Wow, we are incredibly blown away by this thread! Greg, thank you very much for starting this and all of the comments. Thank you to Greg Weld, Al Moreno, Vince, Greg @ Afco, Sean@ Revved, Chris, and everyone else who has commented on this thread. You have made us out to be much bigger superstars than we really are! A big thanks to everyone who has commented on our other build threads and who has supported the Roadster Shop builds and products over the years. It plays a much larger role than you know in our motivation to build what we build.
For starters, it is not just my father, brother and myself. We have built an incredible team of the most talented, passionate, and motivated craftsman in the industry. They are equally responsible for the success and deserving of the praises that are brought on here. We have been very lucky to surround ourselves with people that share the same obsession with cars and the thrill of making something completely unique.
Greg Weld pretty much nailed it… No big secrets, just a lot of hard work and reinvesting everything back into the company to keep it growing.
Sorry, but no big law firm or investor backing the Roadster Shop. Hard work, proper management, meeting deadlines, a skilled and motivated work force, and a strong customer base generate revenue in this business much like any other successful business.
We started in a small, 6,000 sq/ft old shop with 3 employees and drastically outdated equipment. We grew the company over the next 5 years to be able to afford to make a major move to a much larger facility in 2009. From there we continued to grow the company and bring more and more in house. The more capabilities that we had in house, the more we were able to explore them and find new ways to make our builds more unique. For the most part, it has been more about stretching our imagination and skills to build something cooler. We have had a great customer base that has allowed us to stretch our wings and continue to push our limits.
Hopefully this has answered a lot of the questions with out getting to long winded.
Thanks again.
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