With An Eye-opening Process to Hold Contractors to a Higher Standard I read a study years ago that ranked building contractors below used car salesmen.
Now, What’s the Purpose of This Building Block and Why Does it Matter? Recently we discussed the importance of building your construction business on a
Because Admin and Finance are Out of the Contractor’s Comfort Zone Most trades people like doing physical work, not paperwork. They like building things, not
However, Proposal Systems are Not What We Normally Think of When We Think About Giving Giving is an interesting word. For such a small and
Because If You Don’t…It’s Likely to Come Crashing Down Around You If you own or operate a business, I’m sure you’ve experienced the feeling of
Like Any Project That Has Some Size…It Takes Some Time to Build A few weeks back I told you about my plans to convert my
The Payment Prior to Starting It can be hard to invoice large construction projects in a way that is fair to both the customer and the contractor. Random payments at the
Let John Show You How After Gene got the signed proposal from Burford’s, he needed to figure out how to set up a payment plan.
You Also Need a Good Teacher Back in February, Gene was having second thoughts about being in business. As he whined to his friend David
How Do You Invoice to Prevent That? Construction companies shouldn’t get paid just when they finish a job, especially if it’s a big one. They
If It’s Done for the Right Reasons Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about business-building tools for construction companies. We’ve discussed how good
This Can Sneak Up on You Last week we discussed project numbering. I shared how it started as a simple spreadsheet called the Job List,