81. Thinking Of Building Your Own Software? Here’s What It Takes - Tanner Mullen

To apply for a Breakthrough Academy Business Assessment click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP81 Find the dripjobs CRM Here:  https://www.dripjobs.com/ If you’re ambitious and always looking for an opportunity, you might have thought about building a software product to ‘fill a gap’ in your business. You hear this story on podcasts, or youtube videos…maybe from a friend. Some contractor out there got frustrated with a lack of software in their business and they decided to do something about it. They decided to build it themselves. And then became bajillionaires. But is it really that easy? To find out, we invited Tanner Mullen of Dripjobs to share the realities of building a software company while still running a painting business. If you’d like to learn more about the SaaS building process, managing multiple companies, and how to sell your software, listen to this episode. Episode Highlights: How to train your team to manage the client so you free up your time for other things How to manage your calendar when you're running 2 businesses and a family The process of designing a CRM with programmers when nothing else seems to fit your business model Tactics that work to gain the sales advantage when pitching a SAS product from a successful salesman turned contractor What a 'Unique Mechanism' is, and why most contractors are not using it to their advantage  What Tanner wishes he knew when he started both of his businesses See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.