In 2006 friends Jerry Brainerd and Scott Niemiec opened their wood flooring supply business, Distribution Brothers, LLC in Chippewa Falls. Just one year later, Distribution Brothers employs five at two locations, Chippewa Falls and Des Moines, IA, with plans to open a third facility in Madison early next year.
“Multiple locations is the way to go,” said Brainerd. “We started in Chippewa Falls, but eventually we hope to have distribution centers in every state from the Rockies to the Appalachians.”
In fact this eager team has already identified ten other cities for expansion.
Distribution Brothers stocks unfinished, prefinished and engineered flooring, stains, patches, fillers, abrasives and power tools – everything a wood flooring professional needs.
When Brainerd and Niemiec needed help to get their business started, they went to the Small Business Development Center of Eau Claire who referred them to the business development specialists at Western Dairyland Women’s Business Center. They worked for three months to complete a business plan.
“But it was more than just the business plan –it was the business strategy, the business name, everything,” Brainerd said. “The SBDC and Western Dairyland asked all the right questions and pointed us in the right direction.”
“We never would have been able to create, design and document our overall business plan without the one-on-one help of Western Dairyland,” Niemiec added.
According to Western Dairyland Business Development Director Reneé Walz, Brainerd and Niemiec researched their ideas, refined their plan, and compiled all the information needed to obtain a loan through the U.S. Small Business Administration.
“They did a great job, and they were willing to put in countless hours of work,” Walz said. “Their success is a reflection of how hard they worked.
For more information on this successful Wisconsin business, check out www.DistributionBrothers.com
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