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[music] So I grew up in a family that where my dad owned his own company. Um, they moved from New Jersey to California, and then my dad started his own business. Uh, and so I, I watched that, uh, that growth that my dad created in, in his business. So I think that's part of it. Then also, kind of right out of college, I had even thought about creating my own company. But it really, the, the main seed was planted in, uh, sitting in my backyard with my wife who said, "Hey, why don't you start your own roofing company? You, you, you've done it for many years." And, um, and so that seed planted in my mind went from a, uh, me building a 10 by 12, uh, office in my backyard, and now we have maybe 15 employees or not, not maybe, we have 15 employees in the company where, um, you know, going from me doing everything on my own with my 10 x 12 shed in the backyard to a, a whole office and, and employee, 15 employees and warehouse and everything. And, and, uh, so really the, I think the main crux of it is the inspiration comes from family. My watching my dad build his own company and me being inspired by that and then my wife, uh, planting the seed to, to really make the jump into the business. Well, so, um, I have many philosophies, but one main philosophy is I am building people and I'm using a company to do it, which is very different than I'm building a company and using people to build that company. So the, um, the, the desire to, to grow individuals. And an example of that would be Gilbert who started in the company, uh, and he was doing basic data entry in, uh, in his first few months to now where he's the general manager of the company and he's the best salesman in the company and he's just really thriving. So that's what I love to see in, in building up people to, to build the company. So, a another philosophy of really of meritocracy. So I don't have the pride in myself if somebody else has another idea that I'm so prideful to say no, it's my way or the highway. And, uh, the, a good example of that is, is we made a pink truck. So, we're all in the office sitting here discussing, hey, what if we made a pink truck? Uh, and it was kind of just a joke somewhat in the beginning, but then talking through it with everybody. And Roxanne is our, uh, office manager, executive assistant. She does an incredible job. Um, and she said she wanted to, you know, live her Barbie dream in a pink, pink car. So, I, uh, we, we put it all together. We sifted through it. We thought about it. And we now have a pink truck with a top tier logo on it with a, uh, you know, it says women in roofing on the side of it. And, uh, you know, that, that's a good, I think example of, of meritocracy of somebody having a good idea that I originally dismissed to then, uh, you know, really come to fruition. So I, we, we all really take an educational approach. We don't have high pressure sales pitches to you. We want to give you all the information about, uh, what roof you're buying. In our proposal, we'll give you many options to look at, but, uh, there's also external, um, validation of our expertise as well. Diamond certified is a great example of that. We, uh, love being diamond certified. Better Business Bureau A+ rating, five stars on, on all the consumer rating, uh, websites. Plus, um, we're a, uh, the highest rated contractor with both certainty, no one's Corning, and we won a handful of other awards, but really an educational approach to try to give you, um, let you make the best decision for you, uh, without any high pressure plus, um, having those external, um, valid, the external validation from the consumer groups. Uh, so I've known Prerio for about 20 years. He has 34 years of experience installing roofs. And my one of my first, uh, roofs that I worked on was installing with him about 20 years ago. So he is, has become just a great friend of mine. He now is, is in the office, uh, doing estimates, doing repair estimates, doing roof replacement estimates. And when he first started, he was somewhat, uh, had trepidation about being able to put proposals together. His computer savvy wasn't really there. And he's gone from, you know, a couple years now where that was a bit of a concern of his now to where it's very, very fluid. And he's, he's doing an incredible job creating, uh, estimates and taking care of customers. He's also a project manager. So, uh, yeah, Preriio is, is, is a great friend and does a, a really good job working together. >> [music]