Earned Contracts — by Vincent Tillis

I've Been Paid to Walk Away
from Contracts Worth More Than
Most People Earn in a Lifetime.
Now I Show You How to Walk In — and Stay.

I was licensed, bonded, and ready when I signed a $1.3 million subcontract at Los Angeles International Airport.
A contractor paid me $15,000 to exit the contract professionally.
I lost that contract — and I built everything I now teach from that moment.

Most people never talk about the contracts they lost.
I built an entire program around it.

35 years. Two contractor licenses. One hard truth:
The contracts are already out there — commercial, government, military, and state.
Cleaning companies, painting companies, and veterans are leaving money on the table every day
not because they lack skill — but because nobody ever showed them how to walk in the door,
stay in the room, and get paid what they're worth.

That's exactly what Earned Contracts does.

Stop leaving money on the table. The contracts are already waiting for you.

35+ Years in field
$1.3M LAX contract signed
100+ National chains served
C33/D63 CA Lic #1074247
SDVOSB CA DVBE Small Disadvantaged Business
Book Your Free Call — It's Free
The Origin

A contractor paid me $15,000 to walk away from a $1.3M LAX contract. That moment changed everything.

I started my cleaning business in San Diego in 1990. No mentor. No roadmap. No one to call when things went sideways. Just me figuring it out the hard way, one contract at a time.

I was already licensed and bonded when I signed a $1.3 million subcontract at Los Angeles International Airport. Then a contractor paid me $15,000 to exit the contract professionally. I lost that contract — and I took every lesson from that moment and built the systems I teach today.

Most contractors never talk about the contracts they lost. I built an entire program around it — because that loss taught me more about how this industry really works than any win ever did.

Earned Contracts is everything I learned the hard way — handed to you so you never have to lose the way I did.

"The contracts are out there. Commercial, government, military, state. They are waiting to be filled. Most contractors never get them — not because they lack skill — but because nobody ever showed them how to show up ready."
— Vincent Tillis, CA Lic #1074247
"If I at 62 could go back and hand that 25-year-old everything I know now — that is exactly what I'm selling."
— Vincent Tillis
What's Inside

Six modules. Thirty-five years.
Everything you need to earn contracts you never thought possible.

Module 01

Foundation First

How to structure your business legally and professionally so you can bid on and win government, commercial, and military contracts — from day one.

Module 02

Finding the Contracts

Where commercial, government, military, and state contracts actually live — and the proven method to get in front of the decision makers who award them.

Module 03

Pricing to Win

How to bid correctly so you're competitive but profitable. Stop underbidding. Stop leaving money on the table. Know your numbers before you ever walk in.

Module 04

The Proposal System

Templates, language, and structure that get you taken seriously — for retail, restaurant, office, government, and military contracts.

The LAX Lesson
Module 05

Systems Before Contracts

The paperwork, compliance, bonding, and professional infrastructure you must have before you bid on large contracts. What I lacked at LAX — and what I built after.

Module 06

Keeping Clients & Growing

How to retain your contracts, get referrals, and systematically grow so you're not constantly bidding — you're getting called first.

The Numbers

Built on real field experience.
Not theory. Not guesswork.

35+ Years in the field
$1.3M LAX contract signed
100+ National chains served
What You'll Learn

Everything I know.
The system that took 35 years to build.

6 Modules — Built on 35 Years of Real Contracts
  • All 6 course modules — video + written
  • Complete store pricing list (47+ national retailers)
  • Proposal templates — retail, restaurant, jewelry, office
  • Monthly letter and thank-you letter templates
  • The Systems Before Contracts paperwork framework
  • Commercial, government, military & state contract guidance
  • Lifetime access — including all future updates
The Free Call

Here's exactly what happens
when you book a call with me.

01

We talk about where you are right now

You tell me about your business — what you're doing, what you're trying to win, and what's been getting in the way. No judgment. I've been where you are.

02

I tell you exactly where the opportunity is

Based on your license, your location, and your experience — I'll tell you which contracts are most realistic for you right now and what it takes to get in the door.

03

We decide together if Earned Contracts is the right fit

I won't sell you something that doesn't fit where you are. If Earned Contracts is right for you, I'll tell you. If it isn't, I'll tell you that too.

This call is completely free. No pressure. No pitch. Just a real conversation with someone who has 35 years in the field.

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Questions before you book? Email vincent@earnedcontracts.com — I answer personally.

About Vincent Tillis

I learned everything the hard way
so you don't have to.

I started my first cleaning business in San Diego in 1990 with nothing. No mentor. No guidance. No roadmap. Just a work ethic and a willingness to keep going when things went wrong — and a lot of things went wrong.

Over 35 years I earned contracts at Starbucks (156+ locations), Victoria's Secret, American Eagle, Toys R Us, KFC, Panda Express, Wells Fargo, Kate Spade, Tory Burch, Montblanc, Warby Parker, Room & Board, Benihana, and dozens of other national and regional brands throughout Southern California. I also earned military and government contracts at Camp Pendleton Marine Base, Navy Medical Center–Balboa Hospital, and MCAS Miramar — and institutional contracts including an Elementary School Whole Site Modernization Project, Grossmont College, and El Camino High School Truax Theatre.

Large-scale storage facility contracts include Campo Self Storage (806 units, 110,000 SF), Carroll Canyon (1,000 units, 145,724 SF), StoreQuest La Mesa (856 units, 110,346 SF), U-STORE-IT (80,000 SF), Encinitas U-Store (979 units, 93,812 SF), Centre City (950 units, 90,950 SF), A-1 Storage San Diego (800 units, 118,000 SF), A-1 Storage Imperial Beach (795 units, 100,000 SF), Extra Storage Lemon Grove, and Bear Valley Apatite Self Storage (Victorville). I built systems for landing jobs, pricing work, getting paid the same day, and staying in front of the contractors who keep coming back.

Certifications: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) · State of California DVBE · Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)

I hold California Contractor License #1074247 in C33 Painting and D63 Construction Clean-Up. I signed a $1.3 million subcontract at Los Angeles International Airport. I am still in the field. Everything I teach, I still do.

Earned Contracts is the guidance I wish someone had given me at 25. I'm done keeping it to myself.

CA Lic #1074247 — C33 Painting / D63 Construction Clean-Up