From a Kijiji Ad to One of Canada’s Top Growing Companies

Stan Higgins was working in executive search when he saw an ad on Kijiji for a helical pile dealership. He had no background in construction. He bought the dealership anyway and started VersaPile in 2011. In this episode of Careers Under Construction, Stan talks about: • Why his mom started her own search firm out of her house in 1999 • How he tested the competition before buying in • Why he handed his phone to his first salesperson • What 5 dealers talked about that the other 95 didn’t • Why the owner can become the bottleneck in the early years • Why he eventually walked away from two-thirds of his business • What his wife’s RCMP career taught him about leadership • What companies get wrong when working with Indigenous communities • What he saw at a psychedelic retreat that he can’t unsee • The eating struggle he kept secret for years • How he and his wife worked through a planned separation • The pipe bag an elder handed him, saying, “I’m being told this belongs to you,” and how it survived his mom’s house fire 🎙️ Listen to Stan’s full story on Careers Under Construction. Out now. #Entrepreneurship #Construction #Leadership #Business #Manitoba