TOMMY MELLO
Meet TOMMY MELLO
Tommy started his Garage Door company with $50K in debt and had to learn how to run his business the hard way: making all the mistakes in the book and working 80+ hours every single week.
He didn’t have anyone in the industry to look up to, so in 2017 when he reached $25M in revenue, he decided it was time to share everything he learned with other home service entrepreneurs.
Since then, he has become a best-selling author, a top 0.1% podcast host, an Inc Magazine columnist, and a keynote speaker, and his garage door company has grown to $200M with over 700 employees in 19 states.
Tommy’s mission now is to show other leaders a new way of running a business. He calls it “Elevate - Build A Business Where Everybody Wins.”
Check Out His Latest Book
Check Out His Latest Book
In 2019, when COVID hit, Tommy Mello had an epiphany: “Investing in the success of my team is the only way to win big in business.”
On the first day of lockdown, he arrived at his office and saw a line of employees outside of his door. One by one, each employee joined Tommy for a conversation, and an unexpected trend emerged:
Instead of complaining, they all offered help to keep the company alive. Some were willing to take pay cuts. Others give up their accumulated vacation time.
Tommy was blown away by the kindness and at that moment he had a powerful realization: “These people are invested in the company’s success because we’ve built a business where everybody wins.”
That’s the core message that Tommy is sharing in his new book, Elevate, and also the method he used to attract, retain, and develop a team of over 700 A-players for his company.