Steve Beach
New Contributor
Funny how things work. My journey of self employment began in September of 2017 after my employer discovered that I was working during my free time to develop a new product that would have an immediate and disruptive impact on our industry. At that time, the product was still undergoing modifications and testing and I was months away from being market ready.
Being broke, despite 25 years of steady employment, I was faced with the fact that I no longer had an income to support my wife and three children or pay the mortgage. At that point, panic should have been immediate, but it wasn't, I just knew that things would work out, somehow. I knew that we were on to something big, and that this product would solve a huge problem.
And somehow, things keep happening that allow me to pursue my dreams of independence while managing to perform enough side work to keep the family afloat. Every time that it seems like we are about to fall on our face, a new opportunity to earn money will arise. This is not life changing money, but it is enough to keep us moving forward while the business continues to grow and develop.
I joined our national organization (NFBA) and attended the national trade show in Feb. 2018, and an amazing thing happened there, my new unproven product was voted as the product of the year for 2018 and will be featured in articles in three major industry publication in the coming months. With this type of exposure, our products are poised to change an entire industry by disrupting the status quo and forcing the major players to change how they operate and build.
This is truly a story of David vs. Goliath. Just myself and my business partner have taken on the giants of our industry and won. We did this with no resources and no money. Batting companies with teams of engineers and product development task forces, we have created a system that out performs them in every way. This will allow smaller, independent builders to compete and win in our ever more competitive marketplace.
Although still broke, we are now starting to see the industry respond to our systems and the phone is ringing. All of the doubt, desperation, and sleepless nights are still there, but somehow, we continue to find just enough to keep moving forward. With faith and hard work, we are pushing through, refusing to give up, just taking the next step each day.
If we can do it, so can you. Just don't stop.
respectfully, Steve Beach
Being broke, despite 25 years of steady employment, I was faced with the fact that I no longer had an income to support my wife and three children or pay the mortgage. At that point, panic should have been immediate, but it wasn't, I just knew that things would work out, somehow. I knew that we were on to something big, and that this product would solve a huge problem.
And somehow, things keep happening that allow me to pursue my dreams of independence while managing to perform enough side work to keep the family afloat. Every time that it seems like we are about to fall on our face, a new opportunity to earn money will arise. This is not life changing money, but it is enough to keep us moving forward while the business continues to grow and develop.
I joined our national organization (NFBA) and attended the national trade show in Feb. 2018, and an amazing thing happened there, my new unproven product was voted as the product of the year for 2018 and will be featured in articles in three major industry publication in the coming months. With this type of exposure, our products are poised to change an entire industry by disrupting the status quo and forcing the major players to change how they operate and build.
This is truly a story of David vs. Goliath. Just myself and my business partner have taken on the giants of our industry and won. We did this with no resources and no money. Batting companies with teams of engineers and product development task forces, we have created a system that out performs them in every way. This will allow smaller, independent builders to compete and win in our ever more competitive marketplace.
Although still broke, we are now starting to see the industry respond to our systems and the phone is ringing. All of the doubt, desperation, and sleepless nights are still there, but somehow, we continue to find just enough to keep moving forward. With faith and hard work, we are pushing through, refusing to give up, just taking the next step each day.
If we can do it, so can you. Just don't stop.
respectfully, Steve Beach
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