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Know Before You Own · A buyer experiment
Try on business ownership.
You get the keys. What comes with them? Step into an ordinary working day and explore what the owner actually does.
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A little room to experiment.
An interactive experiment
Step into the working day
THE REPAIR ROOM
Fictional neighborhood businessYour working day
Fictional neighborhood businessYour working day
A sample day · not a forecast
You get the keys.
And the responsibilities.
Morning
Check in with the teamBookings, priorities, customer work
8:00 am
Rework the morning scheduleIntroduce this situation to explore it
Next up
Review next week’s bookingsOn the plan
WHO HANDLES IT?Explore the possibilities
A staff absence
Your first call is a sick call.
You are exploring a fictional neighborhood repair business. A technician is absent and the morning’s customer work is already booked.
The working day can change.
The planned day is only part of the job. Explore what happens when it changes.
THE REPAIR ROOM
Fictional neighborhood businessYour working day
Fictional neighborhood businessYour working day
A sample day · not a forecast
You get the keys.
And the responsibilities.
Morning
Check in with the teamBookings, priorities, customer work
11:00 am
Resolve the customer concernIntroduce this situation to explore it
Next up
Meet a potential new customerOn the plan
WHO HANDLES IT?Explore the possibilities
A customer escalation
A regular customer asks for the owner.
A customer disputes a repair and wants an answer today. The current owner has always handled this relationship personally.
The working day can change.
The planned day is only part of the job. Explore what happens when it changes.
THE REPAIR ROOM
Fictional neighborhood businessYour working day
Fictional neighborhood businessYour working day
A sample day · not a forecast
You get the keys.
And the responsibilities.
Morning
Check in with the teamBookings, priorities, customer work
2:00 pm
Choose the next operating stepIntroduce this situation to explore it
Next up
Plan next month’s workloadOn the plan
WHO HANDLES IT?Explore the possibilities
An operating decision
The part you need is not arriving.
An order is delayed. A substitute is available, but someone must check suitability and decide whether to change the plan.
The working day can change.
The planned day is only part of the job. Explore what happens when it changes.
Designed for people buying or running Main Street businesses, generally under $2 million in annual revenue.
From this experiment to your next step
Buy the business. Understand the job.
A business can fit your ambition and still ask more of your day than you expect. Take a question from the experiment into your next conversation.
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