managing from a distance

[Douglas Altman]

Managing a business  from a distance.

Alright BP could use some advice on this. I've purchased an automated lazer wash car wash with a couple of self-serve Bays as well. The business is located in St Marys Georgia which is a nice Coastal Community with the Navy base nearby. Good traffic flow in the shopping center I'm in everything with the wash is coming together nicely the problem is I live in Waycross Georgia which is about an hour and a half away. We are upgrading some of the mechanical systems and very close to opening but I'm not sure the best way to manage the day-to-day from this distance. I am considering an attendant even though the wash can run without anyone there. I'm installing remote monitored security cameras and have talked to some of the other business owners in my shopping center to ask them to give me a call if anything looks off. My question is there anything else I can do to manage a business I can't be at very often?

[Richard Balsam]

You might want to hire a local "cleaning service" to go there every night to clean up, call you if they see something wrong, and see that things work properly. A lot of services work for banks, and corporate offices, and are trusted to arrive at night only. Otherwise, you won't know if perhaps something went wrong during the day ( maybe a hose broke, spraying water all day long, or if someone tried to remove something, etc). I'm sure you will have to visit periodically too.