I waited ten years before I was finally able to have my dream come to fruition.
- Both my wife and I worked hard to do all the work and save the money so I could be the owner of an HVAC company.
I didn’t want to count on anyone for their help. My wife had been taking care of anything that had to do with money, and I was tending to the business side of being an HVAC company owner. Since we both had backgrounds in the HVAC business, we had knowledge about what we were doing. She worked in her father’s HVAC company since she was old enough to reach the parts, and then as his bookkeeper. I had been an HVAC technician for almost twenty years. When I finally told my brother what I was doing, it was because I wanted him to lead my HVAC technical team. He agreed, then asked if we needed any help with the bank or research. I told him I needed to get working on a website. We had the money secured, and a location was settled. I was now working on fine tuning the website, and I showed him the work I had done. He slammed the computer shut and made me promise not to let it go live. He said he wouldn’t let me create the website. His wife was a web developer, and he was sure she could create a professional website that would attract customers if I would give her a chance. When I saw her preliminary website, I knew my brother was right and I should not be creating the website.