Shownotes
Gerry Frank has over 30 years of experience as an independent shop owner. And he, along with his wife Laura, have a current location in the Cleveland market, where their business continues to thrive regardless of the economic environment. Gerry was featured in a Ratchet & Wrench article, where he, along with his business partner, laid out how they grew an abandoned shop in one of the poorest city's in the nation from Zero to a Million dollars in sales in just 12 short months. Gerry is also a principal owner in Repair Shop Coach and is dedicated to helping shop owners achieve their dreams. Look for Gerry’s other episodes HERE.
Key Talking Points:
- Entrepreneurship is a journey
- 4 stages business go through- quadrantE- employee
- S- self employed
- B- business owner
- I- investor
- Employee- “technician phase”Start off working for someone
- Income is capped
- Self employed- lack of control Do you own the business or does the business own you?
- Doing it all in business
- Strategy is to have more customers, do more work but it leaves you more buried
- Business owner- lead people and develop systems and processesBuilding efficient machine whether you are there are not
- When you are a leader, you are a trainer
- Taking the time to really think
- Delegating and inspect what you expect
- Investor- putting your money into something that consistently produces a return
Resources:
- Thanks to Gerry Frank for his contribution to the aftermarket’s premier podcast.
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