How to Lead a Trades Business Without Knowing the Trade

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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

Get a complimentary IT audit of your target business:

• Email Nick Akers at [email protected], and tell him you’re a searcher

Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

• 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
• Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
• Follow Will on Twitter