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Im not sure if anyone has ever asked this on this forum and I’m not quite sure how to ask but I thought I’d give it a shot. So here goes, As some of you may or may not know, we (my wife and I) are looking to be up and running with our LCO within the next few months. We will be relocating back to LCO Central, otherwise known as Florida. I will be starting out part time untill I can get the business built up and my wife will continue to work full time in her current career. The original idea was to work part time at night and work for an existing LCO down there for a couple of months to get some much needed experience. However, I was thinking the other night that “yes†I do need the experience in mowing, blowing etc etc but I also need to learn some of the things that you as the owner do on a daily basis, running your business. I couldn’t learn this as a lawn monkey for 2 months or 2 years.
The Question: How crazy is it for me to ask if anyone in this forum (preferably in the mid southern states or NC) would consider taking on a trainee/apprentice for a week or two? Kind of like being a “Mentorâ€. Id be Cheap Labor-FREE and would not get in your way. I would of course stay in a hotel and would not be a burden on anyone. I realize this is no small thing to ask as you are all pretty busy but the cold hard fact is that I would probably learn more in two weeks about running an LCO with one of you guys than I could ever learn anywhere else. I understand that I couldn’t possibly expect to learn everything, all the things that took you years of experience to learn and there are things that just cant be taught but it sure would be a healthy head start for me. Having much experience in Marketing, accounting, and customer service I have a resonable grasp of whats involved with these aspects of the LCO industry but I think a week or two under the wing of a Professional passing on invaluable knowledge would in itself be invaluable and an act of generosity beyond that which is expected from a "business" owner
and would be equally harder to ever repay. With that in mind, I couldn’t pay you much if anything but as I said before, would work for free, would be eternally grateful and would definitely put you on our Christmas list.......
I have been helping some LCO's update their logo's, business cards and Rig Signage at no charge.....maybe I could offer these same services to someone willing to give me a week or two of their training.??
I posted this on another forum and recieved a few responses telling me how hard it is to start an LCO etc etc......Let me make it perfectly clear that we have a plan, we realize how hard it will be, we understand that there will be lean times and we are more than willing to start out small and work hard to grow......my point is that this is not a fly by night deal for us. I would really appreciate the opportunity to listen and learn...
I imagine this sounds pretty far fetched but you never know until you ask....
P.S. Guido...you're everywhere these days.......i mailed your package out this morning...enjoy and let me know when you get it.....
The Question: How crazy is it for me to ask if anyone in this forum (preferably in the mid southern states or NC) would consider taking on a trainee/apprentice for a week or two? Kind of like being a “Mentorâ€. Id be Cheap Labor-FREE and would not get in your way. I would of course stay in a hotel and would not be a burden on anyone. I realize this is no small thing to ask as you are all pretty busy but the cold hard fact is that I would probably learn more in two weeks about running an LCO with one of you guys than I could ever learn anywhere else. I understand that I couldn’t possibly expect to learn everything, all the things that took you years of experience to learn and there are things that just cant be taught but it sure would be a healthy head start for me. Having much experience in Marketing, accounting, and customer service I have a resonable grasp of whats involved with these aspects of the LCO industry but I think a week or two under the wing of a Professional passing on invaluable knowledge would in itself be invaluable and an act of generosity beyond that which is expected from a "business" owner
and would be equally harder to ever repay. With that in mind, I couldn’t pay you much if anything but as I said before, would work for free, would be eternally grateful and would definitely put you on our Christmas list.......I have been helping some LCO's update their logo's, business cards and Rig Signage at no charge.....maybe I could offer these same services to someone willing to give me a week or two of their training.??
I posted this on another forum and recieved a few responses telling me how hard it is to start an LCO etc etc......Let me make it perfectly clear that we have a plan, we realize how hard it will be, we understand that there will be lean times and we are more than willing to start out small and work hard to grow......my point is that this is not a fly by night deal for us. I would really appreciate the opportunity to listen and learn...
I imagine this sounds pretty far fetched but you never know until you ask....
P.S. Guido...you're everywhere these days.......i mailed your package out this morning...enjoy and let me know when you get it.....
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