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Painting Biz Owners: Building Your Dream Team—Who Belongs on Your Advisory Board? #PaintingIndustry

Name: Painting Biz Owners: Building Your Dream Team—Who Belongs on Your Advisory Board? #PaintingIndustry
Uploaded: 2024-09-23T13:30:26+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Daniel Honan
Description: In this brief conversational video, two speakers advise painting business owners on assembling an effective advisory board. They recommend starting with…

23 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief conversational video, two speakers advise painting business owners on assembling an effective advisory board. They recommend starting with trusted family members—spouse, parents, and older children—who know the owner well and can provide candid feedback. They also suggest adding external professionals such as successful business mentors and fellow painting contractors met at industry conventions. The speakers emphasize the importance of trust and the ability to give honest advice. For structure, they propose regular, periodic gatherings (e.g., quarterly or annual events) where advisors can share insights and support business decisions. The overall tone is supportive and practical, encouraging owners to leverage both personal and professional networks for strategic guidance.

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Who should be on your board of advisors? Definitely your spouse, if you're married. They're going to be the ones who probably know you best and who have the least qualms about telling you when you have a bad idea. Also your parents, if you trust them and they can offer that advice. If you have older children, could you involve them as well? I'm sure that they would love to tell you what they think of your ideas, but it also gets them involved in your family business and it gives them a stake in the business. So that would be a great thing to do. Other professionals, successful business owners who are mentors to you, they could certainly be on your board as well. Really anyone who can give you good advice and who you can trust.
This time, this year, a lot of folks are going to conventions. They're meeting other painting business owners who might be a little bit more successful than they are. And if you're looking for a mentor, you could say, hey, could you be on my board of advisors? It'd just be something where once a year, once a quarter, you're going to have some sort of events for the business. It could be one of your peers at one of these events that you, you often see.