Josh Roberts shares the challenges and lessons behind building a successful air conditioning business after an unsuccessful first attempt. In this episode, he and Gavin Tudor Elliot discuss entrepreneurship, perseverance, consistency, community impact, and the mindset required to overcome setbacks while creating a lasting business legacy.
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Customers don't come because you launched — the first failure taught him to go get them.
Going back to a job was regrouping, not quitting.
Going through a divorce while starting out gave him a fire to prove he could do it on his own.
His daily routine does not break. Showing up every single day is the value he brings to Air Docs.
Air Docs grows one neighborhood at a time so customer service does not slip, and has run a monthly program letting the community pick a local nonprofit to support.
Josh Roberts is the founder of Air Docs Heating & Cooling in Vero Beach, Florida. When his first launch of the business struggled, he returned to a job, regrouped and rebuilt it around consistency and community service.
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