399: How To Scale a Million-Dollar Pest Control Business w/ Robiar Smith

Side Hustle Pro

Apr 10 2024 • 42 mins

This week in the guest chair we have Robiar Smith, CEO of R.B. Pest Solutions. In a male-dominated field, she is trailblazing her way to the top and building a legacy business for her family and community. Juggling two rapidly growing companies in an unexpected industry, she's redefining success and breaking barriers.


In this episode she shares:

  • How she developed an exclusive retail deal with Home Depot
  • What skills from her background in corporate America and MBA program she applied to being an entrepreneur
  • Her transition into scaling a product-based business into a multi-million dollar company


Highlights include:

00:00 Intro

2:30 Following the pest control legacy

6:34 How an MBA helped launch the business

12:57 Acquiring customers and making them long time clients

21:34 Phases of scaling a business

25:41 Developing and testing retail products

29:37 Difference in service-based and product-based business

32:44 Maintaining profitability

35:48 Tips for entrepreneurs

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