How to Price a New Service Business Without Guessing

How to Price a New Service Business Without Guessing

You finally have a few clients coming in. Now you are staring at your rates wondering if the number you picked is right, or if you are leaving money on the table every single invoice. Most new service owners solve this the same way: they look at what everybody else in...
The DIY Tax Structure Trap in the Trades

The DIY Tax Structure Trap in the Trades

You read a thread that says once you clear a certain income, you have to change your business structure or you are throwing money away. So you did it. Now you are not sure if you saved anything, and there is a quiet worry in the back of your head that you set yourself...
How to Start a Construction Business Without Money

How to Start a Construction Business Without Money

You have got the skills. You can frame, wire, plumb, or run a crew better than anyone you would hire. What you do not have is a pile of cash sitting in the bank waiting to fund a startup. So the question is fair: how do you start a construction business without money...
Disconnected Software Is Costing Your Trades Business

Disconnected Software Is Costing Your Trades Business

Your systems don’t talk, and your crew is paying for it You bought good tools. A CRM for leads. Scheduling software for the calendar. Project management for the jobs. Something for invoicing and the books. Each one does its job. The problem is they do not talk...
Employee Handbook for Trades: Close the Gaps

Employee Handbook for Trades: Close the Gaps

You have a business to run, and the employee handbook has been three-quarters done for a year. Nobody has finalized the overtime language. The time-off policy lives in someone’s head. Two people quote statutory pay two different ways, and both think they are...