John Block

Tommy, you've probably told the story of A1 a thousand times, a thousand times, a thousand times internally.

at your business, let alone externally, but you kind of have to love it, have to live it, have to own it, have to be in front of it every single day to get the team behind you.

That we look for.

That's something we love when you've got someone who just is manic about it and loves it.

That's pretty awesome to see.

So that's the first thing that we look for and stare at.

And then we look at people that just naturally are looking for scalability.

that are kind of thinking ahead.

Like, what is this business going to need in three to five years?

Whether it's investing in the right systems, the right technology, whether it's investing in the people in a way where you're constantly saying, okay, I'm going to need three GMs because I want to green fill these markets.

Who's going to be ready to be a GM in a new market in three years?

What's it going to take to get them there?

Because they're a rising star.

How do I get them to a spot where I know they can open to new?

That kind of always thinking about scalability dynamic is still real.

And then the other thing, a finance way of saying it is capital allocation.

Capital is meant to be labor, money, kind of all sorts of things.

But people that can just look at a set of options.

I talked about yes and for organic and inorganic.

Can just look at a set of different options