One. one. >> Is that When did you when did you first >> Is that When did you when did you first >> Is that When did you when did you first decide to upgrade like mowers? decide to upgrade like mowers? decide to upgrade like mowers? >> Mowers. My first actual year in >> mowers. My first actual year in >> mowers. My first actual year in business, age 16. I got me and I business, age 16. I got me and I business, age 16. I got me and I hired my younger brother. We got a hired my younger brother. We got a hired my younger brother. We got a little trailer with two push mowers. One little trailer with two push mowers. One little trailer with two push mowers.

One was my dad's one he bought for us and we was my dad's one he bought for us and we was my dad's one he bought for us and we push mowed about 20 lawns. We had some push mowed about 20 lawns. We had some push mowed about 20 lawns. We had some horrible flyers made up and we ended up horrible flyers made up and we ended up horrible flyers made up and we ended up getting to 20 lawns. A lot of next door. getting to 20 lawns. A lot of next door. getting to 20 lawns. A lot of next door. >> A lot of next door when you were 16. >> A lot of next door when you were 16. >> A lot of next door when you were 16. >> Yep. >> Yep. >> Yep. >> How profitable were you that first year?

Our truck in front of our house, which was awesome. Yeah. And ⁓ the first year in business we did a hundred and fifteen K in revenue, almost probably half mowing, half landscaping. Is that when you started to take some of those landscaping projects? Was like were you taking ⁓ when you were like eighteen too? Yeah, well like mulch. Only mulch and rock and stuff. No hardscaping until twenty one. And How did you learn how to bid those jobs when you were like eighteen or were you just free balling? ⁓ A hundred percent freeballing. I had no idea what to do. I had no idea. Like one project I would make a grand, one project I'd make like a hundred bucks.