The Boss: Tyler Thomason, Sales Up 32%, Profit Up 47%, and a Vacation to Chicago

Today, we celebrate Tyler Thomason, The Boss behind Atlanta Power Shine.

In September 2026, Tyler had his best month on record. Sales were up 32%. Profit was up 47%. His profit margin hit 70%.

Then he did something a lot of owners never do. He took a vacation to Chicago, and the business kept running.

Where Tyler started

Atlanta Power Shine does pressure washing, deck and fence staining, and exterior cleaning for apartment communities. The demand was there. The problem was that almost all of it ran through Tyler.

He quoted the jobs. He scheduled the jobs. He did the jobs. He followed up on the jobs.

When he started coaching in February 2026, his ask wasn't "more customers." It was fewer guesses and less burnout. That's an honest ask, and it's where real growth starts.

The real problem wasn't People

On the surface, it looked like a People problem: one tired owner with too much to do. But in the Five P's, the symptom and the cause don't always live in the same place.

The cause lived in two other pillars:

• Process. The work ran on Tyler's memory, not on routines his crew could own.
• Profit. He needed to see which services paid best, so he could aim his time there.

If we'd told him to just hire more help, we'd have handed more people a messy system.

What we built together

We handed the crew the staining work. Staining stood out as a strong-margin service. We wrote down how those jobs run, start to finish, so his crew could own them. Tyler got to lead the business instead of standing on every job site.

We made it easy for customers to come back. A simple monthly care plan and a weekly newsletter turned one-time jobs into ongoing relationships.

We put Promotion to work. Yard signs on every job, so neighbors who saw the crew could call. And a one-page overview for property managers, so Tyler walks into commercial conversations ready.

The results

Compared with his own February to April 2026 average, September 2026 brought:

• +32% sales
• +47% profit
• 70% profit margin, up from 43% across all of 2025

The numbers are great. The bigger win is that the business no longer needs Tyler at every job to grow.

"If you want your business made simple, talk to Johnny Tellez. The cost of inaction and wrong direction is far more expensive than talking to him." Tyler Thomason, Atlanta Power Shine

Why this matters for Atlanta owners

There's a line I close a lot of sessions with. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote it:

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

Tyler didn't need to work harder. He needed a crew that could sail without him on deck every minute. It's not me getting the boat to sea. It's us. We all get to sail.

If you run a trades or home-services business in metro Atlanta, here's what to take from Tyler's story:

1. Burnout is usually a Process problem. Write down how the work gets done, then hand it off.
2. Know where your profit lives. Not every service pays the same. Point your crew at the ones that do.
3. Make buying again easy. A simple plan turns one job into many.
4. Measure the change. Compare against your own past numbers, not how tired you feel.

Want more stories like this? Read The Boss: Kim Hull and The Boss: Dr. Tracey Huffman, or the full Tyler case study.

FAQ

What does a small business coach in Atlanta actually do? A good one helps you see which work pays best, write down how it gets done so a team can run it, and build habits that bring customers back. For Tyler, that meant a best month on record with sales up 32% and profit up 47%.

How long did it take Tyler to see results? He started in February 2026. By September 2026, his sales were 32% above his February to April average. Results vary by business.

Is business coaching about working more hours? No. The goal is a business that runs without you at every job, so you can take time off and still grow.

Let's make you the boss

If you own a business in metro Atlanta and you're the bottleneck in all of it, let's talk. Start with a free 15-minute intro, no pressure. Book a call with Johnny or see how business coaching in Atlanta works.

Today, let's make you The Boss.

We build bosses.

Numbers are Tyler's own, owner-reported, shown as percentages against his February to April 2026 average. Profit before owner pay.