Why Your Trade Business Still Runs Through You
“What must be true at the end of December so that this problem goes away?”John Claborn
At a glance
- Seat
- Operations
- Serves
- Trade businesses, $2M to $4M
- Call John when
- The business still runs through the owner
Who John helps
“I want to come alongside the founder and the CEO who can’t translate their vision into a business plan or to an operations plan. So I will pull that out and then I will work directly with their team to implement the change necessary to go pursue that vision.”
Lines from the table
- “If you’re a million dollar plumber, the business is probably dependent on you.”
- “Sometimes you just have to get your hands dirty and be willing to have those hard, uncomfortable, candid conversations.”

