“If you stop growing…you…”

On occasion the focus of my blog posts have been about growth, specifically about the growth of THP and where we are headed.

Please indulge me on more time.

Some of you in Richmond might be familiar with Steve Isaac, who himself has built a number of businesses and is currently doing the same in New Jersey.  I got to know Steve briefly when he was in a leadership position at the Martin Agency and then became good friends as he helped in the growth of SnagAJob.com and in his current role at Education Dynamics.

We were discussing business over breakfast and he share this pearl of business wisdom that I will never forget.

He said, "Jon if you stop growing, you die."

Words to live by.

So in that spirit, I'd like to share some (not all…at least not yet) of our growth plans.

In the next few weeks, we are demolishing our back deck in preparation of the construction of an addition to our building that will allow us to also renovate our second floor.  This will give us enough space for all THP to once again live under one roof.  Some of our current clan of 15 (including Josh) have been living in a condo across the parking lot and even though they like the fact that they don't have to listen to me, they will then rejoin the group.  This will also give us a good amount of expansion area for the future.

Also, in September (if we can finalize all the details) we will officially launch a second company under the Hodges banner.  Accuse me of being a tease but I promise to share all the ins and outs at that time.  Suffice it to say, we are very excited about this new venture and are already working with a number of folks in this new capacity.  They and others have been sworn to secrecy upon penalty of being taken off our holiday gift list.  Once we can, we will shout about it from the rooftops to the point that you'll all be sick about it in five minutes so be glad you have a few more weeks to wait.

Thanks to all the friends and clients who are helping to make all this growth happen, and a public thanks to all the "Hodgers" cause without them we wouldn't have been able to fool everyone like we've been able to do over the last eight years.

More to come….