Randall Hall went into business in 1978 with a friend, Elliot Archilla, building new homes in Lake Highlands and Highland Park.
In 1981, he founded Randall Hall Custom Homes & Remodeling, a single source for remodeling homes and businesses.
ÒIt gave me the opportunity to create something that made people happy,Ó says Hall.
Over the years, the business has received its share of kudos, including being named a national winner in the Contractor of the Year awards competition by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry for a residential exterior.
But success, he finds, is easier to measure by Òmost of your business coming from repeat customers and referrals from previous clients.Ó
Hall has been married for 33 years to Nancy Hall, his college sweetheart. They have two daughters, Michele and Kelly.
1. My favorite quote is: ÒWork on your business, not in your business.Ó (Michael E. Gerber)
2. My greatest asset is: Willingness to learn and understand that there has always got to be a better way of doing things.
3. IÕve never understood why everyone was so crazy about: Sushi.
4. The last book I read was: ÒThe Street LawyerÓ by John Grisham.
5. My definition of ÒsuccessÓ is: Setting a goal and reaching it, whatever it might be.
6. I never have enough time to: Spend with my family, just enjoying life.
7. My perfect day alone would include: A good book, a comfortable chair, cool breeze, a big shade tree and a running brook.
8. The hardest part of running a business is: Being willing to make the hard decisions when you have to.
9. If I won the lottery, I would: Retire and move to Colorado.
10. The best advice I ever received was: You can learn a lot more by listening than by talking.
11. People I admire are: Honest, friendly and willing to accept responsibility. They also have integrity, intention, commitment and vision.
12. I love what I do because: There is always a new challenge and a new opportunity.
13. Life is too short to: Worry about the things you cannot change or do anything about.
14. My advice to anyone trying to start a business is: Find a perceived need and fill it.
15. By the end of the year, I hope to have: Expanded our number of employees by 20 percent, so that we can continue to offer the best service to our clients and to expand the services we offer.
16. IÕm not afraid to: Change. I know that if you always do what you have always done, then you will get what you always got.
17. If I could meet any famous person, it would be: Henry Ford.
18. I donÕt believe in: ÒWe have always done it this way.Ó
19. Businesses succeed when: We do what we do best and get other people to help us do the rest.
