Wonder Woman Needs a Salesperson

Here's another entry in our Big Business Contest describing a company's personal struggle to grow, succeed, and thrive.

Judging of the entrants has begun, and 15 semi-finalists will be notified on Monday, May 5. Come back to vote on the finalists as they compete for the two final prizes -- specialized consulting from a business expert and a trip to Maui for business- and wealth-building seminars.

My fire extinguisher inspection company has been in business for 25+ years with myself as the owner/operator for the last 6 years. I have built the business up to become known for fairness and honesty and am the first female licensed fire extinguisher inspector in the state of New York and the city of Rochester, NY. It is now time to get an expansion in the works. My base customer list is small and in order to survive I need to get a larger share of the market area in Rochester and Syracuse.

I have targeted some of the government institutes and schools and find that I will require a sales person who understands the business and who can get out and make the contacts required to acquire the account. Being unable to pay a sales person except on commission is the draw back.

Fire extinguishers are required in all business and the economy does not dictate to a certain degree the existence and requirements for these. Therefore with a qualified sales person who can grow with the expansion of the business would be the one deciding factor to make this a million dollar business within the next 3 years.

After trying to do it all myself I find that Wonder Woman I am not. Help with the sales force, secretarial and accounting can make my dream come true.