Nate Gabriel

I was with YEAA for 2 years, and I remember when I first interviewed I was skeptical of my own abilities to perform well in the position. Not only that, my father was skeptical of the program as well. It seemed too good to be true. After my first sale I knew this was the real deal. My first summer I ran a crew of 5-6 painters throughout the summer to produce $125k in exterior painting work.

The following year I was asked to come back to not only run my business again, but to coach my previous production manager and lifelong friend to run his very own branch as well. Between myself and him we generated $265k in sales and production. I got the opportunity to coach him to his maximum potential and manage 9 total painters between our branches.

YEAA is a great program despite my initial uncertainty, it has taught me the basics and more niche aspects of sales, management, time management, opportunity cost and how a business is run as a whole. Looking forward to the future I plan to broaden my sales and marketing skills and later open my own business down the road. I can confidently say I know how to do it now thanks to YEAA.