03/15/2026
🐝 Business Owner Truth
One of the most important decisions a business owner can make isn’t pricing, marketing, or even strategy.
It’s who you surround yourself with.
The right people will:
✔ Challenge you when you need to grow
✔ Encourage you when things get hard
✔ Share wisdom from their own experience
✔ Celebrate your wins like they’re their own
Entrepreneurship can feel lonely sometimes. But when you build a circle of mentors, collaborators, and friends who genuinely want to see you succeed, everything changes.
You move faster.
You think bigger.
You make better decisions.
No one builds something great alone. Busy Bee Windshields was built on the support of my family and friends and with a network of like-minded business owners at Blue Collar Connect. We are a small, family-run and operated business serving our community, but together we are more than an auto glass business.
We are a network of people who believe in showing up for one another, sharing opportunities, offering guidance, and lifting each other up when challenges come our way. We celebrate wins together, learn from one another, and work to make our businesses—and our community—stronger.
At the end of the day, it’s not just about windshields or services. It’s about relationships, trust, and building something meaningful alongside people who genuinely want to see each other succeed. That’s the power of surrounding yourself with the right people.
Joe Mikitish
