Glad I found this Skool!

I'm Erick Gomez, a general contractor and business owner. My niche is commercial fence, so I've spent my young years building things with my hands: chain link, ornamental iron, security fencing for commercial and industrial sites. I know how to build a solid fence. What I'm still figuring out is how to build a solid business.

The trade is real. The demand is real. But systems, delegation, and scaling? That's where I've been leaving money on the table and burning out trying to do everything myself.

That's why I'm here. I want to take what I know (running crews, winning bids, managing projects) and pair it with what this community teaches: frameworks, execution, and eventually, freedom.

I'm not coming in with a SaaS startup or a personal brand. I'm a boots-on-the-ground contractor who wants to stop being a slave to the job site and start building something that runs without me.

What I HAVE: I grew up in this industry. My family was in construction and I started selling fences before most kids my age knew what a post driver was. Thirty years later I know every part of this trade from the field up. Sales, estimating, installation, project management. Not from a textbook. From job sites, client calls, and hard lessons. In 2017 I founded E. Gomez Construction Inc. We are a licensed general contractor holding active municipal contracts with the Village of Wellington, Town of Davie, City of Sunrise, and surrounding South Florida municipalities.

What I WANT: I want to stop being the bottleneck. Right now I am still in the middle of too many things that should be running without me. I want to scale the government contracting side, get our operations tight from lead to paid, and build something that does not depend on me being on every job and in every decision. Legacy, not just a job.

What I NEED: The connective tissue. I have the tools. I have the team. I have the contracts. What I am missing is the systems and automation that tie it all together and get me out of the critical path. I am also working on growing the brand and landing bigger government work, including working toward our DBE and SBE certifications. I am here to learn from people who have already done it. And I will give back everything I know about winning in the trades.

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