How I Built a 7-Figure Business From My Garage

A lot of people think you need some million dollar idea to start a business, but a lot of the best products come from solving a problem you already have. And that's exactly how John Youngblood of JJ George got started. John, thanks for being here today and I'd love for you to tell us. What problem you solved that actually got your business started? So I've got a big green egg. I just got a big green egg and um I was trying to find a table for it and and nothing uh I could find that I I really liked. So we've we built one. My neighbor wanted one after he saw mine and then

The local store needed one to sell in their store and we were just selling on Craigslist and eBay and this and that for fun. Make it make a few extra bucks. You mentioned this earlier, I gotta call you out. Okay. Why were you wanting to make a few extra bucks? So originally I wanted to buy a boat. And uh you know not a nice boat. Just a little fishing boat or a ski boat or or or just a boat. And where were you where were you building them at that time? I actually started contracting it out of a wood shop, a local wood shop. Okay. Um we knew right then that we couldn't just build them all in the garage. We we need to that's where you started was in the garage. And then you got somebody to start making. And then and then that grew and grew and grew. Um so multiple wood shops. How many of them were you selling? I I don't even remember it it wasn't significant. Um this was my first time that I'd realized that having a seasonal business was a problem. I had a I'd I'd rented a storage shed'cause my garage was full and we'd keep tables in there, and I had nineteen tables sitting there. I'm like, I'll never sell all these tables, you know. And then here comes Christmas and they're gone in in in a week. Anyway, it was it was small scale.

And that was was it still a a side hustle at that point? Absolutely. Okay. Tell me about The point in you in this journey where You thought to yourself, this might be more than just boat money.

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