- Steve & April's Story
- Ron Ramsden's Story
- Jeff Sommer's Story
- Dalton Tomlinson's Story
Ever the entrepreneur, Steve was 6 years old, selling a viewing of his magic trick at his mother’s house parties. The adults loved it and Steve caught the entrepreneurial bug!!
After he quit school a week into his 10th year, he then moved out at the age of 17 because he “had it all figured out.” Steve waited until November 6, 1996, to start his own company.
Starting from scratch, Steve built up Burnett 1-800-PAINTING – once in Michigan in 1996, and once starting in Florida in 2004, after Hurricane Charlie ravaged the SW Sunshine State. Originally coming down just to volunteer, Steve looked around and, as we all do, fell in love with Florida! As a struggling, single-father of two at the time, Steve met April in 2008, and married in 2009. Now, that’s another remarkable story! (Getting engaged after two weeks and married within 6 months of meeting! When you know, you know, they say!)
He and April would go on to win many awards with Burnett 1-800-PAINTING because of the implementation of all that knowledge, such as: Business of the Month in 2013, Paint Your Wagon Award in 2013, Business of the Year in 2014, etc. If knowledge is power, action is the engine that makes the power useful!
They sold the painting company to fellow PDCA (Painting and Decorating Contractors of America) members from Boston who were moving down to Florida to be near their daughter and her growing family. Originally meeting with Kurt and Jenn just to help them start their own business and make the transition to Florida; Steve approached Kurt regarding interest in purchasing Burnett 1-800-PAINTING. Terms were established and the sign date settled for December 19th, 2014! A win-win for all involved!
April loves to say, “Steve lived it, worked it, now shares it with you!”
So, how about you? Where do you fall in the balance of work, social, and family life? Would you like to have more of life’s most precious commodity, TIME? Steve can help you with your productivity, systems, out of the box marketing, and put you in the position of working just 30 hours a week while continuing to grow your successful company.