Alan Stewart

Started off as a route salesman for fasteners to auto body shops.

After couple of weeks took over sales and operations of company and changed operations to selling fasteners to jobbers nationwide. Was given partnership in the company.

• Was given partnership in the company
• After rapid growth became major supplier To AuVeCo products in Columbus, OH
• After couple of years AuVeCo purchased half our company and in2005 they purchased the entire company and took over operations

• Started GPSonSALE.com in1998 to learn about e-commerce
• Was working at Lee Fasteners at the time and I wanted to have a good understanding of e-commerce before I took Lee Fasteners on line
• Started off selling Magellan hand held GPS units on line and progressed to multiple products and brands in a few years as GPS equipment developed
• Our largest supplier was Garmen and went into their lines of marine electronics
• Included in that was vehicle tracking products
• As part of that obtained contract with Pennsylvania Department of Correction to supply vehicle tracking devices to their vehicles and supply their on-line access to them
• The contract with the Dept of Corrections lasted about ten years until we were eventually phased out due to state contract with telecom companies
• For several years was doing5 to7 million dollars a year in sales out of my home in Arizona
• In2008 the real estate crash happened and I had substantial property in Arizona which average a70 % drop in value
• At the same time GPsonSALE was no longer profitable due to growth in competition that forced sales into unprofitable margins
• After the crash had only one piece of real estate with a positive value, a rental home in Pflugerville, TX
• All the other properties were liquidated at huge losses and bankruptcy declared in2012
• Bankruptcy saved house and401K
• As soon as bankruptcy finalized sold house and liquidated401K
• Used those funds to open Cuppa Austin Coffee Shop, which has now been in business12 years
• Have used the executive form of management from the beginning because do not feel that I should be working in a high volume stress filled position into my60’s and70’s
• Last year I had ten employees and went12 months with zero turnover
• Right now I only have2 employees with under5 years barista experience
• My managers have been with me7 years

• Associate manager supervising70 employees
• Working100 hour weeks with one day off a month

• Started in small retail liquor store with neighborhood bar
• Progressed into larger stores then was used several times to correct problem stores
• Problems were usually employees drinking, stealing and doing drugs at work
• Corrections usually involved hiring and training new people from managers on down
• Last store I ran was the largest of the company’s150 stores
• A large package store in Castleberry, FL including a discotheque with25 bartenders serving over1,000 people on a weekend night
• At this point I was recognized with my hiring and training skills to the point I was hiring and training managers for the entire40 store Orlando area

Use executive style management. Basically keep managers on track but not involved in any daily activities.

Overall employee turnover rate extremely low, about 20% annually.

866 Google reviews 4.5 stars. 407 Yelp reviews 4.3 stars.

Responsible for ALL start up tasks; from concept to site selection, operational procedures, hiring, training, etc.