From Mechanic to IT, Mortgage Broker and Senior Business Analyst and Trainer, Steve Bowe Says He Was Far From Being A Handyman When He Bought His Hire A Hubby Franchise in Nowra, NSW.
Episode Timeline
- 00:00 – Welcome
- 00:36 – What an Enterprise level franchise owner is in Hire A Hubby
- 01:16 – Running a husband and wife business and how it all works
- 01:45 – Steve’s background: from motor mechanic to IT & computing
- 03:22 – Transition into mortgage broking then travelling around Australia
- 04:41 – Moving to Nowra, IT training career, and retrenchment in 2012
- 05:43 – Deciding to stay in Nowra and looking to run his own business
- 06:54 – Why Steve was definitely NOT wanting a franchise at first
- 08:16 – Finding Hire A Hubby & attending an info night to “rule it out”
- 10:06 – A franchise partner’s lifestyle that resonated with Steve
- 10:53 – Training as a “non-handyman” & initial growth of the business
- 12:26 – The 4 streams of the business to future-proof growth
- 14:10 – Steve’s day-to-day role now “off the tools”
- 15:47 – Acquiring another business at a value below its contracts
- 18:04 – Building a client base as an Enterprise franchise
- 19:16 – Regional vs metropolitan franchise ownership
- 20:31 – Plans for the future
And in even more of a twist – he was certain he didn’t want a franchise after being made redundant from his last corporate role!
he went to an information night in Sydney after seeing an advertisement for the business keep popping up in front of him. He went there that night to make sure he can ‘rule out’ the business from his search for something where he can be his own boss and control his life more.
10+years later, and as an Enterprise level sized business within the network, Steve is a great story of trying many different careers until he later settled so well into a business of his own…
