Looking for Business partner/s

[MrMeek]

I am just still laughing at him when he said this

"I was here to looking for honest, helpful, fair and friendly plumbers (dolphin like) that migh have interest iin my idea.

seriously though to the op if you have any chance at all and I mean at all as its so hard to start up these days get work etc, you need to have plumbing experience in the field.

there is no way on earth you could do it without being qualified atleast up to level 2.

if your serious do a plumbing course NVQ level 2 first, if you dont come back on this forum in a year so I can say told you so

 

[Ray Stafford]

I suppose it is possible to set up in business in field that you don't have any experience of, but why would you want to? Business is by its nature competitive, so you are handing your competitors an advantage from the start. You would have to be very confident that your advantages in marketing and branding would outweigh the inbuilt disadvantage of that core lack of understanding.

 

[Destroyer2813]

Surly your still gonna have to take the plumber to look at the job and tell you whats required if you ain't got any plumbing experience cos how are you going to differentiate between the different system set ups and what rules apply in certain circumstances ie gas unvented water, so if the plumber needs to do that you would be a glorified office girl taking a massive cut of profits is how I see it

 

[Howsie]

I still don't see a USP. In fact, quite the opposite.

Why not choose an industry with loads more opportunity to make big money. The recruitment industry would be a good place to start.

 

[theanalyst]

I disagree. I know a firm the next county along to me. A woman started it 15 years ago, got a load of housing association contracts and big work, and then sold it more recently for an 8 figure sum..
the new owners then sent it into liquidation through poor management and probably a lot of her old contacts going with her.
Now, she couldnt plumb to save her life but had a lot of contacts in the gas industry.
She recruited decent quality engineers and had a captive audience in the areas she chose to work, which she ended up dominating.

She has since setup a new company under a different name, now the 4 year non compete clause has apparently lapsed.
I've got no doubt she will make a lot of wonga again..... but not from fixing Mrs Miggins tap washer type jobs!!!

I'm with Howsie though. It's a cluttered industry already, you DO NEED some inside contacts or a proper plumbing background. It's also not the best place to make shed loads of dosh.
The problem is, most plumbers don't make great businessman (in the BIG BUSINESS SUCCESS sense) or they wouldn't be plumbing....

That's my take on it anyway!!!

and a merry christmas to y'all!

 

[peteheat]

I wouldn't knock the name, after all who would call a search engine Google, an auction web site ebay etc there are names then there's branding.

The concept works but not as presented here.

 

[PlumbersMate]

Yeh but eBay wasn't named after a failed auction site with a similar name nor google a failed search engine with a similar name

 

[Howsie]

Personally I think it's a good name...

 

[nicro3]

Whats in a name, its not what you know, its not who you know. Its who knows you. ANON

 

[nicro3]

And after a 110 posts he is well known on this forum. To be sure

 

[Whl4852]

And after a 110 posts he is well known on this forum. To be sure

He might be well known now, but still a dreamer. If he comes back in a years time with a business then I'll be proved wrong. Some people just need to be realistic.

 

[peteheat]

Depends on what is viewed is failure, was it a success for the people who used / promoted the service / product and was the name the only reason it did not perform?

What was learned in the process?

Can or will the promoter make the necessary changes?

FWIW I never heard of the failed bathroom company what is worth noting is they were big enough for a lot of people to recognise the name so Dolphin appears to be a good name (sticking power), if anything it is vital to ensure the mistakes of the failed company are not repeated in the new one.

Dreamer maybe, however it's worth noting that many good businesses start out as a dream / fantasy / goal that was put into action by brave people who believed in the concept enough to follow it through.

 

[Whl4852]

Depends on what is viewed is failure, was it a success for the people who used / promoted the service / product and was the name the only reason it did not perform?

What was learned in the process?

Can or will the promoter make the necessary changes?

FWIW I never heard of the failed bathroom company what is worth noting is they were big enough for a lot of people to recognise the name so Dolphin appears to be a good name (sticking power), if anything it is vital to ensure the mistakes of the failed company are not repeated in the new one.

Dreamer maybe, however it's worth noting that many good businesses start out as a dream / fantasy / goal that was put into action by brave people who believed in the concept enough to follow it through.

By realistic I was reverting back to the first post. You only need a bag of tools and a bit of determination. You don't need a plan of world dominance and start recruiting, what's he recruiting for exactly, after all it's only an idea and that's all he has. I have something he doesn't, current work. I just think people need to realise what they are and not sit around dreaming of a massive empire, nothing glam in plumbing. Sorry if I've caused any offence, it's just my opinion and I'm trying to be constructive.

 

[Dan]

Don't mind me while I reply to a few of the threads. We need the new thread pages to be picked up correctly. If this thread isn't current, just visit the plumbing forum and post your own new thread or checkout the other existing threads.