Show Summary – In this episode, I tell you how and why a great investor package is the first step to success in getting into the car wash business. What you will learn in this episode: Why it is important to create a great investor/bank package. What you should include in your investor/bank package. Why […]…
Show Summary – In this episode, I tell you about my day-to-day activities. I also discuss the passive nature of owning self-serve car washes and what to expect and possibly some misconceptions of self-serve car wash ownership. What you will learn in this episode: What the daily life of a self-serve car wash owner is […]…
One of the biggest internal struggles I have as a car wash owner is the quality that my car wash turns out. When I get a customer complaint it gives me a knot in my stomach and is very emotionally disheartening. Over the past eight years since opening my first wash, I have become better […]…
I often think about what I would do now vs. 8 years ago when I built my first car wash or even 5 years ago when I built my second car wash. What’s amazing that even after being in the business for three years in 2007 when I built my second wash I made many […]…
Today is the 8th year anniversary of opening my first wash. Ironically, the wash was finally completed and open for business on Friday, August 13th, 2004. That’s right friday the 13th. I remember how anti-climatic the actual opening was. I think we (I had partners at the time) did a final walk through with the […]…
I went on my annual family vacation last week to Bethany Beach in Delaware last week. We stayed at the Sea Colony resort. Anyone who has ever visited this area will know the Sea Colony buildings because they are a big monstrosity of buildings that overtake the beach area. I’m guessing that they have 6 […]…
At the International Car Wash Convention dinner that Bill Pitzer owner of Auto Care Forum held in Las Vegas, I was asked by a long time full service car wash business owner why I got into the car wash business. There was a short pause and then I answered “because I thought it would be easy”. […]…
What ,more appropriate time to write something on “Why I Hate The Car Wash Business”. After all, it is only my second blog post on promoting my book Car Wash Business 101 (www.carwashbusiness101.com) and it is also why this business isn’t for everyone. So before you invest $1m plus into your car wash. READ THIS! […]…
I have done my time. 10,000 hours to become an expert. Sure there are many car wash owners who have many more hours of experience and their are newer owners who have less hours of experience. But there is no one good source you can go to if you want to open up a new […]…
Welcome to Car Wash Business 101. This will be my new blog to give you my insight into the car wash business and because of my shameless self promotion, I will also from time-to-time promote my book available here at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Car-Wash-Business-101-Start-Up/dp/1466447966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328296428&sr=8-1 There is not a day goes by that I can relate some type […]…