.
I just don't know what yourworld looks like right now, in
this moment.
(06:08):
What's your inventory lookinglike, and what type of lead time
do you require?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
So right now I do only have a 12 yard and 20 yard.
I do have more available to me.
I can get them pretty fast.
Right now I have about Istarted with 30.
I've got about 24 in my lotright now.
Cause a lot of those I dump inreturn things that they don't
come back to the yard right away.
So, and like I said earlier,you know this is my second week
(06:34):
in business and it's goingpretty good Looking to have that
yard empty, you know, andprobably a month or two, and
actually I'll probably have toorder more at that point, but
right now it's just kind of await and see, like, how the
business is going to ebb andflow.
I've noticed, you know, it'skind of feast or famine, I think
.
It's like you know I've dealtwith that in other businesses
too.
It's like, you know, when it'sbusy.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
it's busy.
When it's dead, it's dead yougot to find things.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
And certainly there's plenty of things that keep me
busy when I'm not deliveringdumpsters, marketing things of
that nature yeah, so you'rewearing many hats, I assume.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yes, all right.
Well, if you have sort of a, ahit list, a punch list of um,
I'd say community partners thatyou'd like to, um, get connected
with, um, who would they be?
What's what's on your what's onyour wishlist in terms of
(07:27):
setting up relationships withother professionals in the
community that could help youmove your business forward.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Yeah, certainly I mentioned them before.
Restoration companies are avery big part of my niche
because they do like the lessindustrial right.
Like you know, 20 yarddumpsters, 12 yard dumpsters, so
you know most dumpsters, youyard dumpsters, so um you know,
most dumpsters you see out there.
If you're just a lay person, yousee a dumpster on a big
construction site.
That's probably like a 40 yarddumpster.
That's not where I specialize.
(07:54):
Where I specialize is like,like I said, restoration
companies.
Uh, actually I dropped the cardoff at the cottage up here on
us 42 the other day.
He needs, he needs dumpsters attime to get rid of existing
structures okay, in order to puthis new structures up so I'm
really just creatingrelationships with, with
restoration companies at thispoint, uh, flooring companies,
(08:14):
uh, roofing companies which,honestly, when you know I didn't
know this either kind ofsurprised I guess.
Going back to your lastquestion is um, a lot of
restoration companies do roofing.
Probably 80% of the jobs yousee people doing roofing that's
done for a restoration companyas a contractor.
So that's a big part of mybusiness and I've already
partnered with one in the areaFirst Call Restoration Services.
(08:37):
I got with them and they weregracious enough to give me a
contract.
So just trying to get those offthe ground and get steady work
is what you know.
I need to get the work to youknow the way I put it, the work
that covers the bills, and thenI can go out and find all that
you know cherry on top work asof right now.
That's kind of the stage I'm inright now.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
So, since you are wearing all those hats, are you
literally the one that's outdelivering the dumpsters?
Are you literally the onethat's out delivering the
dumpsters, dropping them off andpicking them up?
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Yeah, that's a good question.
I was actually talking to aclient this morning and he was
asking me the same thing and Iwas like, yeah, but in my mind I
have to do that because I wantto know the ins and outs of
every part of the businessbefore I hire, before I hire a
driver, that way there's nocircumstance I've been in, you
know they can't really get oneover on me.
I know what's going on.
(09:26):
So that that is my.
It's kind of a discovery stagefor me in the next, in the next
couple of months, just learninga business and then really, once
I start picking up business andI'm comfortable with all the
scenarios and walking themthrough it and training them,
then I'm going to go out andjust kind of be the sales guy or
the face of the company.
That's kind of the journey I'mon right now.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Okay, so somebody that helps support you learning
this business and making surethat you're getting sleep,
making sure you're getting fed,making sure to keep your energy
up, is your wife Stacey.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Yeah, Stacey, she's actually right here in the room
with me.
We share an office together.
So that was one of the one ofmy motivating factors for
leaving the corporate world wasto spend more time with family.
And we had said, right, youknow, right when we got married,
like you know, it'd be nice ifwe could work with each other
every day.
So I'm, you know I'm in and out, but you know, we've shared the
(10:20):
office now and it's kind ofcool to just sit here and be
able to talk about dinnertonight or whatever, without
having to make a phone call orwhatever.
But, yeah, she's been a greatsupport and she's actually the
one that pushed me to do it.
So, you know, love her to deathand love the family and they're
supporting me like crazy.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Let's make Stacey poke her head in behind you and
wave and say hello, come on over, stacey, come say hello.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Now she's going to make me look bad on camera.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Hey, stace, it's nice to see you're not in your
bathrobe.
I can't hear you.
Okay, good thing she couldn'thear me.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
So then you've got kids as well, too, that are part
of your world.
What's family look like for you?
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Family's awesome.
So I've got a 20-year-old sonwho is in UC.
He is interning down inLouisville right now for this
semester as a software engineer,so he's basically a junior at
the end of this semester.
He's doing really well.
And then I've got two bonuschildren, stepchildren, whatever
you call them.
They're my kids, whatever youwant to call them but Ethan he's
(11:32):
11.
And Raven she's 6.
And they've been a greataddition to my life.
To be honest, with you.
We have a great time.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Cute little kids, I've seen them.
Yeah, I actually knew Staceyfrom you know past jobs that we
worked together back in ourComair days.
I've known her quite a while.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Your name has been coming up, since we've been
together.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Now, here we are.
Here we are.
We got to meet face-to-faceabout two weeks ago.
Maybe I'm still getting callsfrom that event.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
To be honest with you , I met with a guy this morning
yeah, we hold those events forjust that reason.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
You know, we want to make those connections.
Just, you know, that's thepoint of this podcast as well.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah, great job on that, by the way.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
So what do you guys do for fun?
I mean, you're in heavy workmode right now, obviously, but
when you get a chance to getaway, what do you guys like to
do?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Well, we like to just get outside walk the dogs.
That's a big part.
Um, you know, now it's warmingup, we're looking forward to
just hanging out on the patiogrilling.
I love to cook, so that'sobviously a big center of the
family kind of thing.
We can all get together.
Um, I probably cook too much.
There's there's a lot ofleftovers and stuff I'm tossing
all the time, but um, I justlike to make different things
and uh.
(12:50):
I always like to have food inthe house for the kids when
they're here, cause, honestly,they always want food, like all
the time.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Well, I love to cook too, and you know what's on my
to-do list this spring is tofinally buy that Blackstone
grill I've been looking at.
So what's your favorite cookingcooking uh tool?
Do you cook outdoors?
Are you an outdoor?
Speaker 1 (13:15):
barbecue.
Yeah, I cook outdoor.
I like to grill and uh, smoke,um, but mostly I like to um.
Like brunch is my, my specialty.
I like to make brunch, okay, um, but you know I love the grill
and, uh, one of the things Ireally love to do is, um.
I don't know if you've everheard of rocklet a rocklet grill
, mike.
Um, it's a european mode ofeating.
It's kind of like think offondue.
(13:37):
You know, you chop a bunch ofvegetables, you're you're
cooking it, cooking at the tablewhile you're talking to people
drinking some wine, whatever.
So I love to entertain, sodoing things like that.
You know I like to cook a lotof food, so I've noticed
somebody's coming over.
If I can make you know afive-gallon or a
two-and-a-half-gallon bucket ofsoup or whatever.
I just like to feed a lot ofpeople and that's what brings me
(13:58):
joy and I like to do somegolfing.
Stacey's getting into golfing aswell and we'll probably hit the
driving range, maybe thisweekend.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Okay, yeah, beautiful weather for that.
Yeah, I'm a scramble golfer.
I'm not.
I'm not a great golfer by anymeans.
I just like to go out there andhave fun, raise money for
charity, have a beer or two, ormaybe sneak a bourbon here or
there while I'm, while I'mhitting the pill around, but uh
hey why not?
Speaker 1 (14:24):
it's a good excuse to get outside, for sure, and you
know, it's definitely bettermowing the lawn.
In my mind, amen, brother.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
So, um, let's see.
Um, if, uh, if somebody wantsto reach you, well, first of all
, there's.
There's one thing we haven'ttalked about yet that I had in
my notes, that I thought was apretty unique thing.
You may or may not have accessto it right now, but it's that.
Um, it's the Dumpster Pro.
Oh yeah, that's got the lockingstorage, because when I saw
(14:57):
that it's a dumpster and it'sgot locking storage like a
little walk-in shed forcontractors to lock up their
tools and things like that,isn't that correct?
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, I thought that was genius.
Yeah, so I'm Dumpster.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Cincinnati, so the company's name is Dumpster.
Yeah, I thought that was geniusyeah.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
So I'm dump store Cincinnati, so the company's
name is dump store.
It's out of Virginia and I justmet these guys through a broker
by happenstance and startedtalking to them when I met them
and that was one thing thatintrigued me too is they had the
.
It's a 12 yard dumpster andit's got like, basically, like
you said, a storage shed on it.
Now I don't have any of thoseright now.
Those are kind of.
You know, I mentioned the firstthree months.
(15:34):
That'd be like when I get into,you know, full selling mode
when I want to get out and I'llprobably wind up.
You know, working with acontractor like, hey, try this
thing for me for a month, let meknow how it works, things of
that nature.
I haven't gotten along thosekind of conversations yet
because I'm trying to buildvolume, but that will be a
selling point for me down theroad is hey, if you're on a job
(15:54):
site, you don't need to carryyour tools back and forth to the
job site for five days, justlock them up in here.
They'll be safe and yeah,that's a really good selling
point and it will be more of anemphasis for me down the road.
But yeah, that's a patentedthing for them it's called the
Dump Store Pro.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Dump Store Pro.
Yeah, I saw that and I thoughtthat was so unique, because how
many times have we seen onsocial media contractors posting
hey man, somebody ripped off mycools last night, I got three
saws missing and whatever, andit's always infuriating to see
that people are out there doingthat and this Dump Store Pro
(16:30):
kind of addresses that need andI thought that was something
that is going to get a lot ofattention once you're able to
provide that.
So I don't know when that isexactly.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
But you know, when I find my client that and, like I
said, you know I like the wheeland deal, so someone wants to
give it a try and do sometestimonials I can have that
thing down here in two weeks.
Ok, so I can get dumpsters andtrucks pretty fast.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Well, maybe we can make that happen for you.
So dumpster Cincinnati, that's,I'm sure it comes with maybe a
territory, what is that like?
What's your service area?
Speaker 1 (17:08):
Yeah, so I have a pretty large service area
compared to a lot of thefranchisees.
I have all of Cincinnati, whichis basically Hamilton County,
Claremont County in Ohio and Ihave no kitten and Campbell in
Kentucky and nobody owns anyterritories around me, so I'm
also been served.
I'm like I went pick one upfrom Phoebe, Indiana, yesterday.
So you know I haven't looked toexpand in those areas.
(17:36):
Uh, down to crittenden okaynorth to south and then if you
look at like cleves,lawrenceburg area on the west,
over to batavia, so that kind ofgives you a picture where I'm
on.
It's a pretty large territoryit's basically in their, in
their um vernacular, it's fourterritories.
So and I thought, well, if I'mgonna go, if I'm gonna go, I'm
(17:57):
gonna go big or go home.
So, um, they were a little,they were actually a little
worried about the biggerterritory, but I was like you
know, I got it handled and youknow, once things start moving
along, we can adjust to the sizeof the market.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
What's the typical contract length?
Three, four days, or is it aday or two?
What's it look like?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Well, that's one thing that I really wanted to
put an emphasis on was thelength, because one thing I
don't want to do is break trustwith customers, right?
So when we were talking overpricing, I wanted to go a little
bit longer than most.
So I give a 10-day a 10-dayrunoff, which is pretty good
when you look at the market,yeah, and then usually most
(18:39):
people.
You know I don't have to chargepeople over just for a day,
especially when I know in theback of my mind I've got plenty
of dumpsters out here.
So that was kind of my thoughtto give value.
You know you never want to be,you know, just the lowest in the
market or anything like itwouldn't have value for your
customers.
I know that they're going to getnot only a dumpster but, you
(19:01):
know, a dumpster for the lengthof time they need it.
Yeah, and also you know, youknow when you, when you have one
of my dumpsters in yourdriveway, it's going to look
good.
I take care of them.
They're a nice color green andyou know, that's one thing we
stand for.
A dumpster is a clean, fast,reliable service.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Well, I'm glad you mentioned that, because when I
go to your website, of coursethey look beautiful on the
website they're supposed to, butin real life, you know what?
What do they really look like?
I've I've seen some uglydumpsters, let's face it, yes,
and who wants that in theirdriveway for for too long?
So you bring exactly.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
And that's kind of my niche, you know.
You know you go play with thebig boys and industrial kind of
trash hauling.
My niche is, hey, like I said,residential.
Most of my dumpsters are goingto be sitting where they're
visible and in my mind, ifthey're going to be sitting
where they're visible, they needto be a reflection of how I run
my business.
You know, clean, fast, reliable, and you just don't.
(19:59):
And I'm not banging on theindustry, it just kind of is
what it is right.
For years we've only had, uh,you know, two reputable um trash
haulers in the area and it'skind of like you know the
electric companies.
You're kind of beholden to thatright, and what I offer the
public is, uh, number one, adifferent choice um customer
service.
Because, to be honest with you,those guys that are bigger, you
(20:22):
know they I'm not saying theydon't have time, but that's not
their emphasis right, they'removing as much as they can.
I've got to elicit businessthrough being a great
communicator, being clean, beingon time and just forming a
relationship with the customerand that's what is going to get
me the business and get me therepeat business so if somebody
(20:42):
wants to learn more about yourservices, see the depth and
breadth of your offerings, seesome pretty pictures of some
beautiful green dumpsters.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
Do you have a website they can go to?
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Yeah, honestly, just go to dumpstorecom.
Easy to navigate the areaCincinnati.
Yeah, honestly, just go todumpstorecom.
Easy to navigate the areaCincinnati.
Also, you can call 513-928-3867, and that 3867 is dump D-U-M-P.
Okay, play on that word.
So pretty easy.
I'm also on Facebook Dump StoreCincinnati.
Search on Facebook, linkedin,craig Blevins, and then my page
(21:22):
is managed under that.
So, yeah, lots of ways to seeme.
There's also a company calledHometown Dumpsters.
You can go on there and rentthrough a third party and see
what I have to offer as well.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Okay.
Well, when I post this to thepodcast website, I'll make sure
that it's posted correctly.
But I just want to make sure,while we're talking, anyone
listening to this when they heardumpstorecom, I want to make
sure they understand it'sD-U-M-P-S-T-O-R Correct.
Yeah, there's no E on the endof store.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
And that's the play on the Dumpstore Pro.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Yeah, no, it's funny, but you know I have no skin in
this game at all, really.
But I saw that Dumpstore Proand I'm excited.
I'm like dang, I want in onthat man.
Yeah, it's a great idea.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Well, hey, if you need extra storage out in your
backyard, maybe you can put aliner in, put a swimming pool in
it and keep your floats in thetop part.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
I'm open to a lot of ideas.
You probably already have apool, don't you?
I don't, that's my designbecause I don't want to knock on
pools, but I'm telling youpools can be expensive, oh.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
I understand.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
My neighbors have pools.
That's all I need.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Hey, friends with pools, friends with boats,
that's what you need.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Yep, exactly, you got it, brother, all right, is
there anything that we?
Speaker 1 (22:43):
haven't talked about that.
You wanted to make sure peopleknew, or have we done?
The only thing I would say isyou know, I started this journey
back in October and I had avery long successful career with
a big company in the area,worked for him for 20 years, and
I never thought the time wouldcome in my life where I would
just look up and be like thisisn't what I want to do, right,
and I kind of just I woke up oneday and just said, hey, you
(23:07):
know, I need to do somethingelse because, um, I need to find
where my passion lies.
And it doesn't lie in thisanymore.
And it wasn't the fault ofanybody, I think it was just,
you know, I went the, it wentthe course with where I was at
and it was kind of time to gohome and do something and and I
just started researching.
So, just, you know, message outthere to anybody Don't feel
stuck into anything.
Uh, you have more um, you know,um, you have more control over
(23:33):
your life than you think.
Uh, go find something you loveto do, go, start meeting with
people and things start fallinginto place.
Uh, of's hard work, you know alot of time, but, um, you know,
that would be my message toeverybody because I, you know,
I've dealt with plenty of peoplemy my old career and I still do
, just counseling them through.
Hey, you know, going throughthe same thing I went through
(23:54):
and like, hey, you know, go trythis, go try that.
Yeah, like you have more power,more control over your life
than you actually think.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Scary and exhilarating at the same time.
Awesome, yes, yeah, you.
You jump off that cliff, andyou know.
You just hope that there'ssomething down there that was
worth it.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
Well, you said something at that networking
event and I've I think I've usedit once, as I said something to
the effect you know, I haven'tmade a dollar in like five
months, and you said you know,spoken like a true entrepreneur,
and now I'm really starting tolearn that you know.
So that stuck with me.
I'll probably I'm going tosteal that from you and use it.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Okay, very good, yeah , because I'm sure I stole it
from somebody else.
So we pass along our knowledgeand wisdom and I'm happy that
you and I got to sit down todayand let people know about your
new venture, dump Store ofCincinnati, and they got to meet
you and see your smile and hearabout not only Dump Store of
(24:51):
Cincinnati but your love ofbrunch.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Yes, love brunch.
Maybe too much, that's why Ihave the camera up top here.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
There's a method to our madness.
Yep, yes, all right, guy.
Well, um, I'm, uh, I'm happythat we got to sit down today
and do this, looking forward toyour success, and I'll do
everything I can to kind of help, um, uh, push you forward in
this new endeavor.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
And, uh, I can tell you we're going to have you over
for some rock luck here soon.
I'm going to teach you allabout it.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Yes, Would love that, would love it Maybe play some.
Euchre right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, itching toplay Euchre.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
I appreciate you having me on.
This was fun.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Yeah, we'll do it again sometime.
We'll we'll, um, you know meet,meet back here in a few months
or so and update everybody onhow it's going for you.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
I did want to mention one other thing.
You know I another part of thereason I got into business for
myself is I I love giving backto the community.
Yeah, you know I love beingable to help children especially
.
So I'm looking really in thenext couple of months with Dump
Store, because they have a greatcommunity outreach program to
raise some money for some reallygreat causes that I won't
mention right now, but I knowwhat they are.
I look forward to getting outin the community and helping
(26:10):
people out.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
I would love to help you with that.
I've got some communitypublications that we can promote
that in and we'll do anotherpodcast specific to that.
Part of my mission is tohighlight local nonprofits,
charitable endeavors and man man, especially when kids are
involved.
I'm right there with yourbrother.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
Yeah, that's what it's all about.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
I appreciate it, Mike .
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Well, with that being said, this is the end of the
latest episode of the GoodNeighbor Podcast.
Always good to talk to newbusiness owners.
I'll just say to the listenersout there be good to your
neighbors.
Until next time.
See everybody, take care.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Thanks for listening to the Good Neighbor Podcast
Union.
Take care.
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