Grant Winstead

And I could never get enough courage up to introduce myself to him, even though I was curious of what he was doing.

So one day I go back to that part of town.

And at that time, I must have enough courage to ask them to walk over to him and introduce myself.

And that's what he did.

He said, my name is Tony.

And me and my dad are in the home improvement business.

He said, you know anything about the home improvement business?

I said, I know a little bit, but not much.

I said, you're looking for a job?

I said, yes, I am.

He said, meet me here tomorrow and I'll put you to work.

I married her the next day and began to knock on doors.

He gave me a script to say to the homeowners and I began to knock on doors.

He was training me after we were going along.

We would generate leads for the closer and the closer would go back and close the deal.

And that's how I got my start into the home improvement industry.

What were you guys selling?

We were selling everything, windows, doors, roofing, kitchens, bathrooms.

So back then, it was the 80s, and a lot of these owners were Jewish, Italian, Polish.

Pittsburgh was a racial, different kind of town.