444: The Business Plan That Took My Roofing Company From Chaos to Cash-Out With My Coach Rick Dutmer

I’m so excited to bring you this interview today. Rick Dutmer, my old business coach, helped me build my roofing company over thirty years into a highly profitable business, enabling me to successfully exit and pursue the things I wanted to do in life.

When I first hired Rick, I was really struggling and wearing all the hats in the business. I knew there was a better way, and Rick was the one who helped guide me through it all. It started with building a business plan that set me up with a saleable business.

Today you’ll hear all about how to build a profitable business that will support you and your family with a great lifestyle, how to build a valuable business that you can sell when you’re ready to retire, and so much more.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• How Rick’s business background helps contractors improve their own businesses
• Rick’s process he used in helping Dave build his business plan
• While building your business, always be thinking about the horizon! This is when business goals transition to more of a business/personal goal.
• You have a strategy for growing your business and for growing your people. What’s your strategy for exiting?
• The main reason that contractors go out of business.
• “Profit thrills, volume kills”
• Building a business that has a saleable value depends on your goals
• Having a strong team that will continue the business beyond you or your generation
• Rick’s recommendations around selling if/when you decide to exit
• Roll-ups: the good, the bad, and the ugly

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