"Nothing happens until somebody sells something!"  Curt Carlson

"What have you sold today," extolled the late Curt Carlson, chairman and founder of Carlson Companies.  Early in his sales career, Kim Andereck, one of Carlson's young salesmen, paid heed to those words.  Since 1993, Andereck has committed his career to sales, completing over 900 "big ticket" commercial, investment and residential transactions worth over one-quarter billion dollars!

Ice cubes to Eskimos.  A co-worker once printed the cartoon on the right and said, "Kim's so good, he can sell ice cubes to Eskimos."  Mr. Carlson quickly replied, "But we're not in the ice cube business!  The real question is, can he sell restaurant franchises to Eskimos?" 

The answer seems to be a resounding "yes!"  As a corporate Vice President for Development, Kim hired, trained and supervised a team of franchise salesmen to sell 400+ Friendly’s and Ground Round restaurants.  In addition, Andereck has personally sold another 400+ Steak n Shake, Tony Roma's, Bennigan’s, Taco John's, Ponderosa and Country Kitchen restaurants in the U. S., Canada and Indonesia.    

Commercial real estate.  In his role as a broker, Kim has sold and leased hundreds of commercial buildings and properties.  Prior to his successful sales career, Andereck spent 10 years in chain restaurant operations as Senior Vice President of The Magic Pan Company, as a Manager for Houlihan's Restaurants and a Resident Manager for Holiday Inns, Inc.