
“You Can Do A Lot Of Business Not Knowing What You’re Doing.” — John Starkey | GGP #81
Trust in auto repair doesn’t start with a wrench—it starts with perception. In this Origin & Impact episode of the Garage Grit Podcast, John Starkey shares how relationships, visibility, and communication turned a struggling side hustle into a multi-million-dollar repair shop in Hawaii.John didn’t begin in auto repair. He started in tech sales and dealership finance before flipping cars just to survive. When he unexpectedly bought a struggling repair shop, he had to overcome one major challenge: customers didn’t know him, trust him, or understand what his shop actually did.Growth came…
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