Key Idea: Hire Good PeopleSounds so simple. If someone new in business had told us this we would have thought, "how sweet and how naive." But when a person who has been building a strong company for over three decades says it, we listen. |
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Put together a team of good people. Q: What do you think David means by the word, "good?" Think about itHow will you go about finding a good person to hire? Clip from: Theatrical LightingHuntsville, Alabama: Meet David Milly. When he was a student at University of Alabama at Huntsville, he earned money booking entertainment and dances for his school. From his first booking, Earl Scruggs Review, a country-bluegrass band (of Deliverance fame), he knew this was what he wanted to do. To book the lighting package for the show, he engaged Luna Tech, a sole proprietor, and they struck up a friendship. By the time he graduated in 1975 they had a partnership and then they formed a corporation to protect themselves from the liability involved with manufacturing and creating pyrotechnic special effects. David was initially a 25% stockholder in the business, yet by 1981 he negotiated a buyout of just the lighting division to be on his own. That's a story, but this one just gets better. At that time there was no trade association for the lighting industry. In 1987 a few of the fellows started one, Theatrical Dealers Association, and David was quick to join and serve on the board. He initiated a Small Business Development Committee. Today this national association is known as ESTA or the Entertainment Services and Technology Association. David has also been an active member of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce and the Better Business Bureau for three decades. In this episode of the show you will meet all kinds of people who love Huntsville, who love Janet and David Milly, and love the stuff of making their community a great place to live. Go to all the Key Ideas and videos of this episode... Theatrical Lighting SystemsDavid Milly, CEP / founder
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Business Classification: Year Founded: 1981 Hire Good PeopleDAVID: And hire good people. You know, if you hire the right people and--I mean, that's a theme you're going to hear from me forever is hire the right people and you will be successful. You hire the wrong people and you won't be. Not a member yet? Learn! Be empowered! Join us! |
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