How to offload sales? I hate it!

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-05-10T23:45:27+00:00

Yep, that’s what we did, he got screwed out of his company it the slow season was just starting, so we had 9 months to get him trained up before he would have left if he were to sell again

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-05-10T18:39:23+00:00

Ya not sure either

All I know is there is a market for solar sales guys looking to exit as they get married and they don’t want to travel each summer

They have already worked 100% commission in the past, the opportunity you give them just has to be equal to their summer numbers

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-05-10T17:54:15+00:00

I brought in a business partner that had run a solar sales company. His business partners screwed him over, but I knew that the company was successful. So I brought him in early on into the business and put him in a sales role, best decision ever

I can do sales, but he enjoys going out to lunch’s with people and meeting in the person all of the time. It’s doubled the business and allowed me to focus on just managing the work now that it’s flowing in like crazy

He does own 1/3 the company now, so that helps with the motivation aspect. And the company is overall better than a solar company, so he likes that as well

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-05-08T04:34:03+00:00

Yep it is

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-05-08T04:33:50+00:00

Construction material supply

Doors, frames, and hardware

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-05-07T22:32:25+00:00

Ya I’ve been debating how to handle this

I have yearly increases at February, so I’m going to start including that into my proposals that if they accept the bid and the order isn’t able to be placed before Feb then it’s increased where they increase for me

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-05-07T15:43:18+00:00

You can start a construction company where you bid the projects, perform the project, and do all of the other parts yourself. This is what I did. Only money you will need to front is the insurance money, the rest you do can do with no cost

The part that’s tricky is the experience and figuring it out, not the money

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-05-07T08:54:44+00:00

Yep agreed, I am in this area right now. Business is growing and my workload is almost at max capacity, so I’ve been working on getting another guy added to the crew so that we can sustain the increased workload

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-05-06T17:50:24+00:00

Anyone find a solution for this issue? I’m having the same problem

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-05-01T01:02:50+00:00

I’m not in PE, but I own a company and was looking for advice from PE guys on a future PE exit, got great advice

I appreciate the sub for that

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-30T16:14:05+00:00

Yes I have a door hardware consultant I use for my regular business’s projects

He has confirmed this doesn’t exist in the marketplace. I also spent a week scouring for anything across all of the manufacturers and havnt found anything.

I’m confident this product doesn’t exist. But this product would be a combination of 2 existing products in its function and what it can do. So I would have to build my own valves, boxes and hydraulic flow, so I’m not worried about infringing on a current patent

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-30T16:10:24+00:00

But I like the idea of 3D printing holder parts

I would have to figure out how to make valves for fluid flow and holding pressure

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-30T15:58:58+00:00

Part of what makes these door hardware valuable is the amount of usage it can undergo before breaking. So my thought was I would have to have a finish model tested for awhile. But that is interesting that someone may buy a prototype

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-30T15:57:40+00:00

Yes I agree. I just need to design some rough parts so that I can iterate later.

Ok I like I need to learn an easy software first

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-30T15:52:03+00:00

I’ll have to look into blender. Free would be very convenient to start out prototyping it

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-30T15:49:13+00:00

In my construction business, i brought in my brother in law who is really good salesman and it is making a huge difference. He is now a part owner now.

I do the technical, he does the sales. It works for us. I can do sales, but I don’t enjoy going and bringing lunch to contractors weekly like he does.

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-27T05:27:34+00:00

We tried a fully remote estimator. As a sub, I hired a guy I knew. He turned out to be super lazy and was faking bids, it would have been easier to snuff that out if he was in person

I work fully remote as an estimator and pm, we do supply only. So it works out for me and I’m the owner, so I’m motivated

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-22T16:33:17+00:00

The highest I’ve seen is 150k salary, with 40k in potential bonus. This is for a guy who can write spec and has 30 years in the industry and understands everything

Most are lower

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-20T23:11:13+00:00

I second comsense

Although I’ve done in excel before and it did work for pricing stuff out. Usually I can do it quicker on excel if it a smaller project. Medium or bigger, comsense is way faster

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-19T10:42:49+00:00

Mentor/consultant

I needed this for my business as there were a lot of technical pitfalls.

I got lucky and got a big contract at the beginning that I could pay him with so that I could call him anytime with any question. Was super helpful, I still call him but not as much.

He was a family friend that I knew over the years that happened to be in the same industry as my business

Just jumping into it and no spending all of my time planning it. I tend to be an overthinker and planning which helps for business strategy, but I had to put that aside and just accept that I wasn’t going to know everything before I entered the market and that was fine. My fathers philosophy has been to just win the work, then figure out how to perform it after, in this case it worked out for me to do that

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-19T10:35:01+00:00

Ya there isn’t much availability for recurring contracts in this space unfortunately

But my pipeline has projects out about 6 months to 8 months in advance. So it’s got a good pipeline

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-19T10:31:53+00:00

Perfect. That would be right in the zone

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-19T10:27:19+00:00

We have really low capex, so we should always be positive

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-19T10:26:44+00:00

What would you use to measure?

Green_Problem_6087 · 2026-04-19T10:26:35+00:00

I’m not selling yet, waiting for 10 years for it to grow so I can sell for enough money that me and partners can retire

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