Lamar Chase, owner of Chase Electric, joins us in this podcast to reflect on lessons learned from missteps made as a licensed electrician turned business owner. As a young teen, thirteen years old, Lamar did electrical work with his uncle and it has been a trade he literally grew-up mastering.  Lamar has been a licensed electrician for over 21 years and working for himself for the past six.

Lamar reflects on three basic truths he has learned as a business owner; 

• “not all money is good money,” 

  
  



• “not all people are good people,” and 

  
  



• “not everybody is your friend.” 

  
  

Lamar learns about working with big-money builders (he names names) and house flippers that want to maximize profits by spending the LEAST amount of money while compromising safety and convenience. Lamar learned the hard way how to turn down a lot of money and not working with the wrong partners. He learned his worth and how to be affirmative.

His advice:

• Know your worth and

  
  



• Set expectations by boxing it out

  
  

Tune in to learn more about electrical codes, what politics can factor into the codes continuously changing and what Lamar thinks about electrical code in general. 

To talk to Lamar Chase about an electrical project call him at 440-429-3133 and tell him you heard him on the Cleveland Burning Podcast.

A huge thank you goes out to Lamar Chase for being on the podcast. Lamar doesn’t have links to websites and an internet presence as he has built his business entirely from personal referrals, but if you would like to learn more about his BNI Chapter in Berea, Tag Team, reach out and visit their network.

https://bnineo.com/oh-northeast-tag-team/en-US/index

Also thanks to our hosts: Kirk Teets of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Cleveland Custom Coatings⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Kim Kitchen of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Burning River Marketing⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Produced by ⁠⁠⁠Cleveland Podcast Production⁠⁠⁠ in Westlake, Ohio.

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