Rodney Koop, CEO and founder of The New Flat Rate, is a motivational speaker, author, entrepreneur, and solutions-based enthusiast. Over the last three decades, Koop has founded and sold HVAC, electrical, and plumbing service companies. During his career, Koop has contributed numerous articles and industry assessments to multiple publications and recently authored his first book.
In 1968, on a warm summer day, my mother looked out her kitchen window facing Minnesota Highway 75 and was horrified to see my little brother, only 3 years old, hanging onto the back of one of my dad’s electrical service trucks, which was just pulling out onto the highway heading south.
Last fall, a generous plumbing contractor in Las Vegas allowed me to park a trailer-load of four-wheelers in his backyard. It was an incredible backyard. I’ll be happy to tell you his name, but I’m about to tell you about his son.
