Joe Springsteen

2x ETA, the 1st a crucible of hard lessons. 1+ yrs into the 2d, a 35 yr old co. Ex BigLaw, F50, PE. 60 yo, 👀 longevity, joy w my wife and 4 grown kids

[Joe Springsteen @1JoeSpringsteen]

It’s been a while, and here’s the update.

I’m Joe Springsteen. I run Mallard — an exterior and window cleaning company in Florida — and I’m obsessed with building a durable, high-performance B2B service business in a market that doesn’t forgive sloppiness.

We clean apartments, commercial properties, major resorts and portfolios at scale.

But what I really build is teams.

After acquiring a 30+ year old company in a hot market, one thing became obvious:

Service businesses don’t fail because of pressure washers.
They fail because of leadership, systems, and financial discipline.

I’ve failed on all of those, trust me.

So that’s what I work on.

Rap Sheet:

Owner/Operator, Mallard • Acquired & scaling a legacy exterior cleaning company • B2B focus (asset managers & commercial portfolios) • Occasional speaker on buying and growing service businesses • Builder of teams that execute in the Florida heat

Currently:
– Scaling commercial services
– Reworking systems (CRM, dispatch, payments, field ops)
– Negotiating smart partnerships
– Building a fleet that makes sense
– Obsessed with margins, retention, brand and getting home by 5

Happily married with 4 kids and 2 dogs between us. Business builder. Operator first, talker second.

On my feed:

Service business economics, ETA strategies, blue collar leadership, B2B marketing, the occasional contrarian take, successes but more failures.

No generic shit.
Dog and travel photos.

[Joe Springsteen @1JoeSpringsteen]

@buddy7 You wouldn’t believe what we pay pet sitters just to travel.

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@pjmcgeary So good and bad.

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@dylthorn We’ve got 2 lifts now!

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@SMBDealGuy 😂

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Jan - May 2026 vs prior yr:

- Rev just over $2M highest ever YTD up 16% yoy. Why? B2B pd off

- COGS down 2% yoy. Why? Capex (lift) saves on rentals

- EBITDA? 🥁 roll: up 43% YoY

Mkting flat YoY but shift to B2B heavy into trade shows in fall26 baked in.

LFG!!🐣🐥🦆🚀

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@stevehunsaker1

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@sethmosk Thank you sir

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@FrontierBDesign I mostly love that AI didn’t spell check this tweet 🐣

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@RandBusiness Just wait til his organic Meta posts go viral.

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Why we shifted to commercial work.

[Brigham's Burner @FiredUpCoug]

Just drove past this kid in my neighborhood towing a pressure washer behind his bicycle, on his way to earn some summer money.

Love to see it.

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@andywalkerhq I’m on like my 120th skin 🐍 😂 😬

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@trentjhughes Great biz @bseeling !!

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Great Rules. I’m struggling a bit in refocusing a couple jack of all trades employees into their self-stated strengths; hard to break w the past “way of doing things” so we will see.

On prsnl branding, yes figuring out systematizing posts without fake BS AI shit.

[Steve Hunsaker | Home Service Accelerator @stevehunsaker1]

A couple rules of entrepreneurship I’ve learned over the years:

1. The goal is to eliminate “jack of all trades” employees as fast as possible. (Necessary to have some in the beginning) but your employee who does sales, customer service, and manages the phones wont scale

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@bradsmith I tend to wake up before five and that’s when my local gym opens so goal is like 530. Seems to work pretty well for me. How about you?

[Joe Springsteen @1JoeSpringsteen]

Get some exercise today.

I’m trying to get back in earlier lately.

Feels better and by 9pm I’m crashed when I do.

How about you? Early am workout or later in the day?

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@jasonmpearl At 100% support that grind don’t get me wrong!

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The world feels right this morning.

In the truck w the tunes jamming leaving the shop.

Let’s get it today!

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@KurtisCarman Probably logged into same browser profile on both computers

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@Codie_Sanchez Travel — try national parks to reconnect