We were lucky to catch up with Mikey Medina recently and have shared our conversation below.

Mikey , appreciate you joining us today. Being a business owner can be really hard sometimes. It’s rewarding, but most business owners we’ve spoken sometimes think about what it would have been like to have had a regular job instead. Have you ever wondered that yourself? Maybe you can talk to us about a time when you felt this way?

My favorite part of the business side is wearing my uniform–it makes me feel like a superhero. So yes, I am very happy and satisfied with my role as a business owner. Selecting the design and color of one’s uniform is harder than you think, it’s a representation of who I am and what we do as a company. If I had a regular job, the responsibility of a company and its employees wouldn’t be mine. As the owner, I hope to create a positive brand. The value of a uniform is underrated yet so powerful. Society looks at the logo and its color. The key is to create a positive long lasting emotional connection with service and its results.

I have had a job where I’m just an employee, and I’ve used that experience to learn and create my own structure. Understanding how big companies work and their business model has helped me obtain intel on how to operate on a large scale. I have worked in different fields such as hospitality, retail, and medicine. I made it a priority to work for others in order to improve my adaptability and knowledge. Being an employee also taught me that my job is important and necessary, for my employer and our national economy.
The hardest job I had, but most rewarding, was being a server and a bartender. Handling hot food at a fast pace while holding on to a conversation and then remembering someone’s request or order, followed by having to craft a few cocktails, remembering the ingredients for cocktails while having guests waving at me– it’s a lot to handle! Customer service and hospitality is very demanding and the money you make is reflected by how well you handle stressful situations and the ability to stay focused. After being part of that industry, I determined that I was already being my own boss. If I didn’t take the order right, check on the food, deliver the food, craft the cocktails, clean the table and collect payment, then I wasn’t going to get my tip. The money I was receiving was all up to me, no one else. Yes there are other factors that could make the customer experience a negative one, but once you understand that even as an employee you create your professional path, then you will create your own business model for whatever company or job you have, resulting in success.
My favorite part of the business side is wearing my uniform–it makes me feel like a superhero. The value of a uniform is underrated. It’s so powerful because it’s a representation of who I am and what we do as a company. Society is looking at our logo and its color, deciding if they can trust us. That’s why selecting the design and color of one’s uniform is harder than you think. As the owner, I hope to create a positive brand.The key is to create a long lasting emotional connection with service and its results.So yes, I am very happy and satisfied with my role as a business owner. If I had a regular job, the responsibility of a company and its employees wouldn’t be mine.

Mikey , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

Hello my name is Mikey Medina and I own a painting company that also expands its servicing for contracting other needs to build and renovate residentially and commercially. I started working with my father at the age of 12 during summer, my mother believed I needed to start at a young age about responsibilities and money management. The hardest thing about this service/ job is the physical labor. You need to have resistance for long hour shifts and get acclimated quickly to the weather and risk of climbing high to complete the service needed such as painting, siding,and roofing.
Within our company we allowed our clients to get access to multiple services for their home repairs, remodels or new projects. They feel more secure knowing that one person will be in charge of projects that require more than one skill and man labor. For a client it is not just about the job getting done correctly is also about the time frame and financial responsibility. Helping our clients stay on track and on budget is essential to continue with a professional service. We build long lasting memories and share responsibility with the other service provided we recommend or work with.

I own a painting company that expands its contracting services for other residential and commercial building and renovation needs. I started working with my father at the age of 12 during the summer because my mother believed I needed to start learning about responsibilities and money management at a young age. The hardest thing about this service/job is the physical labor. You need to have endurance for working long shifts and get acclimated quickly to the weather.There is risk from climbing high to complete the services needed, such as painting, siding,and roofing, so you must stay focused on the job at all times.

What I’m most proud of is that within our company, we provide our clients access to multiple services for their home repairs, remodels, and new projects. Our key to success is that clients feel more secure knowing that one person will be in charge of projects that require more than one skill and more than one laborer. For our clients, it’s not just about the job getting done correctly, it’s also about the time frame and financial responsibility. Helping our clients stay on track and on budget is essential to continue providing a professional service. We build long lasting memories and share responsibility with the other service providers we recommend or work with. Therefore, Global Service and Contracting is the company you can rely on. No project is too small or big for us, if it matters to you, it matters to us.

How did you build your audience on social media?

Social media is a form of communication and connecting by allowing the audience to get oriented or informed. What I do is to continue orienting my followers or clients on how we expand or prepare in order to be professionals. Branding in the form of uniforms, business cards/ advertising like yard signs, tools of other service providers within the same industry or work field. Once you hire a service to provide the needs or essentials to start a business, you want people to know that you have the access and the intention of expanding. Let your audience know who and how they help you, give the public access to success, in other words you created publicity for other business owners by promoting your own. That’s the result of networking.
Social media is a great way to inform your audience about your business intentions and networking potential, two essentials for success. What I do is to continue orienting my followers to how we expand our business and prepare our services. Part of this orientation is through branding in the form of uniforms, business cards, and advertising like yard signs or tools of other service providers within the same industry. Once you start a business, you want people to know that you have the intention and ability to expand. The best way to do this is to get your audience on social media involved. Let your audience know how they’re helping you, give the public access to your success. Finally, create publicity for other business owners by promoting your own. That’s the result of networking.

Any advice for managing a team?

Be transparent and direct with your team work, let them know the task and skills required to stray with your company. The financial budget and the goal as a hold.
Allow them to take responsibility for the task assigned. Listening to them and taking their opinion in consideration, by establishing follow up conversations. Provide the essential tools and resources needed by the staff so they feel supported and accounted for. Be an active boss/ leader. Lead by example, by taking the time to observe, adjust and repeated you will create a connection with your team. Complement and value those with high risk talent and skills. Allow those who wish to grow the opportunity. Leadership is a daily activity with a positive and influential attitude. Come with respect and authority to the work site and you will obtain high morales. Those who lack the intention to get positive results and contribution will need to be terminated after their trial period was accomplished.

Be transparent and direct with your team, let them know the tasks and skills required to stay with your company.
Make sure they are aware that the company has a budget and it’s important to stick to it, and in order to do so, services and tasks will need to be completed on time with cost efficiency.
Allow them to take responsibility for the task assigned.
Listen to them and take their opinion into consideration by establishing follow up conversations.
Provide the essential tools and resources needed so they feel supported and accounted for.
Be an active boss/ leader. Lead by example through taking the time to observe and adjust.
Compliment and value those with extraordinary talent and skills.
Allow those who wish to grow the opportunity.
Practice leadership as a daily activity with a positive and influential attitude. Come with respect and authority to the work site and you will obtain high morale. Those who lack the intention to get positive results and contribute to the group will need to be terminated after their trial period has ended.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.globalservicecontracting.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/globalservicecontracting?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/globalservicecontracting/

Image Credits

Pictures by Mikey Medina From Mikey’s Mobile Bar and Catering