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Started a 7 figure Roofing Franchise | Building a Holdco like everyone else on Twitter | Buying Real Estate and SMBs | DMs open

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Cole Simpson
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Raising 50k, Foster care, Adoption 3 years ago some friends of mine decided to become foster parents Not your typical foster parents: - 25 and 26 - no kids of their own - Neither of them had been adopted - They knew they wanted to be parents They just wanted to be a part
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$1,024,200 and a Curious son When my Dad was 30 years old he took a consumer protection case that changed his life An old couple, Rodney and Darla, wanted the floors of their newly purchase mobile home redone It had only been a few months and they had already warped
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Hiring a Private Chef could net you 100k this year Here's how my wife and I are doing it Cost: We agreed to pay 250 a week, which includes groceries That puts us at 13,000 a year We were already spending at least $100 a week for groceries so true cost puts us at 7800 a
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Cole Simpson
4 months
$1100, Terrible Sales week, Getting Humbled Tonight our company hosted a happy hour We rented out a virtual golf spot, catered food, and just hung out (no real agenda) Going into the night I’ll be honest I was kind of frustrated We just had our worst week in sales since
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Cole Simpson
7 months
I am buying a Christmas tree farm This is a conversation I have with myself every November after Thanksgiving, I can't be the only one, and not because I want my own hallmark movie But because these things have to print cash... This year I finally did a deep dive Turns out
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Cole Simpson
6 months
My wife told me for years I needed a CPAP But she’s a bit of a hypochondriac (working in medicine will do that to you) So I more or less I ignored her (we’ve all been there with our spouses) Finally on a bachelor party when I was sharing a room with a guy at 3 am he woke me
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My wife tells me that I snore and I also frequently wake up in the middle of the night. Any tips or personal anecdotes on fixing this? CPAP seems scary.
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Cole Simpson
3 months
I just picked up a $2308.97 check Tonight we went out as a team to a nice steak house Alcohol, steak, and dessert 14 people $165 a person Honestly we aren’t doing well enough this month I didn’t want to go spend 2k on a dinner Wanted to be be at home with my wife and
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Closed on a Flip yesterday that will make me 100k in 90 days Lets look at the numbers: Purchase Price: $240,000 ($115 per square foot) Renovation Budget: $95,000 Loan costs: $18,000 Selling costs:$26,000 ARV (After repair value): $480,000 ($230 psf) This puts our profit at
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Cole Simpson
7 months
I sold my Airbnb making 100K a year because I think its a bubble In 2021 we bought an airbnb in Blue Ridge Ga It was a 5 bedroom that we totally redid and it with a peach theme We named it the Giant Peach Chalet Here were the numbers: Purchased the property for 608k Out
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Cole Simpson
8 months
Had a 19 year old cuss me out today Good kid, liked him in the interview No experience but hungry We hired him Few weeks in wasn’t hitting his goals, when someone isn’t hitting their goals I always start with have we done everything we can do Sat down with him asked him
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Walked up to chipotle counter Me: I’ll order a quesadilla Chipotle worker: That’s an online order M: What? CW: You have to order that online, you can’t order it at the counter M: What’s the difference? CW: We don’t make it at this counter he (points 20 feet away) has to
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5 months
I’ll spend 7k on therapy this year, because of days like today it’ll be worth it Over the weekend a friend of mine asked a group of us if we go to therapy “I go basically every week, I’ll spend about 7k on therapy this year” Today is why I woke up and I felt terrible, not
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Cole Simpson
10 months
@sweatystartup In general one person can’t be everything for another person People need hobbies, friends, God Marriage is supposed to a partnership not a solution to all your problems
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Hiring a Private Chef could net you 100k this year Here's how my wife and I are doing it Cost: We agreed to pay 250 a week, which includes groceries That puts us at 13,000 a year We were already spending at least $100 a week for groceries so true cost puts us at 7800 a
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Cole Simpson
4 months
530k In debt and a 250k month In May 2023 I signed a franchise agreement for Mighty Dog Roofing I had been searching for a business to acquire for 6 months but after a few deals didn’t working out I got impatient and wanted to start building something I heard of Mighty Dog
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Cole Simpson
9 months
My guy who generates the most leads a day went to prison He told me when I hired him, he asked if it was a problem and said he understood if I wanted to redact my offer I told him honesty was big for me and I’d give him a chance We set aggressive goals and he has blown them
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Cole Simpson
5 months
The Catholic Church is the greatest Real Estate investment fund ever And they never pay Taxes The Catholic Church been acquiring properties since around 300 AD That’s 1700 years of compounding Their portfolio includes: - 177 million acres of land (that's more land than
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Cole Simpson
8 months
Cops got called on one of our sales reps Yesterday one of my guys got to his appointment 15 minutes early Usually when this happens you wait a few minutes, you don’t want to be too early He noticed a pair of eyes looking out at him so he smiled and waved Less than 5
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Cole Simpson
6 months
Are you sleeping on SC? The Best Carolina 3rd fastest growing state Has Beaches ☀️and Mountains 🏔️ Right to work state Carolina Girls (they have their own song) Low cost of living Some people call us the San Francisco of the Southeast (I’m those people) Significant Real
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Cole Simpson
5 months
@JoePompliano Patrick Mahomes will be a billionaire before he retires First QB to 3 peat, will own an nfl team Crazy to see the first steps
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Cole Simpson
6 months
Met with a guy who wants get into Real Estate Investing Today He’s got enough money for a downpayment on a property but probably not enough for a multi family I told him he should buy a single family and rent out the rooms He told me he couldn’t do that because he’s married
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Cole Simpson
9 months
Whenever I’m deciding to work with a partner I use the Waffle House rule Our roofing business is launching next week and our office needs to be done by Monday We had everything set up to be done 2 weeks ago, but if you’ve ever done a project that really needs to be done by a
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Employee called me crying thanking me for their unexpected raise Turns out my payroll provider paid my employees twice today Everyone got double their standard paycheck Entrepreneurship is awesome
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Cole Simpson
1 year
Finally trying crumbl, let’s see if it lives up to the hype
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Cole Simpson
2 months
$8000 April Water Bill Today I went through my stack of mail to make sure we didn’t miss anything from the last two weeks I suck at stuff like this, probably need to give it to our admin Anyways saw our Water Bill Was surprised because I thought I turned on paperless
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Cole Simpson
8 months
“The FBI is where?!?” Today I got a call that I never thought I was going to get One of my reps (I hired a good bunch obviously) was being detained by FBI This morning at 7 am the FBI knocked on one of our corporate housing units They detained a 23 year old because someone
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Cole Simpson
2 months
Cleaning Trucks and Self Reflecting It has been a crazy week We had 3 guys quit out of nowhere Brought in 5 new guys for training Installed 13 jobs this week Signed around 150k in new contracts I’m tired Today my wife asked if I’d want to go to the drive in tonight
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Cole Simpson
8 months
Well I spoke to soon Our CRM that we are using is owned by a local competitor Turns out they’ve been following up on all of our signed contracts and trying to take the deals away Probably going to be a long night
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Cole Simpson
4 months
People ask why I got on Twitter In the last week: - I spoke to a guy running a 9 figure roofing company for 30 minutes - I was brought three 1 million plus EBITDA businesses to potentially buy - I met with a family office who would potentially want to fund future deals with
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Minimum wage to 6 figures in 30 days In late December we had to rent a Uhaul, while my GM and I were talking to the rep my GM noticed the guy behind the desk was smart and hungry He knew the answer to every question we asked and was on top of everything My GM looked at him
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Cole Simpson
8 months
FBI raid update: Got a call from the FBI today asking for the permanent addresses and names of all my employees, subs, etc I refused As if that were not a plausible option I was asked to give my reasoning, why I didn’t want to help with this investigation “Simply put, I
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Cole Simpson
8 months
“The FBI is where?!?” Today I got a call that I never thought I was going to get One of my reps (I hired a good bunch obviously) was being detained by FBI This morning at 7 am the FBI knocked on one of our corporate housing units They detained a 23 year old because someone
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Cole Simpson
4 months
3 am calls, Vacation as an Entrepreneur, Just hire a manager I’m sitting here, about to get on a plane to go on my week “vacation” 6 months ago I launched our roofing company On all fronts, except maybe back office organization, it’s going exceptionally well At least that’s
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Cole Simpson
5 months
What would you do? For the last 30 minutes, I’ve been standing in line listening to a 22 year tell me how real estate and home services work, says he got his license this week Best quotes: “I’m not trying to brag but we did 15k this month” “Purpose over profits, my business
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Paid an employee in cash in October when our payroll didn’t go through Now they’re saying I didn’t pay them and owe it to them Stupid mistake, going to cost me money
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Cole Simpson
4 months
Reasons why Roofing is a great business: Need: Have you ever heard of Maslows Hierarchy of needs? Food, water, and shelter are the minimum There is no such thing as a completely recession resistant product, but roofs are about as close as you get High Ticket: My
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Cole Simpson
4 months
Employees wife had a miscarriage today Last week he called me to tell me he was going to be a dad Every time we’ve spoken since he’s told me how excited he was to be a dad Sometimes life just sucks
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Cole Simpson
4 months
Why the FBI raided my Roofing Company In late September I started a roofing company We started with 15 reps and hit the ground running About a month later, I got a call that I never thought I was going to get “Cole the FBI is here, they’re saying they’re going to arrest
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Cole Simpson
4 months
19 year old cussed me out and it was my fault Had to fire a 19 year old Good kid, liked him in the interview No experience but hungry We hired him Few weeks in wasn’t hitting his goals, when someone isn’t hitting their goals I always start with have we done everything we
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Entrepreneurship can be Lonely I’m probably on the phone 3-4 hours a day Usually I’m answering a question, making a strategic decision, or networking Friend of mine texted me today “Hey man you got a minute” I usually try to respond quickly when people reach out A lot
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Cole Simpson
3 months
Bruno Mars owes $50 million to MGM Casinos Why would a casino lend a pop performer so much money? Since 2016, the “Uptown Funk” songsmith has performed over 100 times at various MGM properties, making $90 million per year before taxes He’ll now be performing for the next year
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Cole Simpson
6 months
Welcome to Entrepreneurship Where one phone call can derail your whole day 6:30 am Wife’s car wouldn’t start this morning, had to send her to work with my truck 7:30 Call GM, tell him I need to push our 8 am, figuring out car situation, I’ll be there by 930 to help with the
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Cole Simpson
3 months
Cops made me $4,000 today A few months ago a trailer was stolen from outside of our office It was my fault, I left it over the weekend in an unfenced area Had million things going on and it slipped through the cracks That trailer cost me 4K When we spoke to the cops
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Cole Simpson
4 months
Sales guy, 50k a month, and the American Dream I had a meeting with a guy that we are bringing on the team First three sentences out of his mouth: 1. I’ve been in the US for 3 years 2. I’ll work harder than anybody 3. My goal is to make 50k a month Moved here in 2020
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Cole Simpson
2 months
When do you buy the 500k Dream House? Since I’ve been married my wife and I have moved 6 times Most of those was to buy real estate with a primary home loans This is how we started to build wealth as 22 year olds We worked a lot, rented out rooms to roommates, and moved
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Cole Simpson
4 months
Bid two commercial jobs for 1.8 million dollars Today 6 months ago I didn’t own a roofing company It is crazy how fast things can change
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Cole Simpson
6 months
Brother is 26, engineer, probably one of the smartest guys I’ve ever met Spoke tonight (we celebrated Christmas today) and realized he had a lot of bad assumptions about me A lot of this has to do with me being a white christian who makes money (what many would refer to as
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Cole Simpson
9 months
Life of a business owner ADP called me this morning to tell me they had an internal issue so my payroll that was supposed to process at 9 am this morning had to be re run After many choice words they guaranteed me it would go through today At 430 pm, while I was on a
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Cole Simpson
7 months
@mhp_guy Also Learn how to understand risk If you are worth 30 million your goal should shift from generating the most money to maintaining what you have This isn't inspiring to me its sad
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Cole Simpson
4 months
11 deals, $121,380, A step in the right direction Last week we put up a goose egg in the sales department For the first time in weeks, we literally had no traction This week we: - Signed 11 deals for $121,380 - Brought two installers in house - Got another Truck wrapped
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Cole Simpson
8 months
$506,744 October was a crazy month of learning, failing and trying here is my recap Costs: Spent 92,000 This was a mixture of some larger items (trucks, drones, insurance) that will not be a recurring cost Expect overhead to be at 35-40k a month going forward Employees:
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Cole Simpson
7 months
@SMB_Attorney I agree move with urgency but the statement running a 10x company makes me vomit
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Cole Simpson
2 months
How to Guarantee yourself Masters Tickets Every Year The Masters is one of the most difficult tickets to get in sports Unless you somehow are a select badge patron which gives you lifetime annual passes (the waiting list is so long that it closed in 1978) Then every year
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Cole Simpson
2 months
We are currently on pace for $1,000,000 in sales this month Obviously it’s early, you don’t have to tell me, I’ve said it about 6 times since the beginning of the month 80k in signed contracts today Puts us at 220k signed for the month of May 34k a day, on pace for a
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Cole Simpson
5 months
You can’t teach Hustle We bought our first truck for 22k My general manager used to flip cars and came to me and said: “I think we can spend a lot less on our trucks without sacrificing quality, is it okay if I take lead?” Truck 2: $12,000 Truck 3: $7000 (we sold this one
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Cole Simpson
4 months
Making a 90k bet on Marketing and hoping it pays off with a 1,000,000 month In the next 30 days we are planning on launching 3 pretty significant marketing campaigns: Commercials 12k a month Google 12k a month Doubling down on our call center, 6k a month We will run
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Cole Simpson
4 months
5 Sales Today Better than all of last week Best day we’ve ever had Best part? Our guys who’s been having trouble closing closed 3 today Hard to believe that in order to get where we want to go today will become a normal day Celebrate the wins and enjoy the ride
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Cole Simpson
5 months
@seandsweeney Yes I’m going to be posting updates as we go One of the reasons for posting is so we can get better at projections etc
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Everyone on Twitter thinks Buccees is the best Gas station, but it falls incredibly short to the real king pin, Wawa Get ready to hear about one of the wildest pivots in business history: Many think of Wawa as a gas station where you fill up your car But did you know the
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4 months
Should my 29 year old friend who makes $1,000,000 a year at his W2 leave his job? A friend of mine is in tech consulting Been doing it since college and just very much was right place right time Interned at a consulting firm, got mentored by who would become the managing
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4 months
If it weren’t for my middle school girlfriend Jenna, I’d be a billionaire In 2009 I heard about this thing called bitcoin and thought why not put a few hundred dollars into it Instead I bought Jenna a $200 necklace for her Birthday Today that necklace cost me 13 billion
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Cole Simpson
3 months
“You’re not successful enough to be a Visionary” I met with two entrepreneurs today Both two years out of college Started a Junk removal business will probably do 400k this year Hustlers who are trying to figure it out They asked me a lot of questions, I did my best to
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Cole Simpson
4 months
How the Mormon Church built a 100 Billion dollar tax free investment fund in Secret For the last 50 years the Mormon Church built one of the worlds largest investment funds, and almost nobody knew about it In the 1960s the Mormon church was building an office building,
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Cole Simpson
2 months
2 million dollars by April and category breaking conversations Today was a good day - Just had a conversation that might rocket ship my biz - We are about to hit last month numbers this week - Have done 175k so far this week If (and that’s a big if) we could repeat next
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Cole Simpson
3 months
70 year old Cussed me out today Apparently it’s just going to be a bad week We’ve doubled our deal volume since last month, and brought on in house installers Which is a fun way to say our fulfillment has gotten more complicated As a result of this I’ve stepped into head
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Cole Simpson
26 days
A friend of mine Killed themselves Today We haven’t been close for a few years They were doing some things, I told them they needed to stop, they self selected out of my life for the most part after that I’m sure I’ll be playing those decisions back through my head for the
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Cole Simpson
3 months
Everyone wants to own a Homer Service company, here was my day: 7am: Woke up to a call from a customer, upset because we didn’t paint a repair we did correctly This will be the 6th time we’ve been to the customers house in the last 7 days, my repair crew didn’t seal the roof
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Cole Simpson
4 months
Firing 28 employees and deciding something had to change In the last 6 months I’ve fired 28 employees Apparently sales reps is the hardest position to hire for, everyone in the industry told me high turnover was normal But I was tired of it So I did a deep dive into what
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Cole Simpson
5 months
3 Decisions cost me 315,000 dollars Today At 2 pm today a friend called me, "How was this morning?" I think I spent 315k dollars... I woke up this morning and immediately took 4 calls while driving to an appointment 30 minutes away My GM has been trying to sell me on
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Cole Simpson
2 months
@danielchisca This is a them lose situation because I’m not paying
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Cole Simpson
3 months
Got a call from GM this morning Apparently the wrong plans were given to our crew yesterday for the sun room we’re building So we built the wrong sun room Yes I’m doing awesome thanks for asking
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Cole Simpson
8 months
I don’t know if I’m going to post this It feels like a line that I haven’t crossed on Twitter yet But I’ll write it out and if you’re reading it I guess I decided to post it I haven’t slept in 28 hours so this might just be a result of my inhibitions being down Here goes:
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Cole Simpson
10 months
I guess I should do one of those intro posts My entrepreneurial journey began when I moved to Charlotte NC to start a church of all things Since I was a kid everyone had told me I was “entrepreneurial” whatever that meant The only time I had ever really heard that word used
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Cole Simpson
9 months
Spoke to a searcher this week who’s buying a franchise Quote “I haven’t told anyone on Twitter because I’m kind of embarrassed” They’re buying a smaller deal does a few 100k in revenue They are putting down very little capitol (less than 25k) Day 1 it’ll cashflow 50k a
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Cole Simpson
8 months
We got our first truck Also coincidentally my first truck Now we’re a real home services company
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4 months
Angry Husband, Door to Door sales, and an AK47 Yesterday my sales rep ran a normal appointment He got to the front door knocked, and a man answered the door Husband: “What are you doing here” Sales Rep: Sir I have an appointment we set up last week, I believe with your wife,
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Bad training, Worse news, and a 10k mistake I got a call this morning from my crew lead: Boss… Yes? We can’t do this roof Why not? There’s no roof…. Turns out the rep sold this deal over the phone, and had never been to the property (not how we train) He quoted
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Cole Simpson
6 months
What did I wake up to this Morning? One of my employees called me at 3 am to let he ran out of gas and left the company car on the side of the road Also he lost the key to his apartment and asked if I could front him cash for a lock smith Ready for 2024
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Cole Simpson
2 months
Today I’m 29 years old Friday my Father would of been 61 I’m not a huge Birthday guy, probably for a lot of reasons: - My family wasn’t very good at celebrating small things - I don’t particularly love things being made a big deal if I don’t feel like they’re deserved - I’m
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Cole Simpson
8 months
Long week Ups and downs 3 closes, all from me and my managers Not generating enough leads Had 4 employees ask me for an advance this week Didn’t grow as much as I wanted on Twitter Wife got upset because I dropped the ball on some things Bank put a few large
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Cole Simpson
9 months
Google business page will be the end of me I’ve submitted this video of our office multiple times and it keeps getting rejected It is literally our office…. I’ve sent utility bills with our address I mean, what is this twisted game I’m playing
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Cole Simpson
9 months
@TailsWindsFI I realized that as well Too late now
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Cole Simpson
2 months
I have two properties I’m going to sell in the next 12 months Appraisal is probably 310 Had an investor call an offer me 240k with 0% down and a 30 year amortization today We will now never work together Don’t waste peoples time
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Cole Simpson
2 months
How a lack of effort will cost me $1,000,000 this year One of the things that is both exciting yet frustrating as we build our roofing company is how bad we are at the basics When I talk to other roofing companies: -30-40% of their revenue comes from referrals - Less than
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Cole Simpson
9 months
We’re officially franchisees! We may have gotten started a little early but it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission Hoping to hit double digit closes this week It’ll come down to the wire
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Cole Simpson
8 months
Today was the first time I was in town while doing a roof install Cool feeling Customer was happy with the result Neighbor might go with us for roof, Solar, gutters Signed lease on 4 corporate housing units today Made some big decisions about our team and where we are
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4 months
THE PLAYBOOK 3.0 How to Build a business worth millions of dollars with no money out of pocket in 36 months Bookmark to make sure you can come back to this This is 100% possible, I am doing it and have had many friends who have successfully done it 🧵
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Cole Simpson
8 months
@TRUmav The other one is Intrinsic motivation vs extrinsic motivation I think most highly successful people are intrinsically motivated
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4 months
“This is terrible, I don’t know how you’re doing so well” Just got off the phone with some consultants that we hired “Cole can I be honest with you” Yes man that’s why I hired you “The fact that you’re doing this well with where you’re systems currently are is incredible”
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9 months
@constantraise Dan I love your content No it’s not 300k a year isn’t event close to a entry level job
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Cole Simpson
7 months
$204,008 November, month two of roofing business, here is what I learned Costs: Spent 60,000 As expected costs went down, there will still some larger purchases on this balance sheet I think I probably undershot my expectation overhead might be closer to 50k a month
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Beat up van, Bed Bugs, and 50 million dollars Everyone wants recurring revenue, but why take the risk of building out software If you’re thinking about building a business from scratch, you may want to consider private equity darling pest control the SAAS of home services
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Want to start a business? We are putting on a new type of metal roof The tech who is teaching us speaks polish My crew speaks Spanish So I’m translating, except the polish guy doesn’t really speak English It was awesome no hiccups at all Also one of my reps quoted a
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Cole Simpson
3 months
Usually when someone says they want good “work life balance” They just mean they don’t want to work hard
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Cole Simpson
3 months
Entrepreneurship 101 If you don’t use ratchet straps the wood in your truck bed might hit the car behind you
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Cole Simpson
27 days
Today I quoted a 400k job and a 100k job That would definitely help my month
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Cole Simpson
5 months
Usher is paying to perform the Super Bowl That’s right, he’s not getting paid, it’s costing him money If that doesn’t explain the power of an audience I don’t know what will
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Cole Simpson
3 months
$125,400, 81 hours, Unbelievably tired I just got home, and I’m fried Usually my posture tends to be one of “I will go until this is where it needs to be” But that was tested this week I stepped in over our fulfillment role We brought in some in house labor and we
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4 years ago: - Just Bought my 1st Business - Completed my first wholesale - Acquired our 2nd property - Became a Realtor My whole life people had told me I was “entrepreneurial” I didn’t know what that meant, but I bought a shaved ice business and started learning real
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Cole Simpson
2 months
Welcome to Entrepreneurship Last Friday I met with four guys on our team I’d heard grumbling, wanted to meet up and see if I could get to the bottom of it Good conversation Felt like we made progress, all four guys thanked me I stressed the importance of just being
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Cole Simpson
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Installed our first roof today 7 days after sale It’s also our first day of our in person training with corporate headquarters Officially makes us the first franchisee to install before being done with training, might have a second before the end of the week Kind of cool
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The Long awaited Top ReTwitter accounts list is here If you're new to ReTwitter or just trying to find the best accounts these are the top 10 accounts worth a follow At this level everyone can argue about the order, but the list is irrefutable
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