When my stepdad Mike handed over the reins for the roofing dealer to me, I felt so out of my league.
- For a long time, I had been toiling with him seeing as she built this amazing enterprise.
Mike was once a roofer toiling for a huge dealer in our state. It was a wonderful job, plus Mike worked with many amazing roofers. However, Mike always knew she wanted to set up her own business. When our last born joined school, Mike went back to work. This provided dad the occasion to resign from her old job, plus begin the process of setting up a roofing business. I was 15 at that time, plus Mike employed me as her assistant during weekends, plus summers. I’d gain some currency to buy new clothes, plus shoes, although I also got to learn so much about residential roofing from Mike. When I graduated from school, I opted to go to roofing school, plus train to become a roofer like my stepdad. Then, I joined him in the business, plus we continued to work side by side for 15 years. One afternoon, I was coming back from a residential roofing job plus dad called me into her office. Mike said it was time I learned about running the dealer since she wanted to hand over the reins to me. I wasn’t so sure about this, plus even avoided the topic for a while. But, deep down I knew I could run this roofing dealership so I came around plus let him teach me about the roofing business.