09/13/2022, Beverly Hills // PRODIGY: Feature Film //
In this episode of Mission Matters, Dereck Moore talks about how his company, Building Maintenance of Tomorrow, is providing opportunity in the building maintenance and janitorial industries while ensuring safe, clean workplaces for his customers.
Listen to Dereck Moore’s full interview with Adam Torres Mission Matters Startup Garage Podcast.
Which mission is important to you?
Moore says he wants to make a difference in his industry, his community and the world. An entrepreneur by nature, he explains that he has big dreams and goals and tries to find like-minded people whose vision and work ethic align with his.
I always wanted to be my own boss,” says Moore, recalling taking odd jobs like mowing grass in his grandmother’s neighborhood at the tender age of 10. As an adult, Moore spent more than a decade in the real estate sector, but the 2008 financial crisis turned things upside down: To pay his bills, he turned to his in-laws, who had been in the building maintenance and janitorial industries for more than 30 years were.
Growing his business was daunting, he recalls: “I always had ambitions to build a $100 million company, sell it and do philanthropic work, but a new industry required me to learn everything from scratch .” He undertook leadership training and turned to mentors and business consultants to help him through the difficult times to achieve something better.
His goal now, he says, is to create a turnkey operation so he can bring like-minded people into the herd and help him make an even greater impact with his work.
What advice would you give your former self during hard times?
“I would advise my younger self to be open to learning more from others,” says Moore. More mentoring from a broader network of experienced professionals could have helped him through the bumps and bruises more efficiently, he says. But although the path was not easy, his entrepreneurial…
