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

Marcus, appreciate you joining us today. So, naming is such a challenge. How did you come up with the name of your brand?

COVID-19 caused the athletes of Memphis Shelby County Schools not to have a sports season in 2020-2021 school year. My son was a star running back and he needed to play his senior season so that colleges would know he was cleared to play again after a season ending injury he sustained his junior year. To help people be comfortable with allowing the athletes to play sports, I created a company to sanitize the football equipment. I wanted the name to be catchy and unmistakable so I named it Sports Sanitizers. It became a conversation piece and a door opener as well.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

The way I got into the Facilities & Maintenance industry was “Father Filtered”. God did it. I really thought God was going to bless me financially through social media. I had a podcast entitled “MI Moments w/Marcus J” (MI=Montivational & Inspirational), I was doing culture trainings on Zoom, speaking engagements, and radio show host. I just knew I was about to “Blow-up” but God had a different route for me. Janitorial was the last industry I would have ever thought I’d be involved with. Not because I’m better than anyone but it’s nothing I was doing even periodically. I’ve gotten a reputation of straightening things out facilities and maintenance issues. Building not clean or up to par, call Sports Sanitizers. Floors aren’t shining, call Sports Sanitizers. We make things happen overnight. The thing that sets Sports Sanitizers LLC apart from other is favor. I believe in my company and my employees believe in me. So that intern impresses the companies who require our services. And we produce in tough situations. I’m a servant and my company reflects that moral reality. I don’t micromanage employees, I encourage them to want better, I love creating the new workforce, and I love serving those in need.

Can you open up about how you funded your business?

Great story. I was given an electrostatic machine from one of my guys. But it wasn’t big enough to use commercially. So, I took the little money I had and purchased a bigger electrostatic machine. In order for me to do commercial work I had to have insurance. I found a young lady who wrote policy to give me a quote and it was more than I had. I took the little money I had after paying bills and said nope. I told the lady I was okay and didn’t to pay it. And immediately God said, ‘ You don’t trust me”. I pulled over to the side of the road and called the lady back and said, “run the card” and the rest is history. And I haven’t received any financial assistance in any of my years of operation as of today. A word to the wise for my entrepreneurs; you will eventually need capital to grow your business. Spending your own my is good but getting sound financial assistance and advise is imperative.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

I have realized that everyone who says they can help, they can’t. They can’t for one or two reasons. They don’t have the ability to, or they just don’t want to see you grow. But this doesn’t make me mad. It motivates me to grow my company so when companies like mine needs a hand, I can provide them with it. I remember being the smallest guy in the room but with ambitions of being the biggest guy in the room. With the mindset that everyone around me would grow mentally, morally, and financially. Everyone says they are tough until it’s time to do tough stuff. People not paying their invoices, paying your employees and not yourself, buying equipment with your own money, buying material for jobs that don’t happen, employees stealing time, and people pretending to be a friend but really a foe. And I still get up every day with the expectations that today will be better than yesterday. I have people depending on me to be better.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.sportssanitizers.com
• Instagram: sportssanitizers
• Linkedin: Sports Sanitizers LLC

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