Oct 24, 2019
Where does your entrepreneurial spirit come from?
Is it in your blood?
For whatever reason that I still haven’t figured out, I’m in a
family of business owners.
So for this week’s episode of Escape
Velocity, I wanted to try something a little different. I sat
down and interviewed Pierre Martell, the CEO of Martell Custom
Homes.
Yes…
I interviewed my brother.
A lot of people ask me
about my family and
about my upbringing. I love talking about them! Couldn’t be
prouder.
And a lot of people know about Pierre too. He’s built quite a name
for himself.
Pierre’s company is one of the largest and fastest-growing custom
home builders in Canada, now spread across multiple cities, and
servicing high-end professionals that want to build their dream
home.
And – get this – he only has 9 employees! (though… he subcontracts
hundreds more)
I’m super proud of him, so it’s awesome that I get to share his
greatness with you.
Tune in and learn more about what us Martell’s have in common – and
a bit about what we don’t.
In this episode, Pierre is really generous with sharing insights. I
mean, he has to be, right? He’s my brother. 🙂
Anyway, we chat about:
- His first business venture at only 8 years old
- How he bought a car when he was 12 and traded his way up to a
Mustang
- The necessary pains of rebranding his business
- Pivoting from competing on price to attracting high-end
customers
- Why it’s worth paying more to hire the best
- Owning your mistakes with integrity
- …And how I had to kick his ass a few times (truth!)
Pierre’s story is one of growth. He took an idea, earned the street
smarts to make it work and then… hustled.
Never giving up, always adapting.
Just… Hustle, hustle, hustle. 24/7.
He grew from renovating small townhouses in one district to
building million-dollar homes for wealthy clients all across the
country.
Pierre has really achieved something remarkable with his business,
and it’s been such a blessing to watch his company grow from an
idea shared around the barbecue into the respected, well-oiled
machine that it is today.
I love my family, and I love putting them in the
spotlight.
I’m super proud of him and everything he’s achieved! So give him a
little love and check out the latest
episode.
And here’s a question for you: Do you think we look alike? Drop a
comment on the video and let me know!
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Dan Martell has advised more startups
than his hometown has people and teaches startup founders like you
how to scale. He previously created, raised venture
funding for and successfully exited two tech startups: Flowtown and
Clarity.fm. You should follow him on twitter @danmartell for tweets
that are actually awesome.
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