Joseph Lawthers is a Philadelphia-area entrepreneur, sales professional, and father of five. Founder of Philos Property Solutions. Co-owner of Let's Get Trash. A decade in the construction trades, two years at the Fox School of Business at Temple University, and a lifetime of bettering himself through diligence and dedication.

Philos Property Solutions

After nine years in the trades, I started my own company. Philos Property Solutions was a general contracting and remodeling company based in Kennett Square, PA. It started with just me and grew into a real operation serving homeowners and commercial clients across Chester County.

We handled kitchen and bathroom remodels, flooring installation, basement finishing, whole-home renovations, and commercial buildouts. I managed crews, built relationships with subcontractors, ran every estimate, and grew the company past $1M in annual revenue. Most of that growth came from referrals, which tells you more about how we ran that business than any sales pitch could.

Philos taught me how to run a business, how to sell without being salesy, how to hire (and when to fire), and how to keep clients happy even when things go sideways. It also taught me that I'm wired to build things from scratch. The challenge of starting with nothing and turning it into something real is what drives me.

Let's Get Trash

Today I co-own Let's Get Trash, a debris removal service for contractors and property managers across Philadelphia and Lower Montgomery County. I started it because I saw the problem firsthand when I was running Philos. Unreliable haulers, missed pickups, crews wasting hours on dump runs. Let's Get Trash was built to be the service I wished I'd had.

Sales and Business Development

I also work in sales and business development, which has been a through-line across everything I've done. Every estimate I ran at Philos was a sales conversation. Every contractor relationship at Let's Get Trash starts with one. I've always been the person who builds the relationships and brings in the business, whether that's for my own companies or for someone else's.

Outside of Work

I'm a father to five kids. Two are my stepchildren, three are biological. It's a full house and a full life. Being a dad is the thing I'm most proud of, and it's also the reason I work the way I do. Everything I build is for them.

I'm in the gym multiple days a week and picked up distance running last year, which has turned into something I genuinely love. There's a discipline to long runs that reminds me of the trades: just keep going, one step at a time, even when it's uncomfortable.

I also love hiking and art museums. I don't talk about it much in professional settings, but I've always been drawn to creative things. Museums are one of the few places where I can actually slow down and just think.

Education

I studied at the Fox School of Business at Temple University. I completed two years before life took me in a different direction. I don't regret it. The combination of formal business education and real-world experience has served me well, and I've never stopped learning.

Going forward, I'll continue to pursue education outside of the traditional sense. Whether thats through certifications or mentorships. I believe that education and growth should never reach an end point. Howver, I do belive that the path to continued education is different fro everyone.