Out of the Truck: How to Build a Trade Business That Runs Without You

You don't own a business. You own a job. That's the trap.Every trade business starts the same way: you're good at the work, so the work becomes your life. You're the technician, the salesman, the dispatcher - and the one still chasing invoices at 9 p.m. The business can't run without you, which means you can never really leave.It doesn't have to stay that way.Out of the Truck is the playbook for turning the job that owns you into a business that runs without you. Written by the son of a tradesman who watched his father give thirty years to an HVAC business that never learned to run without him, this book lays out the exact system small trade businesses use to stop being the best-kept secret in town and start building something that lasts.Inside, you'll learn how to: - Get found by customers who are ready to buy - without a fancy website- Stop letting leads slip through the cracks and after-hours calls go unanswered- Get your business out of your head and onto a system- Get paid faster, and turn one-time jobs into repeat customers- Build a business that finally runs when you're not thereIf you run a 1-to-10-person shop - HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, lawn care - and you're tired of being the bottleneck, this book is your way out.It's time to get out of the truck.