Steroids and Business plans

I was telling mom about this plan I had to develope a multiple jet engine model Test Cell facility while we were at the doctors office and wasn't sure when I would get the opportunity to present the idea to upper management. We finished at the doctors office and went home and I relaxed for a few minutes to get my thoughts in order and then went to work about 10:30. Sold about $60,000 worth of parts and ate lunch. About 2:00 I got a call from Aaron the president to say he had some time available to talk and I'm sure he was wondering what was on my head this time. I had prepped Jon the head of engine service sales a few days earlier and asked him to attend.

Aaron's thought about Test Cell construction has been a constant over the years and that is that he would never build one unless we became a complete overhaul facility for a specific engine.

I had my chance to explain my thought on the sensible way to proceed in a minimalist plan with expansion provisions.

Aaron who is a very bright man saw the light almost immediately. He gave us permission to pull together the finacial study for construction. Jon has been pursuing a test cell (though not this concept) for 10 years atleast and through boom times and was never able to get to square one. He just did not know how and what to present it.

Aaron told me at the end of the meeting that no one had ever explained the need and the sensible approach with vision the way I had articulated it.

Those Steroids are amazing stuff.