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0:00 - Introduction
1:11 - What you guys do?
7:00 - Who you are and what brought you to Upfitting?
18:25 - Vendors bidding for the Upfitting Contract and their pay
20:38 - How long it took for you to think, "I can do this myself"?
21:41 - GTT Commercial Sponsorship
28:07 - Rumors do spread!
31:53 - Search for Brick and Motor
32:40 - Resignation
34:30 - What do we do now with a 6000 sq. ft. space?
36:52 - The amount of units to be purchased and how
44:15 - Follow up with Sales People/Manufacturer for equipment
48:21 - Different brands making these equipment’s
51:55 - Typical customer and their search
53:22 - OTR Solutions Sponsorship
58:09 - Being Certified Minority Owned Business and business after that
1:03:26 - How did you handle the heavy customer flow?
1:11:05 - The Hard work!
1:12:58 - Transformation of the Vehicles
1:15:24 - Profit Margin
1:25:38 - Training people for Upfitting and trying tie ups with colleges
1:28:06 - Our Staff!
1:33:26 - Final Thoughts!

Special thanks to our guest Rachel Mercer Coleman

https://instagram.com/mercerupfitters...

Rachel Mercer Coleman, Founder, Mercer Upfitters

Currently, Mercer Upfitters is the only African American, Woman Owned Upfitter in the United States of America. Since inception Rachel has focused countless resources on breaking the barriers in the niche industry of vehicle upfitting. In addition to that, she continues to fight to break the cycle of poverty in her Southside of Chicago community by partnering with local governing bodies, community organizations, and community colleges; training and hiring veterans, recent college, trade school and high school graduates as well as non-violent criminal offenders. Exposing them to a multibillion-dollar industry that they never knew existed.