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The E-Myth HVAC Contractor
Why Most HVAC Companies Don't Work and What to Do About It
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The Origin
It started with a flashlight.
At ten, Ken held the light while his father, an air conditioning technician, worked into the night. That flashlight lit more than a repair. It lit a lifelong obsession with the trades, with how things get fixed, and with how an ordinary service company becomes something worth far more than the sum of its trucks.
"I learned the business holding a flashlight steady for my father. I have been steadily building massive businesses in what Mike Rowe calls a dirty job ever since."
That obsession turned into a record few operators can claim: more than 200 companies acquired, eight major platform businesses built and sold, and the revival of Goettl, a brand founded in 1939 by the brothers who invented the residential air conditioner. Today Ken invests in, advises, and mentors the next generation of business builders.
What people say about Ken
"I've spent my career watching contractors build businesses to serve their lives—and wind up as servants to those businesses instead. The trap isn't a lack of work—it's a lack of systems and structure. Ken's book, The E-Myth Plumber, shows a better way. By investing in the right processes and making your business system dependent instead of owner dependent, you free yourself to work on the business, not in it."