34 Years in Business: How Brad Flack Built Flack's Flooring and Rugs in Forsyth County

Brad Flack built Flack's Flooring and Rugs into one of the largest flooring showrooms in North Georgia over 34 years, starting solo with a half-inch classified ad and borrowed installers from his dad. In this episode of the Bettis Musgrove Show, Ben Musgrove and Christopher Light sit down with Brad to talk about what it actually takes to build a business from scratch, keep it for three decades, and hand it off to your kids.Brad walks through starting Carpet Depot out of an invisible building in Decatur in 1992, growing to six locations with two partners, losing his business partner Mike to a sudden death in 2009, and making the decision to finally put his name on the door with Flack's Flooring and Rugs in Forsyth County.He also gets into the product side of the flooring business, including why LVT has replaced hardwood in a lot of homes, what actually ruined laminate in the 90s, and why carpet in a bathroom is always a mistake.Plus: Brad's deep involvement with Young Life and CASA in Forsyth County, why he says businesses that skip community involvement are missing more than they know, and the curling analogy for business that you won't hear anywhere else.Flack's Flooring and Rugs is located a couple miles south of the outlet malls on Georgia 400. You can't miss the Pink Panthers.Website: https://flacksflooring.com/Find the Bettis Musgrove Show at bettismusgrove.com and on all major podcast platforms. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 2:14 Growing up in Alpharetta and Milton High School 6:30 Florida State and the Seminole football era 11:00 Starting Carpet Depot in 1992 18:45 The used carpet side hustle 24:00 Hiring the first employees and early marketing 30:15 Partnership growth and six Carpet Depot locations 36:40 Losing partner Mike Mangum and moving to Forsyth County 42:20 Becoming Flack's Flooring and Rugs 46:00 LVT, laminate, hardwood, and the flooring product breakdown 54:30 Community involvement: Young Life and CASA 1:04:00 Boots and Boogie fundraiser 1:09:45 Rapid fire questions 1:18:00 Where to find Flack's Flooring and Rugs#ForsythCounty #BettisMusgroveShow #FlacksFlooring #SmallBusiness #LocalBusiness