t seven years old , Nadia MacAdams was already stripping wires in her family ’ s steel shop . Eleven years later , she put down funds to buy a company in an industry she didn ’ t know , with a product she was unfamiliar with , in the middle of a pandemic .
Despite her early start , Nadia MacAdams ’ entrance to the trailer industry was unintentional .
Eighteen years old at the time , she was working as a welder when her father approached her with a request . Asked to sell a few trailers from his lot next door and be done with it , MacAdams was up for the challenge . However , she didn ’ t expect to have so much fun doing it .
“ It wasn ’ t supposed to be a career ,” she remembered . “ I was just supposed to sell the trailers , dissolve the company , and move on from it . But I loved it !”
Though she quickly fell in love with trailer sales , she initially struggled with the task of learning about trailers , since she had no boss to back her up and lacked authority in the industry . Selling a product you are unfamiliar with , especially when it ’ s such a big purchase for consumers , proved to be no easy task .
“ I had no idea how to hook up a trailer and no idea how to run a business ,” MacAdams said . “ The internet was my best friend .”
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