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Alex Shapiro, CEO of CanMonkey, shares how the company scaled its vacation rental trash solutions through technology and quality service, expanding into pool cleaning and on-demand trash removal. Initially growing via word of mouth, CanMonkey overcame hiring challenges and improved customer service by transitioning from virtual assistants to in-house support.

Takeaways:

CanMonkey started as a solution to take trash cans to the curb for short-term rental properties.
The business initially grew through word of mouth and referrals, but it took off when a property manager reached out.
Hiring and ensuring quality service was a challenge, but CanMonkey developed systems and processes to manage it.
Technology played a crucial role in scaling the business, and CanMonkey built its own application to streamline operations.
CanMonkey has expanded into other services like pool cleaning and on-demand trash removal. It uses technology and automation to manage trash collection for vacation rental properties.
They have systems in place to handle customer service inquiries and have divided their markets into zones.
They have faced challenges with different trash collection schedules in different markets and have created automations to handle these variations.
They experimented with virtual assistants but found that bringing customer service in-house improved the customer experience.

Chapter:
(01:15) - The Idea and Early Days of CanMonkey
(04:30) - Start of Hiring New People
(10:59) - Learning Lessons from Expansion
(18:14) - Growing the Sales and Marketing Team
(22:15) - Transitioning into a Technology Company
(25:25) - Leveraging Human Capital for Growth
(29:43) - Hiring and Delegating to Virtual Assistants
(36:11) - Setting Clear Expectations During Onboarding
(38:27) - Scaling with a Tiered System
(40:31) - Turning Negatives into Upselling Opportunities
(41:34) - Building a Sustainable and Scalable Business

20 episodes

Takeaways:

CanMonkey started as a solution to take trash cans to the curb for short-term rental properties.
The business initially grew through word of mouth and referrals, but it took off when a property manager reached out.
Hiring and ensuring quality service was a challenge, but CanMonkey developed systems and processes to manage it.
Technology played a crucial role in scaling the business, and CanMonkey built its own application to streamline operations.
CanMonkey has expanded into other services like pool cleaning and on-demand trash removal. It uses technology and automation to manage trash collection for vacation rental properties.
They have systems in place to handle customer service inquiries and have divided their markets into zones.
They have faced challenges with different trash collection schedules in different markets and have created automations to handle these variations.
They experimented with virtual assistants but found that bringing customer service in-house improved the customer experience.

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