This has been an exciting week for me as far as business goes. I have an idea for a retractable truck canopy that I have been kicking around in my head for a while. Last year when I was running my yard care business in washington I found that I was constantly wanting to take the canopy on and off my truck. I decided I wanted to try and come up with a design for a canopy that could either fold down or retract quickly with just one guy. My room mate is an engineering student and pretty good and making computer designs of things. I got talking with him and we actually have a pretty solid design drawn up! It may actually work. I am sure I could sell tons of them to contractors up in washington state where it rains a lot but is a pain to have a permanent canopy on your truck.
I also am spending the week down in utah with my friend's family who owns a large landscaping compay. i have worked them in the past and it has been exciting to watch them grow. This is the first year where they really feel like a big experienced company. They have tons of new contracts and twice the equipment they had last year. It has been fun having them show me around and show me all the changes they have made. Not only have they gotten a lot more equipment they have drastically improved their business systems. It has been a really fun learning experience and I am really excited for them. It is good to see entrepreneurs doing so well.