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Jonathan Clausen

Owner & PresidentLilac City LLC

Spokane, WA

Member Since October 2021

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Small Business
Business Development
Business Strategy

About

I am an entrepreneur who loves his family and all people. Doing what is right by everyone else is what god put us on this earth for. My word means more than my signature, and I will never make a dollar at the expense of anyone else. Living by that foundational code is what I teach my boys and making sure we always have faith and perseverance.

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Keep your head up when operating under these three core foundations and opportunities will be more likely to come to you and your business.

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One of the hurdles many young entrepreneurs face is being taken seriously by other established leaders in their field. Even potential clients can often have a difficult time trusting a young, new-to-the-field entrepreneur with their projects and requests. But age and lack of experience don’t have to create an insurmountable barrier. Below, 10 members of Young Entrepreneur Council offer the advice they would give to any young entrepreneur facing this hurdle right now and explain why these particular tips helped them in their own journeys as young entrepreneurs.

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As they plan for this year's holiday season, many business leaders are looking for something new to shake up their current marketing routine. It’s easy for holiday marketing to grow stale, especially when relying on old gimmicks or traditional strategies of years past. To stand out among the sea of other eager businesses looking to increase sales, companies will have to think a bit more creatively. To help, nine members of Young Entrepreneur Council each list one thing businesses can do to make their holiday marketing stand out from years past and explain what effect this will have on their relationships with their current and future customers.

8 Practical Ways to Succeed Under Pressure

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Every business leader should develop some go-to coping strategies for staying calm in difficult situations. Pressure and stress are inevitable parts of any business leader's journey. The question is not necessarily what kinds of pressure you will face, but how you'll respond to them and move forward. Every entrepreneur will find their own unique strategies for succeeding under pressure, but it never hurts to hear from leaders who have mastered the art. Below, a group of successful business owners offer their best practical tactics for combating the stress of leadership and coming out stronger on the other side.

Company details

Lilac City LLC

Company bio

Lilac City Painting Is Licensed, Bonded and fully Insured. We do a vast assortment of residential and commercial applications. Residential is a huge part of our business. We work with homeowners on a daily basis to assist in improving the value and curb appeal to their largest asset. In order to do this, we go over every option with the homeowner and provide them with the best possible solution. We offer a wide variety of residential interior and exterior applications. On interiors we offer everything from standard walls and ceilings to cabinetry refinishing, trims and all other woodwork. The wood finishes can be done onsite or in our finishing shop. Exterior includes; all types of structures, wood, concrete, composite siding, metal etc., fencing & staining, driveway and walkway sealing. The longevity of any project, Interior or Exterior, is completely determined on the preparation and quality of the products used. Specifically, on exterior projects the "prep" is among the most important aspects. A company could use the highest quality product on the market but if the prep work was not done correctly it will not last through the seasons. Exterior prep-work includes a complete pressure wash, scrape/sand, spackle and caulk (to completely seal up the new coating from all water) and priming. Once the prep-work is done paint is ready to apply. Commercial applications are followed to the same detailed standards as residential. We have extensive experience in commercial applications. Many of these can be seen here in Spokane. Here are some examples of how broad our commercial applications are. The M Apartments (former Macy's Building Downtown Spokane), The Spokesman Review, The Chronicle, Westside Motorsports, Lululemon, Bark Rescue, Ashley furniture (entire showroom), Bear Creek Lodge on Mount Spokane (full exterior restoration), Custom Truck, Oxarc (multiple locations throughout the region) along with dozens of additional businesses, apartments and condos through out the Greater Spokane area. Here at Lilac City Painting we only use the highest-grade paint available. We use only 100% Lifetime acrylics on all of our projects. Every product applied by Lilac City Painting is guaranteed to be of the highest quality.

Industry

Consumer Goods

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