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Richard Gould sold a New Jersey painting company and started over
Richard Gould sold his New Jersey painting company and moved to North Carolina with about $200,000. He says the new franchise has more than 20 locations.
Richard Gould had a painting company in New Jersey that was already working. He sold it, moved to North Carolina and started over with about $200,000.
He says Richard's Painting now has more than 20 locations in the state. The franchise idea he describes is a neighborhood painter: workmanship and service, not a race to the cheapest bid.
He talks about a top location doing on the order of $750,000 a month. That figure is his account of the best shop, not a promise for a new one. The episode includes the cost of being unknown in a new state.
A second start on purpose
On Upflip he walks through leaving a company that was fine and building the same trade where nobody knew the name. The early Carolina jobs get as much time as the location count.
The location count is his. The start was a sale, a move and $200,000.
