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re: Is there anything that I should know before trade school?
Posted on 10/2/23 at 2:16 pm to AwgustaDawg
Posted on 10/2/23 at 2:16 pm to AwgustaDawg
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Almost ALL contracting firms, especially specialty contracting firms, were stated initially by tradesmen skilled in the trade with some business sense. Many have morphed into multinational conglomerates ran by folks with stacks of papers proving they have been educated as well as money can do but they were initially started by some old boy with some skills and some balls....
my dad was a general contractor, huge business back in the day, I can't remember how many guys that worked for him that tried to branch out and try to start their own business, because "why should he make all of this money when I'm the one doing the work?" he even helped some of them get started, a few were able to make a living but most of them folded and either came back asking for their job back or went to another contractor because they didn't have the business ability and in some cases the guts to be a business owner and put in the work it takes to run a successful business
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Posted on 10/2/23 at 2:29 pm to 777Tiger
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my dad was a general contractor, huge business back in the day, I can't remember how many guys that worked for him that tried to branch out and try to start their own business, because "why should he make all of this money when I'm the one doing the work?" he even helped some of them get started, a few were able to make a living but most of them folded and either came back asking for their job back or went to another contractor because they didn't have the business ability and in some cases the guts to be a business owner and put in the work it takes to run a successful business
You are spot on of course...very few people from any walk of life have what it takes to start a small business from scratch and make it successful for any length of time. Was your dad a tradesman when he started?
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