Career Opportunity?!?!?

Vegas Transplant said:
Anthony, as you should know by now, playing the devil's advocate is my forte.
I can definitely see the advantage of growth, and becoming one of the biggest players in the industry. But with growth comes change...and not all change is positive.

Good luck to you and Tyson in your search for the right candidate(s) that will allow B&B to meet your expectations. :dblthumb2:
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Thanx man - no matter devils advocate or not - I have always appreciated your advice :dblthumb2:

DaveT435 said:
Most managers do get a percentage of the profits. I was a manager for 20 years and did extremely well. Unfortunately I can't work anymore. I understand your talking about the individual getting a high percentage of profits. The biggest advantage for this individual in my opinion would be getting in early so down the road if you end up with 15 or 20 shops he would probably be overseeing stores, handling customer issues, making sure the quality stayed up and getting a percentage from all stores...
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Not like this lol - we do not plan on pulling from profits - instead we will allow "profits" to go into the "cashflow"/"capital" funds to insure exponential growth. And we will take care of the person or persons that help get us to where we want this company.
 
Couldn't you just raise your prices and cut back to 5-12hr days per week? What are you going to do for money if you quit?
 
B&B Tennessee said:
Thanx man - no matter devils advocate or not - I have always appreciated your advice :dblthumb2:



Not like this lol - we do not plan on pulling from profits - instead we will allow "profits" to go into the "cashflow"/"capital" funds to insure exponential growth. And we will take care of the person or persons that help get us to where we want this company.
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There's no doubt in my mind that B&B will reach this goal.

There's a hand here in the DMV that started with one van - a franchisee no less. Through Grace and Providence he has garnered multiple, lucrative fleet contracts (including Federal, State, and local governments), has 12 vans, and states record earnings regularly.
All in a period of six years.

How do I know this? Spent 3 hours here today:
https://www.dcsbdc.org/center.aspx?center=15600&subloc=9

https://autogeekonline.net/posts/755724/


Be Blessed hand!
 
According to statistics published by the Small Business Administration (SBA), seven out of ten new employer establishments survive at least two years and 51 percent survive at least five years. This is a far cry from the previous long-held belief that 50 percent of businesses fail in the first year and 95 percent fail within five years.

It sounds like you and Tyson are worn out and over worked. At two and a half years in you guys are still in the stage of establishing your business. If it were my business I would reduce my customer base or increase my employes to match my workload.

I know you guys feel as if you have reached a certain level of success but looking at the big picture you guys really are still a start up. According to the SBA 7 out of 10 guys could do what you have done with the right plan. Why don't you guys re-access your business plan and see if your one of those companies that can make it past the five year mark.

Bringing a new guy down there to work 12hr days/60 hour weeks just like you guys did will result in a guy just like you in 2 1/2 years. Sounds like you need a new plan not a new guy.

Killing yourself is not a good plan. Asking someone else to kill themselves is a worse plan. A good plan would be having the right amount of help so at the end of the day the work is done, everyone gets home to their families and the company grows at a controllable rate.

Question is can you do that and still turn a profit? If you can then B&B will be around in 20 years. If not it will not make the 5 year mark.

Good luck. I hope things work for you and Tyson.
 
Flash Gordon said:
Couldn't you just raise your prices and cut back to 5-12hr days per week? What are you going to do for money if you quit?
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Yes and no - we want this to grow bigger... we are trying to make it a bit more systematic and organized. Im not quitting, I will be doing the behind the scenes work and keeping B & B organized and stable.

Vegas Transplant said:
There's no doubt in my mind that B&B will reach this goal.

There's a hand here in the DMV that started with one van - a franchisee no less. Through Grace and Providence he has garnered multiple, lucrative fleet contracts (including Federal, State, and local governments), has 12 vans, and states record earnings regularly.
All in a period of six years.

How do I know this? Spent 3 hours here today:
https://www.dcsbdc.org/center.aspx?center=15600&subloc=9

https://autogeekonline.net/posts/755724/




Be Blessed hand!
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Thanks man.

rustytruck said:
According to statistics published by the Small Business Administration (SBA), seven out of ten new employer establishments survive at least two years and 51 percent survive at least five years. This is a far cry from the previous long-held belief that 50 percent of businesses fail in the first year and 95 percent fail within five years.

It sounds like you and Tyson are worn out and over worked. At two and a half years in you guys are still in the stage of establishing your business. If it were my business I would reduce my customer base or increase my employes to match my workload.

I know you guys feel as if you have reached a certain level of success but looking at the big picture you guys really are still a start up. According to the SBA 7 out of 10 guys could do what you have done with the right plan. Why don't you guys re-access your business plan and see if your one of those companies that can make it past the five year mark.

Bringing a new guy down there to work 12hr days/60 hour weeks just like you guys did will result in a guy just like you in 2 1/2 years. Sounds like you need a new plan not a new guy.

Killing yourself is not a good plan. Asking someone else to kill themselves is a worse plan. A good plan would be having the right amount of help so at the end of the day the work is done, everyone gets home to their families and the company grows at a controllable rate.

Question is can you do that and still turn a profit? If you can then B&B will be around in 20 years. If not it will not make the 5 year mark.

Good luck. I hope things work for you and Tyson.
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We are burned out for sure - and that is why we have grown to todays stature. We are not expecting anyone to come out and burn themselves out too! This move is more to get where we want to be more than anything. Tyson loves producing music, so he will chase that dream. I will still be here working and getting the company completely organized. We need someone to perform the daily operations such as the detailings, managing employees, taking the phone calls, etc. I can no longer be the CEO,Marketing Director, IT guy, manager, technician, bookkeeper, etc lol..... that is what has burned myself out. My hopes is to find an individual that loves detailing and wants help build a great company. We aren't asking for someone to come and do everything we do, just HALF of what we do.

I am not looking to work day to day to pay my bills through detailing.... I am looking at building a a successful systematically ran company, and we are looking for the right dedicated person to help us step up to the next level - cause it is impossible with just myself Tyson and a couple of workers.
 
you are making the right choice.. it's very important to grow your business and secure your financial future but never at the cost of family. You can never get ball games or dance recitals back.. someone can always step in to run the business but could never step in to be "dad"

I applaud your decision!
 
B&B Tennessee said:
We need someone to perform the daily operations such as the detailings, managing employees, taking the phone calls, etc. I can no longer be the CEO,Marketing Director, IT guy, manager, technician, bookkeeper, etc lol..... that is what has burned myself out. My hopes is to find an individual that loves detailing and wants help build a great company.
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When I read this it totally reminded me of a book I read a few years ago called the 'E-Myth' which discusses the very things you are having trouble with. The entrepreneurial balancing act of responsibilities and multiple "hats" all business owners must wear to sustain daily operations of a small startup. If you haven't read it before I highly suggest it.

Also, best of luck in finding someone of your caliber to run your daily operations! It sounds like you know what you want in the right candidate so it's only a matter of time until the right person becomes available.
 
catfish07 said:
you are making the right choice.. it's very important to grow your business and secure your financial future but never at the cost of family. You can never get ball games or dance recitals back.. someone can always step in to run the business but could never step in to be "dad"

I applaud your decision!
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Thanks man - family is everything for sure :dblthumb2:

Nicholas@Autowerx said:
When I read this it totally reminded me of a book I read a few years ago called the 'E-Myth' which discusses the very things you are having trouble with. The entrepreneurial balancing act of responsibilities and multiple "hats" all business owners must wear to sustain daily operations of a small startup. If you haven't read it before I highly suggest it.

Also, best of luck in finding someone of your caliber to run your daily operations! It sounds like you know what you want in the right candidate so it's only a matter of time until the right person becomes available.
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I'll check it out man - thank you!
 
Flash Gordon said:
Couldn't you just raise your prices and cut back to 5-12hr days per week? What are you going to do for money if you quit?
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This is exactly what I was thinking. After following your post the past couple years and the amount of time you put into a job you should be making a really nice chunk of money. Why aren't you hiring 1 or 2 more guys?
 
ShineTimeDetail said:
This is exactly what I was thinking. After following your post the past couple years and the amount of time you put into a job you should be making a really nice chunk of money. Why aren't you hiring 1 or 2 more guys?
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Starting in Jan of '12 we started getting slammed and started hiring more and more guys. Instead of being organized and fine tuning the numbers coming in and going out in every aspect of the company, I just felt that wow - so much money is coming in that I didn't even worry about the numbers. Well we had summer months where we were making 15,000 to 20,000 a month in revenue - why then were we back to square one in Sept.? Finally looked at the numbers closely and saw that we were paying MUCH more to employees then we should have (I looked at them as an investment, but that investment cost us nearly 10,000 a month give or take 1000). Then toss in products at 10% of revenue - there goes 2000. Toss in fuel for 2 mobile units - theres another 2000. Then you have the wonderful wear and tear on vehicles, tools, etc..... toss a dropped cyclo, or tires, or tune ups, etc..... say another 500, then toss in business bills - theres another 500 - Whats all that equal? About 15,000 going out for the month! So now take the 5,000 - ASSUMING ALL B2B CHECKS ACTUALLY COME IN :/ - split between myself and Tyson - makes 2500 a piece a month, and thats without putting away for B & B!



Now I can make more than that myself easily with our regular clients working alone..... why did I miss a year with my family and barely bring much home to show for it? I still want to make this big, just with a different plan - a smarter, tight knit pan.

First change will be and has been wages - which will save us nearly 3000 a month. Prices are going to go up and packages are going to change significantly.... increasing revenue. So an equivalent summer would actually produce quite a bit more in "profit" instead of 5000, more around 9000 - this should sufficiently pay B & B for future growth and the individual that we choose. And I am hoping these numbers are small within the next couple of years.




Thats why Tom, I did raise prices and hire more in Jan - but without truly looking at the numbers, one will work themselves into the ground..... which I am not wanting to do lol. Better understanding going into round three :dblthumb2:
 
Can I come down for a week lol I've always wanted to watch you guys with fiberglass.
 
B&B Tennessee said:
Starting in Jan of '12 we started getting slammed and started hiring more and more guys. Instead of being organized and fine tuning the numbers coming in and going out in every aspect of the company, I just felt that wow - so much money is coming in that I didn't even worry about the numbers. Well we had summer months where we were making 15,000 to 20,000 a month in revenue - why then were we back to square one in Sept.? Finally looked at the numbers closely and saw that we were paying MUCH more to employees then we should have (I looked at them as an investment, but that investment cost us nearly 10,000 a month give or take 1000). Then toss in products at 10% of revenue - there goes 2000. Toss in fuel for 2 mobile units - theres another 2000. Then you have the wonderful wear and tear on vehicles, tools, etc..... toss a dropped cyclo, or tires, or tune ups, etc..... say another 500, then toss in business bills - theres another 500 - Whats all that equal? About 15,000 going out for the month! So now take the 5,000 - ASSUMING ALL B2B CHECKS ACTUALLY COME IN :/ - split between myself and Tyson - makes 2500 a piece a month, and thats without putting away for B & B!



Now I can make more than that myself easily with our regular clients working alone..... why did I miss a year with my family and barely bring much home to show for it? I still want to make this big, just with a different plan - a smarter, tight knit pan.

First change will be and has been wages - which will save us nearly 3000 a month. Prices are going to go up and packages are going to change significantly.... increasing revenue. So an equivalent summer would actually produce quite a bit more in "profit" instead of 5000, more around 9000 - this should sufficiently pay B & B for future growth and the individual that we choose. And I am hoping these numbers are small within the next couple of years.




Thats why Tom, I did raise prices and hire more in Jan - but without truly looking at the numbers, one will work themselves into the ground..... which I am not wanting to do lol. Better understanding going into round three :dblthumb2:
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I think there is only so much money to be made detailing cars. You can run your business as efficient as possible but at the end of the day there is only so much money to be made.
 
rustytruck said:
I think there is only so much money to be made detailing cars. You can run your business as efficient as possible but at the end of the day there is only so much to be made cleaning peoples cars.
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I agree and disagree at the same time man. Only so much detailing cars - maybe.... but we specialize also in school buses, corporate buses, aircraft, rvs, boats, bikes, Semis, etc. There is tons of business out there - once you look past cars. We have made no less than an 8,000 dollar month since Jan - and in year 2 at that. I am hoping that next year I can say we made no less than 12,000 a month since Jan - then year 4 say we made no less than 15,000 a month since Jan so forth and so on. Detailing seems to be kept at a "small business" level - why can't one make it a BIG business?!?!? I will do my best to do so :buffing:
 
B&B Tennessee said:
I agree and disagree at the same time man. Only so much detailing cars - maybe.... but we specialize also in school buses, corporate buses, aircraft, rvs, boats, bikes, Semis, etc. There is tons of business out there - once you look past cars. We have made no less than an 8,000 dollar month since Jan - and in year 2 at that. I am hoping that next year I can say we made no less than 12,000 a month since Jan - then year 4 say we made no less than 15,000 a month since Jan so forth and so on. Detailing seems to be kept at a "small business" level - why can't one make it a BIG business?!?!? I will do my best to do so :buffing:
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No one has figured out how to franchisee the auto detailing business. 20 years ago when I was a business student in college I remember reading Entrepreneur magazine and seeing ads for mobile auto detailing business, 20 years later nothing.

There is probably some money to be made in the niche markets you mentioned. In general if there was a pot of gold someone would have perfected a business plan and been selling it as a franchisee nationally.
 
rustytruck said:
No one has figured out how to franchisee the auto detailing business. 20 years ago when I was a business student in college I remember reading Entrepreneur magazine and seeing ads for mobile auto detailing business, 20 years later nothing.

There is probably some money to be made in the niche markets you mentioned. In general if there was a pot of gold someone would have perfected a business plan and been selling it as a franchisee nationally.
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Im offering someone here an opportunity due to the fact that AGians either love detailing or are willing to educate themselves on proper techniques. Its crazy to get slightly shot down like this - Im sure that many aren't willing to go as far and as hard as we have in the past 2 years.... $20,000 in Revenue a month in summer in year 2! Thats pretty hardcore in this business if you ask me, and that was not incorporating a full blown aviation side to our company. That was with 1 marina out of MANY in middle TN, 1/3 of the bus companies in middle TN, 1 rental car company, 1 trucking company out of 100 in middle tn, and the rest were all regular clients/ word of mouth which were maybe .001% of middle tn auto business. With all that said - how can this not be a million dollar company with the right people on top helping to build and maintain?!?!? It is not easy, thats for sure - but seems most have the mindset that detailing only has small business applications when I see it can be something great when run properly by the right people :dblthumb2:.
 
I would absolutely love an opportunity like that!! I have been doing semi's for about 9 years now, cars? for a couple, I love my job, and not just saying that..

We, are working everyday to build this business and it shows, updating equipment, adding products, our customers are happy and they tell their people... Hustle Hustle Hustle.
I have learned in life that noone is going to give you anything, if you want it, go for it and get it.. Thats our approach.

i Hope that you find the one that you are looking for, Its a wonderful opportunity!!!
 
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