We caught up with the brilliant and insightful J Manuel Ambriz-Varela a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

J Manuel , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Almost all entrepreneurs have had to decide whether to start now or later? There are always pros and cons for waiting and so we’d love to hear what you think about your decision in retrospect. If you could go back in time, would you have started your business sooner, later or at the exact time you started?

It’s been a few years that I started my business, but going all in into my business it’s been a tear and half since I decided to go on my own.
yes, I wish I had started my business sooner, I feel that If I done so my life and everything around me would be entirely different from what it is at the moment, meaning I probably will own my house by now and not have any debts , my mom would be taken care of and most important I would be able to tell my partner that she could stop working at any time she would want I would take over the entire household bills.
Would I change how I did things probably not, I would not be the person I am today, the experience and knowledge I have acquire throughout the past years have made me, for once a better person, gave me more patience, and knowledge.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I started working in construction back in 2005 , I had just a few years of arriving into the USA and I had no knowledge of it at all. I was 23 yrs old with no life experience but my survival mode. On my second construction job I met my boss now a close friend, such a great person. I was only supposed to be working for a week for him, but I guess he saw something in me that made him kept me working for over 5 years. This one time he got close to me while I was working and said to me in Spanish, whenever someone ask you if yo know how to do something, say yes, once they leave you can always practice and eventually get the hang of it and that’s how I stayed working for him for so long. Over the years I met many Formans and a little bit of therm got stuck to me and I would always tel people that my goal was to one day stop working for people and have my own business. It took me way too many years but finally almost two years ago I started working for myself and it’s been good so far, scary but good.

Can you tell us about what’s worked well for you in terms of growing your clientele?

communicating with my clients from start to end of each project. Also let them know that I am involve in doing the work because I like giving them quality. And I like keeping my word.

Do you have any insights you can share related to maintaining high team morale?

I know sometimes its hard to be on one on one basis teaching people, but if there’s time and you are able tale the time, because no everyone learns the same way.

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