About Me

I've sat in your seat. I've walked in your shoes.

For over 30 years, I’ve lived through many of the same situations – and experienced many of the same gut felt emotions. I know the pressures of owning a small to medium-sized business first hand and will work closely with like-minded entrepreneurs like you, enjoy a better business and more success.

-Chris Meso, President

Chris Meso, President

I work closely with business owners who are forward thinking, have an abundance mindset, and believe in themselves. Taking full advantage of skill sets learned from EOS, Jim Collins, Verne Harnish, and more (the list is long) as well as years of success “in the trenches” and a few failures along the way. First, listening to their needs and later helping to implement tools and methods to run a better business and to live a better personal life.

My Entrepreneur Story (summarized)

Here is a rundown of my personal business experience:

1989
Started in my 20's

May of 1989, 'Mobile Air' was born. I was 29 years old. 

1989
1989 - 2014
Business Growth
  • Bootstrapped the business from a garage to 150 employees, with 9-offices in 6-states after my first sale of the company to include bolting on my largest geographic competitor
  • Designed, Prototyped, and manufactured temporary HVAC equipment for the commercial and industrial markets – driving millions of my personal cap-ex dollars into the business over 28-years
  • Developed a multi-million-dollar real-estate holdings strategy to include 9-warehouse offices in multi states.
1989 - 2014
2015
First Business Sale
  • First business sale value in November of 2015 was + 2,500 times my original investment
  • That first sale of the business included bolting on my largest geographic competitor, and an industrial equipment manufacture to scale the design and building of new equipment that would 2X size the company, and move to create a higher enterprise value inside 2-years
  • I stayed through two years of the first sale as part of the building process that scaled our market growth
2015
2017
Second Business Sale
  • Sold for the second time in 4th quarter of 2017 to a larger Private Equity company. 
  • Reinvested inside this second Private Equity as they bolted on several additional competitive companies to grow market share and enterprise value
  • The third business sale was completed in late 2019
  • That company is currently one of the largest privately held companies inside the portable and temporary HVAC servicing the commercial and industrial markets
2017
2018 - current
Successful Exit
  • 2018 I started my journey as a strategic business coach for privately held companies that have a revenue of $5M - $ 150M  
2018 - current

Summary

  I’ve run successful business models to include:
– Distributorship & Rep models
– Commercial real-estate investment strategies
– Niche equipment design & manufacturing business

 I’ve sat in your seat,
– I’ve felt your emotions at the gut level and know 1st hand the pressures of owning a small to medium-sized business …
– Believe me, I’ve breathed your same air

 My goal is to work closely with like-minded entrepreneurs like yourselves, so you can share your own unique future success story

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