Apr 24, 2005 13:26
My 5, 10, and maybe 15 year plan:
www.valensusa.com
That's my dads new business. LED lights. Now, some of you may be thinking "What the fuck? How can you make money from an LED light". Well, i'll tell you. Right now my dad has about $80,000 (wholesale) worth of product sitting in a warehouse he just bought. He's got 30 sales reps who his business partner brought on when they became partners, and an excel spreadsheet of 2500 buyers. The demand for LED lights in bulk, is like the demand for any other cheap product bought in bulk. Example:
My dad just signed a huge contract with Fleetwood RV in Corona, CA. Fleetwood is a huge RV Manufacturer, and they want to buy all the LED's for their RV's directly from us. Being that they manufancture a ridiculous amount of RV's each year. That means we are going to be shipping them alot of product. And that's only ONE of 2500 buyers. Obviously one of the biggest on our list, but the little guys make us bucks too.
I'll be quitting Albertsons in about 1 month, and officially becoming an employee of ValensUSA about a week later. I'll commute each day (2 hrs roundtrip) to Corona to work for my dad. It's going to be great. And i'll be making significantly more money. Also, about a year from now when I know the business like my dad does, i'll be a sales rep like him. He flys around the country (and sometimes internationally) marketing product. Except this time, instead of doing it for some company he works for, he's doing it for himself. My Dad knows sales too, he's been in sales nearly 30 years. But when I become a sales rep (bling), I wont be travelling internationally. I'll be working closely with the SoCal market, and travelling around Southern California meeting with vendors, buyers and other sales reps.
This business has huge potential, and my dad has the knowledge and connections to make this huge. I cant wait.
Obligattory "Ya, i'm workin with my dad now" refference now fulfilled. <3 Andrew