The Apple Group, LLC

01/15/2025

Florida may just be setting a new standard of professionalism for our industry. PLEASE take time to read this article about Florida’s new licensing requirement law for garage door techs. This bar-raising requirement may be coming to your state soon!

Florida’s New Licensing Standards for Garage Door Installers: An Overview of Regulatory Developments and Implementation By Dr. Cynthia D. Woodley Chief Operations Offi cer and Psychometrician Professional Testing Inc. Abstract The state of Florida has recently introduced a comprehensive licensing...

05/10/2024

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05/10/2024

Check out our latest article about the dramatic increase in private equity firms interest in purchasing garage door dealers.

Over the past couple of years have you been receiving an increased number of inquiries, especially from private equity firms, asking if you've considered selling your business? Private equity firms invest in companies an...

05/10/2024

We regret to announce that we will be terminating our job board, GarageDoorJobs.com on May 31, 2024. All current advertisers will receive a refund for the unused portion of their subscription on a pro rata basis.

The purpose of creating a job board, exclusively for the garage door industry, was to give garage door companies a central portal to post jobs at a significantly less cost than other mainstream job boards. It was also a place to help jobseekers find the next step in their career. When it was launched in 2017, there was instant acceptance by door dealers and had great momentum until the pandemic hit in 2020. Since that time there has been a rapid decline in job postings to the point where it is no longer a viable option for the services we offer. We will, however, continue to offer our business coaching, consulting and training services to our clients.

We want to thank all of our subscribers for their support during the past 7 years and wish you much success with your recruiting efforts going forward. If you have any questions feel free to contact us at 239-494-3505 or via email at [email protected].

Sandy & Dan Apple

The Apple Group, LLC

04/03/2024

Most of us dealers in the garage door Industry operate as family owned and operated business. The dynamics of family owned businesses present many challenging obstacles for owners. It was certainly the case when I operated our family business for 33 years. This article, published by DASMA and authored by Phillip Perry, discusses 10 ways to lessen the appearance (or actual practice) of nepotism in the workplace in an effort to retain valuable, high performing for non-family member employees.
https://www.dasma.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/BattlingOutsiderSyndromeinafamilyBusiness_Spring2024.pdf

04/02/2024

https://garagedoorjobs.com/job/1469629-job-board-manager-the-apple-group-llc

GarageDoorJobs.com, the garage door industry's only exclusive job board, is seeking an experienced manager to...

02/27/2024

When it comes to electing the leadership for IDA I normally do not endorse any specific candidate. However, in the upcoming election I am supporting Walt Sprenger. I've known Walt a long time and can think of no better volunteer to help lead our association. Walt is a hard worker and has a vast amount of industry experience. To read more about Walt, click on this link. https://doors.org/about/leadership-staff/ida-board-election-candidates/

06/06/2022

Most of our clients run small businesses and find themselves with “not enough hours in the day” to keep pace with the demands of an entrepreneur. My friend Gray Poehler has some good advice. If you’re struggling with managing your time, take 2 minutes and read this article.

QUESTION: I operate a small service business. There are only so many hours in a day, and I find I am overwhelmed with all the demands on my time. Any

05/03/2022

Recruiting tips from Expo 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/4eb676b5b32e/recruiting-tips-from-expo-2022