If you got a chance to attend the SEMA and AAPEX shows in November, you saw probably tens of millions of dollars’ worth of cars, products and equipment. It was an incredibly vast display of all things automotive. But how does all this stuff get out of the showroom and onto the floor of a typical repair shop?
Non-compete agreements are a great way for business owners to protect an employer’s reasonable competitive business interests. These agreements can also be utilized to limit post-employment competition provided that the agreement is reasonable in terms of geographic limitations, duration and type of activity restrained.
Chris Alexander was hired in 1996 as a sales assistant selling PEAK antifreeze. In 1998, Alexander moved into the commercial side of the business, developing the southeast and southwest territories. He earned several promotions as a result of his strong work ethic and selling expertise before assuming his current position in 2007.
As part of your business plan, you need to determine who you’re “A” customers are and do some demographic research to determine where they live and how many of them there are in a given five-mile radius.
Some business owners and managers continue to be stuck in the past. They fail to realize by squeezing out the last drop of productivity, cutting their overhead to the bare bones, trying to cut costs, working harder, and continuing to do business the same way with the same old customers and the same projects won’t cut it today.