It’s A Lost Practice That Is Getting More Lost All the Time Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing or the
And the Difficult Process of Finding One This process is difficult because I’ve UN-intentionally made it this way. I’ve discussed this problem in a couple
What Ever Happened to Contractor Etiquette? Last week I wrote about etiquette after a friend had a plumber spit tobacco juice in her sink while
It’s Not What People Normally Think Success, true success is anything but normal. Dave Ramsey says, “If You want to succeed, you’ve got to be
And I Want It to Be A “Dream Team” It’s interesting how sometimes when we experience things, i.e. a word, a topic or a message,
It Can Be Reputation and Loyalty, and To Me These Are More Important Change happens for all kinds of reasons, some needed, some not. Some
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,