How to Lead a Trades Business Without Knowing the Trade

Acquiring Minds

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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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