#32 "Grease Cleaner CEO" w/ Michael Crafton, President and CEO of Nelbud Services Group

Check out https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ for this week's TOP 8 Business Growth strategies and subscribe to our newsletter to download Gary’s 13 Keys to Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Business. Follow us on Instagram @DitchDiggerCEO (https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerceo/) for more helpful Business Growth tips. Our goal is to inspire everyone to start their own business and help you grow it to millions or even billions in value so if you feel any benefit from this episode please let us know by leaving an iTunes review, sharing this episode on social media and emailing a link to anyone you think would also find benefit here. Thank you. Michael Crafton (@MichaelCrafton2) is the President and CEO of Nelbud Services Group, a life safety services company he founded in 2005 with $800 and built into a global leader with more than 20 locations and over 30,000 recurring customers.  Michael has successfully steered Nelbud through (2) private equity buyouts, multiple buy-side acquisitions, and engineered numerous change management style company transformations over the past 15 years.  Michael has pioneered several industry leading technology platforms that have helped enhance the organization and position itself as a luxury brand.  Michael has a B.S. in Business from Indiana University, is very active in numerous community organizations, and an avid traveler. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-crafton/ + http://instagram.com/michaelcrafton2) 3:00 How Michael developed his work ethic 6:45 Who instilled money management in you? 8:45 Never missed practice, but never once looked at a playbook. 12:15 80% of success is showing up 15:15 How important is a friend group for your career/business? 17:15 Value of Networking 18:45 Michael’s business story 25:30 Million dollar lessons from entry level jobs 39:00 Mindset to stay motivated 41:30 Maintaining valuable relationships 52:00 Future of Nelbud? 55:45 How did you come up with CHAPTERS? 58:00 Growth and differentiation 1:02:00 How to avoid chasing shiny objects 1:05:00 Delivering value to customers 1:11:30 Fix what’s wrong instead of firing 1:17:30 Could you have done this in any other country? Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO: Visit the DDCEO BLOG: https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO Like DDCEO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg