How Contractors, Specialty Trades, and Home Services Companies Ink More Projects, Build Strong Margins, and Increase Cash Flow

Every person in your business is in sales. Frontline attitude is sales. Response time is sales. How you fix problems is sales. If your team thinks “sales” is only a department, you’re leaving

Founders: stop treating events like social hours. Most founders drift through events like tourists. Wandering. Chatting. Hoping something “useful” happens. Winners do the opposite. They show up

You see a project you know you can dominate, fight for it. 💥 Don’t wait for “fair chances.” Seize the deal, prove your value, and make it impossible to lose. That’s how you scale. That’s

Obedience is for losers.Don’t play by the rules. Founders who win take ground. Obedience doesn’t build empires. Vision does. If you’re waiting for permission, you’ve already lost ground.

Transfer of Knowledge: Estimation to PM Most margin loss happens in the handoff. Not in the field. Not in the final invoice. In the quiet moment where Estimating assumes PM already knows. Email :

If your crew is slammed but profits keep disappearing, there is a leak you are missing. Track margin before the first shovel hits dirt. Tie labor hours to budget weekly. Review variances every

Most construction owners will never do these 4 things. Most construction owners will never do these 4 things: 1️⃣ Track margin daily, not monthly 2️⃣ Fix the real leaks (not the loudest

Ever feel like your crew’s dragging their feet and you’re paying for it? 🚧💸 Ever feel like your crew’s dragging their feet and you’re paying for it? 🚧💸 Deadlines slip, costs

Ask your lead for their top three metrics. Silence means it’s time to upgrade. A real leader knows their numbers. Not eventually. Not after checking a spreadsheet. On demand. Silence is the sound

One theme kept coming up in my last conversations with founders in construction and trades: They’re not short on work they’re short on visibility. Revenue looks strong, but margin tells a