{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Mostly Middle Tennessee Business Podcast","title":"Pressure; Social and Washing w/ Rebecca Ruiz :: Ep 285 The Mostly Middle Tennessee Business Podcast","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5565,"description":"Rebecca Ruiz runs Superior Washing Services, homeschools nine kids, and is still showing up to 7 AM BNI with energy. In this episode we talk about choosing trades and entrepreneurship over the traditional college path, the reality of six-figure student loan debt, raising entrepreneurial kids, and scaling a blue-collar service business in Middle Tennessee.\nWe also dive into work-life balance, hiring challenges, and what it really takes to build a family-first lifestyle business in today’s economy.\nTimed Highlights:\n02:05 E-bikes, latchkey kids, and growing up unsupervised\n09:45 Rebecca’s path: early college, chemistry, and leaving the PhD track\n14:32 Launching a window and pressure washing business\n18:04 Life as a former touring drummer in family mode\n20:00 How Rebecca keeps going with nine kids and a growing business\n25:38 Pushback on big families and “too many kids”\n27:33 The 11-year-old entrepreneur who out-hustled Mom on gum sales\n33:15 How school systems kill student entrepreneurship\n40:58 The teacher who tells kids “you have a gift” instead of “go to college or fail”\n44:30 The long-term reality of six-figure student loan debt\n54:13 Why trades and “dirty jobs” deserve more respect (and better PR)\n58:08 Apprenticeships vs. degrees – what we’ve lost\n1:00:35 Do our kids really need a liberal arts education to succeed?\n1:09:55 Why Rebecca homeschools and is skeptical of college culture\n1:10:41 Superior Washing Services: what they do and who they serve\n1:12:41 The convention that changed their business trajectory\n1:18:57 How amateurs destroy siding, concrete, and plants with pressure washers\n1:21:35 Time, money, and why most homeowners should not DIY\n1:24:49 The hardest part of scaling: hiring trustworthy techs\n1:28:04 When business advice ignores real-life family constraints\n1:30:33 How to find and follow Superior Washing Services\n\nFor more episodes → MMTBP.com Guests website → https://superiorwashingservices.com\nStudio → https://www.itsyourshow.co/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/MQ_OhPfdW9BdEjsZHWT49CTxYJ8Q_hM2MA0llbwBouM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jNjhk/YTVkYzdlYjI3NTkx/MTBjYWZiZjRiMjdh/YzQyZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}