• How to Lead a Trades Business Without Knowing the Trade

  • Feb 6 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
  • Podcast

How to Lead a Trades Business Without Knowing the Trade

  • Summary

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    Industry-agnostic Trip Biesanz brought his sales skills to a glass fabrication & install business doing $3m in revenue.

    Topics in Trip’s interview:

    • Being a franchisee for 7 years
    • Networking through MBBI and XPX
    • Working with Calder Capital to find a business
    • Narrowing down his search to construction
    • Value he saw in long-term employees
    • Managing cashflow in construction
    • Relying on his team in an unfamiliar trades business
    • Competitive nature of construction
    • Highs and lows of running a business
    • Franchising compared to owning an independent shop

    References and how to contact Trip:

    • LinkedIn
    • G&C Glass, Mirror & Construction
    • MBBI
    • XPX

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    • The Acquisition Lab

    Work with an SBA broker who focuses exclusively on helping entrepreneurs buy businesses:

    • Matthias Smith of Pioneer Capital Advisory

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    • See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
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