Comments on: My husband wants us to start our own roofing bussiness and are looking for sucessful strategies! Any advice? http://roofing.mktips.info/small-business/my-husband-wants-us-to-start-our-own-roofing-bussiness-and-are-looking-for-sucessful-strategies-any-advice.html Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: ynot http://roofing.mktips.info/small-business/my-husband-wants-us-to-start-our-own-roofing-bussiness-and-are-looking-for-sucessful-strategies-any-advice.html/comment-page-1#comment-92 ynot Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:38:08 +0000 http://roofing.mktips.info/small-business/my-husband-wants-us-to-start-our-own-roofing-bussiness-and-are-looking-for-sucessful-strategies-any-advice.html#comment-92 Since you are doing the right thing and planning this move, I'll suggest that you write a business plan for the roofing business. I would strongly recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. You have to determine whether you'll start a web based business or one with a store front. I'd call the local office of SCORE (go to and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE. The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting a roofing business and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you'll concentrate on (your market ) and how you'll go after them. You'll need to register the business with your state controller's office, get the required contractor's license, and make sure that you have any city and county licenses if any are needed where you live. All of this will come out in a business plan. Try this link : and read some of the articles especially the ones about a business plan and starting a business. Good Luck Since you are doing the right thing and planning this move, I’ll suggest that you write a business plan for the roofing business. I would strongly recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. You have to determine whether you’ll start a web based business or one with a store front. I’d call the local office of SCORE (go to and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE.

The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting a roofing business and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you’ll concentrate on (your market ) and how you’ll go after them.

You’ll need to register the business with your state controller’s office, get the required contractor’s license, and make sure that you have any city and county licenses if any are needed where you live. All of this will come out in a business plan.

Try this link : and read some of the articles especially the ones about a business plan and starting a business.
Good Luck

]]> By: Lakely http://roofing.mktips.info/small-business/my-husband-wants-us-to-start-our-own-roofing-bussiness-and-are-looking-for-sucessful-strategies-any-advice.html/comment-page-1#comment-91 Lakely Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:50:45 +0000 http://roofing.mktips.info/small-business/my-husband-wants-us-to-start-our-own-roofing-bussiness-and-are-looking-for-sucessful-strategies-any-advice.html#comment-91 Find a great free book on starting your own business called "go it alone!" Find a great free book on starting your own business called “go it alone!”

]]> By: JennyBoBenny http://roofing.mktips.info/small-business/my-husband-wants-us-to-start-our-own-roofing-bussiness-and-are-looking-for-sucessful-strategies-any-advice.html/comment-page-1#comment-90 JennyBoBenny Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:46:56 +0000 http://roofing.mktips.info/small-business/my-husband-wants-us-to-start-our-own-roofing-bussiness-and-are-looking-for-sucessful-strategies-any-advice.html#comment-90 the only way you will succeed in starting your own company is to have CONTACTS. my husband and I started our own carpet cleaning company 2 years ago this november. We now make between 22-25K per month. (only 2 years later) However...it wasnt that easy....we didnt advertise at all. its who we knew........you see..... I was in residential property management (managing apartment communities) and my husband was a carpet cleaner for apartment communities (this is how we met) we were tired of working for everyone else and decided to give it a go. anyways....we would NOT have succeeded if it hadnt been for who we knew....people knew we did a good job dropped other vendors just to use us....if it hadnt been for those people..we DEFINATELY would have failed. Just keep that in mind. the only way you will succeed in starting your own company is to have CONTACTS.

my husband and I started our own carpet cleaning company 2 years ago this november. We now make between 22-25K per month. (only 2 years later) However…it wasnt that easy….we didnt advertise at all. its who we knew……..you see…..

I was in residential property management (managing apartment communities) and my husband was a carpet cleaner for apartment communities (this is how we met)
we were tired of working for everyone else and decided to give it a go.
anyways….we would NOT have succeeded if it hadnt been for who we knew….people knew we did a good job dropped other vendors just to use us….if it hadnt been for those people..we DEFINATELY would have failed.

Just keep that in mind.

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