Aaron Steed, President & CEO, Meathead Movers
Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization, October 28 2011
Meathead Story
How many graduates want to become a mover? LOL!
So you got your education. Great! Now what?
Get moving
Started at 15 & 17 with $100
Customer rented truck
No set hourly rate
Nothing to lose
Working for the tip
VIP Chair Jogging Tri-tip Sando Meathead Moment Post-move call
Word of Mouth
Aha moment
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SLO to Chico, CA
A whopping $250 &
a train ticket
BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal)
Slay Goliath and become the front-runner in the moving industry with professionally trained student-athlete movers, nationwide.
Who’s Goliath?
Turning Point
I think we kicked the hornets nest
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Goliath strikes back
Vanlines hire a team of lawyers
200+ page affidavit submitted to PUC
PUC takes action and shuts down phone
State ordered cease and desist
Decision to compete
Harder you work, Luckier you get
Ask for forgiveness, not permission
Prepared to outwork anyone
Mentorship
Used our youth as an advantage
No one’s perfect, learn lessons once
Youngest licensed mover in US
Fighting for credibility
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New Times
San Luis Obispo County Library
Loan to start the fleet
Build a #Winning team
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Circle of Champions
Accountant & Lawyer
Don’t expect others to do what you won’t
Mission StatementMeathead Movers is revolutionizing the moving industry one relationship at a time. We are accomplishing this by providing the first client and employee focused moving service. Our founding principle is to support student
athletes working their way through college in pursuit of their own American dream, and thatwill never change. We work hard, have fun, andserve our community by providing premium moving services as well as assisting victims ofdomestic violence with a fresh start in life.
Culture = “The X Factor”
Starts and ends with the people
Locker Room
Weight Room
Get my PUMP on
Computer Lab
Get my LEARN on
Clothing Line
Meathead Parties
Meathead Parties
Meathead Parties
STUD of the Month
Girls’ Night Out
Pad Wrapping
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Most Requested
Top Guns
Building a System
The company shouldn’t depend on you
Work ON, not IN your business
Pearls
It’s not what you do, its why you do it
Develop the people around you, know when to follow
Under promise, over deliver
Create a sustainable competitive advantage
Focus on only a few projects at a time
Social ResponsibilityGive back more than you take
Leverage your donation through company operations
Get creative about providing value
SCH
OLA
STIC Cal Poly Athletics
CP Entrepreneurship
San Luis Obispo High School
Cuesta College
These Numbers Have Faces
CASA
CO
MM
UN
ITY Women's Shelter
French Hospital
SLO Symphony
Children's' Museum
Rotary
Alzheimer's Association D
ISA
STER
REL
IEF San Diego Fires
‘05 & ‘07
Red Cross
Direct Relief International
United Way
Susan G. Komen
Wellness Community
Be a Media DarlingBe newsworthy
Target and develop relationships
Use youth to your advantage
Become your industry expert
Problems are opportunitiesTypical movers
Bait/Switch charging tactics
Consolidated trucks
Rich McClure - CEO United Vanlines
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Doubling Down
Previous Expansion
Santa Maria Branch
Expanded to LA & The OC
Ventura Branch
Growth
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Meathead Annual Revenues
Future Expansion
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Storage Partnerships
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