Blue Koi Hauling and Junk Removal | Application Preview
Blue Koi Hauling and Junk Removal is seeking government grants to enhance their operations and marketing efforts. The funding will primarily be allocated towards current marketing and operating expenses, with a strong emphasis on hiring employees, particularly laborers and office staff. The business aims to ramp up its marketing strategies through various channels, including radio, online advertising, and community engagement.
Their business plan outlines a growth goal of expanding to at least three trucks and eight full-time employees, starting with immediate hiring and marketing initiatives. The owner plans to utilize both full-time laborers and contractors to manage workloads and drive business growth.
The application emphasizes the owner's dedication to community involvement and support, highlighting their background as a minority business owner who values giving back. The funding is positioned as crucial for sustaining growth and continuing their mission of community upliftment.
In a competitive landscape that includes larger national brands, Blue Koi's local ownership and commitment to community support serve as its competitive advantages. The business seeks to leverage its unique identity and values to carve out a niche in the junk removal market.
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General Information
Business Registration Number: 87-2326505
Location: West Chester, OH, United States
Length of Operation: 1-5
Number of Employees: 1-10 Employees
Annual Gross Income: Less than $100k
Annual Gross Expense: Less than $100k
Open to Loans: YES
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Funding Usage
• Current marketing expenses • Current operating expenses • *Hiring employees; major priority o Laborers o Office workers • Increased marketing efforts o Advertising – radio, truck composite signs, bandit signs, door hangers, etc. o Branding - client giveaways o Paid online marketing – Google Ads, Yelp, Facebook, etc. o Email marketing – Mailchimp • Additional operating expenses o Field credit card processing machine o *2nd Truck purchase; major priority o CRM implementation
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Business Plan
Grow to at least 3 trucks and 8 full time employees; 6 full-time laborers and 2 full-time office workers. This starts day one, with increased marketing efforts, crm implementation, field credit card readers, hiring two (2) full time laborers, and one (1) assistant to answer phones and set appointments. With two (2) full-time laborers, this will relieve me from the truck to work more on the business and drive more business organically; boots on the grounds (i.e. visiting realtor offices, property management companies, apartment complexes, residential door knocking, community involvement, etc.) We’ll then look to increase marketing efforts even more, with the goal in mind to purchase an additional dump truck. Short term, I’ll get back on the truck with W9 contractors, until two (2) additional full-time laborers are hired to man the second truck. Through tracking KPI’s, continuing to increase all marketing efforts, we’ll rinse and repeat for continued growth. That is a great question! I can say I am determined and passionate about what we do; how we give back to the community, and our burning desire to give back as much as humanly possible to families in need! My sister and I, were brought up in a single parent household by our mother, who did all she could to make ends meet. We didn’t have much but we knew we were loved. I am a 100% minority business owner; the first in my family to acquire a secondary education; then subsequently, a graduate degree. I am a husband and father to three girls; 28, 5, and 2 years old (3 in January). I am determined, honest, caring, ambitious, and I/we have so much more to give. In all honesty, we’ve been doing this for 2 years, but we cannot sustain our efforts and continue to grow without help ourselves.
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Self Identified Competition
• Large national brands (i.e. Rumpke Junk Removal, 1-800-Got-Junk, Junk King, etc,) • Rains Junk Removal • Clutter Box Junk Removal • We are locally owned and operated. • We are 100% minority owned. • For us, giving back to the community is extremely important and a major focus of ours. • We wholeheartedly, support women owned and local businesses. • We not only want to support our families, but we also want to use out platform to uplift our community and those around us.
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