Inspected a roof. Looked fine.
Told the woman she didn't need a new roof.
She insisted.
Won the bid and asked why.
"You're the only one who told the truth. I just didn't like the color."
Greg Van Horn
3,877 posts
Greg Van Horn
@gvh41
making mid-market companies AI native @ Rozeta Labs. ex-roofing and medical device companies
- I was recently negotiating our HOA's landscape contract. Our current vendor wanted 30% annual price increase, 3-year contract, 8 percent annual escalators. He was a huge dick about it so I told him to get lost. After shopping around I realized he was actually the best price.
- Can someone explain the dryer vent cleaning business? This ad has 736 comments. Most people are asking "Do you service my area?" There's that much demand for a dryer vent guy?
- A new hire asked when I'm implementing a PTO policy because he wants to take every Friday off this summer. What do you do next?
- I know a guy who rolled up 3 failing roofing companies. After 6 months they're doing $3 million a month at 20% net profit. How'd he do it? 🧵👇
- "Is it always going to be like this?" - my wife Got home at 10pm Monday night after another 17 hour day. My wife looks defeated. She had a tough day at work (she's a beast- PhD in Biomedical Engineering). 14 month old daughter is sick. She's worn out burning the candle at both
- Called 12 roofing companies 2 weeks ago to test their follow-up. 11 gave up after 3 days. 1 still calls 3x daily at all hours. Guess which one does 1 billion dollars?
- A few weeks ago I bid $61,000 on a roof/gutter project at my old wedding venue (owned by the township). 2 weeks ago they called to say "Hey we decided to go through a more formal bidding process, can you submit your quote through {a government bidding portal}..." I declined for
- Got a text today from a good friend in medicine. Curious to hear X's thoughts. Agree or disagree?
- Advice for anyone trying to sell me something: Tell me who you are, who you work for, what you sell, and how what you sell can help me. Say it to me in one sentence before giving me the opportunity to speak. Don't ask me how I'm doing. Definitely don't ask how my weekend
- Canvasser stops by. Pest control. 25 year old guy. Makes $220,000 working 4 months out of the year. Asks about the roofing truck in the driveway. Finds out i'm the owner. Quickly pivots conversation to an AI based LMS he's building for home service companies.
- A new hire joins Slack and his first contribution is adding a profile picture: At a bar Tito's sign in the background Two drinks in hand What's your next move?
- Reroof job going on yesterday. Lady walks up and tells me she drove over a nail in her driveway. 5 doors down. Thinks it was ours. "You should pay for my tire." (The nail wasn't ours) Because I'm stubborn I walked it out. 1,180 feet away. Do nails have wings? Why is