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Building a $100M+ home services empire with Jeremy Yamaguchi (Just Go Grind, Episode #362)

May 13, 2025

Episode 362: Justin Gordon interviews Jeremy Yamaguchi, founder of Lawn Love and Cabana Pools, about how he built and grew several “high-suck” companies in the home services industry.

Check out Jeremy's company, Cabana Pools. 

Watch this episode and others on YouTube.

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Show Notes:

00:00 What’s coming in the episode… 
00:55 Introduction
02:17 Jeremy’s background
08:34 Jeremy’s “origin story”
18:22 The process behind Lawn Love
26:18 Early days of Lawn Love 
30:42 Lawn Love’s experience in YC 
33:19 Angel raising with Lawn Love 
35:47 Lawn Love’s growth 
37:56 Selling Lawn Love 
40:48 Founding Cabana Pools
49:19 Growing + buying companies 
53:15 Fundraising for Cabana Pools 
1:06:17 Cabana’s challenges
1:11:05 What’s next for Cabana Pools
1:13:17 Contact Jeremy

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