We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Marcel Perdomo. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Marcel below.

Alright, Marcel thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. What’s the backstory behind how you came up with the idea for your business?

I purchased a boat for recreational purposes 7 years ago, while boating I noticed charters happening, at the time there weren’t many so I approached a captain and started talking to him. He was the owner but seemed very happy so I gave it a try.

Marcel, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am very disciplined when it comes to work. I work very hard. I am relentless when it comes to business but, you can’t make it without at least a little bit of luck. I honestly think we all get a break at one point in our lives the difference is that just a small percentage is willing to try and do whatever it takes. I started as a captain and I’ve done everything. I know my business like very few people do just because I have done literally everything that has anything to do with my business. Broker, owner, mechanic, captain, concierge, first mate, cleaning, you name it. I am very proud of one thing. the fruits of my labor are directly or indirectly responsible for the well being of almost 100 people today. That is something I absolutely take pride on because I went from nothing to someone that actually matters for a few families. I would like people to know that we and i mean everyone that is involved in my company tries their best everyday to make clients happy. That is our actual job and luckily we love doing it.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

I worked 7 days a week for 2 years straight. I had my day job (sales), I was an uber driver (part time) and weekends I would drive my boat for customers on demand. Demand was low in the beginning but it was still very exhausting if you added that I was also a parent.

When i started I could only see the boating business as an additional source of income. I did not think it would grow to much. I had a $65K/year job + Uber + the boating gig so at this point with the amount of hours I worked money was no longer an issue, but I couldnt leave my sales job as it was about 70% of my income.

One day, at 40 years old, I decided to quit my sales job. It was scary. 4 months later, COVID-19 hit and the little work i had went to zero.

I still managed. If I did, so can you!

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

Being someone’s employee. We are raised mostly by parents who wants to see us go to college and be lawyers, doctors, engineers, architects, etc. Even when we do the orientation ends there. All of the sudden you are stuck in a profession that is very hard to become your own boss and you end up producing money for someone else.

My father had a lab himself. He was a business owner. I look back now and never understood why WASNT THAT the main thing to teach your son. The path and career you choose is irrelevant if you can’t achieve the ultimate goal which is be your own boss.

Look around, you will find dozens , hundreds of people around you that have a degree but do something completely unrelated to what they learned to make matters worse, they make money for other people and not for themselves. I would never, ever again in my life work for anybody again. In the famous words of Mark Cuban “I rather work 80 hours for myself than 40 for someone else.”

Contact Info:

• Website: www.m-boat-m.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/mboatm
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/mboatm
• Other: www.instagram.com/maanpego <- personal

Image Credits
drone pictures – drone pilot: Marcel Perdomo