Mulchin’ Bros is a lawn care and landscaping company. They are locally owned and operated by BSM students. The co-owners are BSM senior Eddie Wolfe and St. Louis Park High School senior Henry Schrader. They started the business late last year.
The business specializes in spreading bags of mulch. They buy the mulch and distribute it all throughout the designated area. They lay it evenly and make sure there are no clumps or large piles to make the mulch look trashy. Mulchin’ Bros does a great job and has fair prices. The company makes its customers a priority and really cares about the work that they do. “One of the big things I have had to start doing is keeping my phone on all day. I can’t be away from it or I will miss a call or text from a client,” Schrader said.
Starting a business is extremely hard and it has taught both owners many things. Some of the key takeaways were that work ethic and responsibility is their top priority. These skills are not only good to have but are necessary for the workplace in today’s day and age. This just shows how one little idea can make a big difference. “My brothers had a business just like this, and I thought I could try it out,” Schrader said.
My brothers had a business just like this, and I thought I could try it out.”
— Henry Schrader
When they started this business they had no idea what they were getting into, but with persistence and determination, they were able to make their business shine. It took them about a year to fully get going but a year is an overstatement because you can only do landscaping when it’s not snowing. They recently have had a boom in business. They have had north of 20 clients so far and it is not even summer yet. They plan to have 60-70 clients in the summer and will continue to do landscaping until they leave for their first year of college. They have had to get employees to help with some of their bigger jobs. The owners have been hiring employees on a job-to-job basis and not on regular hourly pay. They have on average a 40% return rate on the jobs they have done. These numbers are very impressive for a company that was started just recently. “The hardest part about starting a company was being more organized,” Schrader said.