Gray Gifford

The Illinois Avenue Partners Family of Companies. Love scaling small businesses. Let's talk.

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@RegZeller Hey stranger, I am hiring that position now and have some good intel. Would be happy to share offline with you or your buddy.

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@StudentRentPro Would love to chat with these guys, i have a couple companies they could run for me- or help them buy one.

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@LeadershipAcad1 Future ________ onboard or the little stick figure families

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@chrisfralic @cooperhewitt How much did you geek out? That sounds awesome. What was your favorite thing that you saw?

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@MarcGaleazzi We use a service because we have lots of clients, but unless leans are part of your AR tool box and it is just a one off, reach out to the county clerk. It is just some paperwork- note there is a shock clock- depending on where it can be as quickly as 30 days.

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@gas_biz But I do agree indie owners are very prideful, some of the cleanest most well run stores you will go in.

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@gas_biz We looked at an indie jobber and we surveyed customers about branded vs no branded trucks. Zero preference in the survey.

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@thomasince Who you using?

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@Baj_Aman @AZ_SMB Netsuite- was overkill for the size of the company at the time, but we have grown into it through the years.

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@Levijameshere @girdley @housleyd Haha, that's why you buy metal boxes. Trying to solve mf and resi problems reminds me of the quote someone on here had about no extra points for playing in hard mode.

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@Hayden__Slack This is very LOL.

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@imrichardfertig @seandsweeney @realEstateTrent This feels like the calendly debate. Given the variety of responses, its clear people have preferences- so we get to annoy 50% of who we call!

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@seandsweeney @realEstateTrent No vm, if looking for a call back I shoot a quick text.

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@joepohlen @jtkenn8 just implemented in our company- did a fair amount of research to get there, results have been great- unfortunately I have no idea what it's called.

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@jeffrlin I think it has maintained its sense of community and culture and has been afforded more leniency on zoning.

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@MikeBotkin_ Also isnt the windshield time priced in? Or are you trying to maximize yield over and above expected time? I thought everyone's pricing accounted for that and why hyper local has better margins.

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@MikeBotkin_ Wait, TAM for landscaping is only $2.3B? That seems very low. I get the windshield time problem, I can't believe the market is that small.

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@KramericaEnergy @brianbeers Ha! I kinda laughed as I wrote it.