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Book Synopsis Smart Business for Contractors by : James M. Kramon
Download or read book Smart Business for Contractors written by James M. Kramon and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the full range of financial & legal concerns of the more than 800,000 small-shop contractors & tradespeople in the U. S., from submitting accurate bids, including overhead & fixed costs in their bids, & charging a fair price for their work.
Book Synopsis The Effective Client by : David Skuodas
Download or read book The Effective Client written by David Skuodas and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what designers and builders really think about their clients, or why it matters? David Skuodas spent the past several years asking vendors in the construction industry the following question: "Why does it matter to be a good client?" Skuodas interviewed over 50 consultants, contractors, and client project managers about this topic. He asked them what differentiates a good client from a bad client, and how the client affects the cost, schedule, and quality of a project. He also asked vendors what conditions allow them to do their best work, and conversely, what might an owner do that makes it difficult for vendors to do their jobs effectively? This book allows you to peek behind the curtain and find out how designers and builders really differentiate between good and bad clients. You will learn how client behavior affects the price and quality of work - and even how designers and builders choose their clients. That's right, just because you have a project to bid doesn't anybody has to bid it. This book offers practical advice on how you can improve your standing with designers and builders so you can become a client of choice. Make no mistake: owners are in competition with each other for a very limited pool of capable designers and builders. Being a desirable customer is smart business, this book will show you how.
Book Synopsis Running a Successful Construction Company by : David U. Gerstel
Download or read book Running a Successful Construction Company written by David U. Gerstel and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to running a construction company that provides tips and information on creating operating procedures, improving worker skills, using computers, keeping the right forms and paperwork up to date, competitive bidding, and other topics.
Book Synopsis Construction Millionaire Secrets by : Dominic Rubino
Download or read book Construction Millionaire Secrets written by Dominic Rubino and published by Dominic Rubino. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written in grey hair and wrinkles! The truth is you don't need a lot of time- or a business degree- to build a million dollar construction business. You just need the simple systems that everyone else is keeping a secret . Construction millionaires not only exist, they are created every day. Most have made their fortunes not because they got one lucky break, but because they figured out how to work smart, not just hard. Once you finally understand the secrets to success there is absolutely no limit for where you can take your company.Dominic Rubino creates construction millionaires- and multi-millionaires. He's done it for himself, and he has shown others how to do it as well.This book is the blueprint on how to work from the neck up. How to work smarter, how to grow and leverage the right systems and ways of doing things in your business so you can skip the trial-and-error that could literally waste your entire life.You should read this with the goal of getting first to 1 M in revenue, then using the same information to get you to 1 M in profits.There are secrets to success. Unfortunately they don't get taught in school, and people who know them usually don't share them. Now, I'm sharing them here. I have to.
Book Synopsis The Secrets to Construction Business Success by : Thomas C. Schleifer
Download or read book The Secrets to Construction Business Success written by Thomas C. Schleifer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a daunting industry-wide business failure rate, construction professionals need to manage risk and finances as effectively as they manage projects and people. The Secrets to Construction Business Success empowers contractors and other professionals to defy the long odds threatening their stability, growth, and very survival. Drawing on the authors’ more than eight decades of combined experience turning around failing firms, this book provides a masterclass in structuring, managing, and futureproofing a construction business. Chapters on measuring and responding to dips in revenue equip executives to recognize and respond to the warning signs of financial distress while chapters on succession planning ensure that organizations survive their founders’ departures. Sample documents and tools developed for the authors’ consulting practice offer field-tested solutions to organizational structure, forecasting, and accounting challenges. A steady source of guidance in an industry with few constants, The Secrets to Construction Business Success makes an invaluable addition to any industry leader’s library.
Book Synopsis Profit First for Contractors by : Shawn Van Dyke
Download or read book Profit First for Contractors written by Shawn Van Dyke and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Construction industry business coach, speaker, and author, Shawn Van Dyke, has taken the core concepts of Mike Michalowicz's Profit First and customized them to address the specific needs of the construction industry. Profit First for Contractors addresses the major struggles contractors face and provides clear and actionable guidance on how to overcome them. Shawn shows contractors how to go from simply getting by to becoming permanently profitable. This book is for every construction business owner who dreams of prosperity. Using Van Dyke's Profit First for Contractors system, readers will learn how to break out of the "craftsman cycle" - the seemingly never-ending loop of urgent tasks and responsibilities that keep contractors from gaining traction toward their important goals. He guides construction business owners how to understand their financial statements and how to use them to determine the markup and margin that lead to profits. You will also learn hot to develop solid rules of thumb for the operation of your construction businesses, and how to implement an effective cash management plan that simplifies accounting and leverages normal human behavior. Using real-life stories from actual construction business owners, step-by-step advice, and his conversational twang, Van Dyke puts permanent profitability within reach of every construction business owner.
Book Synopsis Get Your Construction Business to Always Make a Profit! by : George Hedley
Download or read book Get Your Construction Business to Always Make a Profit! written by George Hedley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can get your construction business to move to the next level, get organized and systemized, build an accountable responsible team, charge the right mark-up, always make a profit, and work exactly the way you want by drafting your BIZ-Builder Blueprint Action Plan. George Hedley is one of the country's leading construction business building experts, top speakers, and professional business coaches. He has helped thousands of contractors grow, make more money, install systems, and build profitable companies. His step-by-step practical blueprint system helps general and specialty contractors who are stuck and want to improve profit margins, take charge, and grow. This book presents proven steps to: 1. Become a "Best In Class" contractor. 2. Develop a five year BIZ-Vision & BIZ-Plan. 3. Write your short and long term goals. 4. Develop an accountable management team. 5. Delegate and build responsible team players. 6. Replace yourself with written BIZ-Systems. 7. Install field and project management systems. 8. Create scorecards and job cost tracking systems. 9. Learn how to know, track, and hit your numbers. 10. Draft a winning marketing and sales action plan. 11. Focus on growth and finding new customers. 12. Always make a profit.
Book Synopsis Construction Business Management by : Nick B. Ganaway
Download or read book Construction Business Management written by Nick B. Ganaway and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only 43 per cent of U.S. construction firms remain in business after four years. Why? Inadequate management, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. This is surprising because most construction firms are formed by ambitious construction project managers, executives and tradesmen who have excelled at what they have been doing. But as experienced as these entrepreneurs may be, they are not likely prepared to take on the full range of responsibilities forced on them in managing the business of construction in its entirety. While this business failure rate and its causes are based on U.S. experience, available data from a number of other industrialized countries shows they are similar. This book describes in detail what the business side of the construction equation requires of the construction firm owner. The contractor who quickly learns these requirements can identify and avoid or manage around the pitfalls that cause the high failure rate in our industry and put his or her construction firm on a level playing field with the best-run companies in the business. The detailed duties of the owner, whether in the U.S., U.K., Australia or Canada, are a common theme throughout the book. The author, Nick Ganaway, speaks peer-to-peer, and the book is sprinkled with supporting examples from his own experience. He is immersed in the industry and this book is "based on the things I've learned, used, and refined as a light-commercial general contractor in the course of starting and operating my own construction firm for 25 years." The contractor doing $5 million or $50 million or more in annual sales or the equivalent amount in other countries, or the entrepreneur who is just starting up, can use the tried and proven material in this book to build a business that is profitable, enjoyable, and enduring. Additionally, the book devotes a chapter to specializing in chain-store construction.
Book Synopsis Managing the Profitable Construction Business by : Thomas C. Schleifer
Download or read book Managing the Profitable Construction Business written by Thomas C. Schleifer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-02-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take control of your construction contracting business and manage it through the natural highs and lows of the construction market. Learn from a team of construction business veterans led by Thomas C. Schleifer, who is commonly referred to as a construction business "turnaround" expert due to the number of construction companies he has rescued from financial distress. His financial acumen, combined with his practical, hands-on experience, has made him a sought-after private consultant. His experience and no-nonsense philosophy have truly given him a unique perspective. Important topics covered include: Understanding the primary areas of construction business failure in the next decade Minimizing business risk with real-world examples Developing a positive and competent management attitude and strategy Discover how to maneuver through this complicated and risky industry by using the authors' research and proven success strategies to sustain and grow your business.
Book Synopsis A Simple Guide to Turning a Profit as a Contractor by : Melanie Hodgdon
Download or read book A Simple Guide to Turning a Profit as a Contractor written by Melanie Hodgdon and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the book you should have bought the day you decided you could make more money running a construction company than banging nails for somebody else. It provides you with the answers to those business questions that plague contractors: what am I doing wrong and what's stopping me from making the money that I deserve? You'll meet Mike, a remodeler who thought he owned a business but actually had a low-paying job. Many contractors start out like Mike. This book, in a very simple and easy to understand way, follows Mike as he learns to understand his numbers, adopts new systems, and creates a repeatable process for profit. "Every contractor should read this book. It is the first and only book that makes the numbers game easy to understand, but, more importantly, easy to incorporate into a contractor's business. Bravo!" - Shawn McCadden, CR, CLC, CAPS, award-winning remodeler, columnist, and nationally recognized remodeling industry specialist. "The authors have distilled many of the mysteries of the small-business person who can no longer manage the business by quick thinking and fast actions." - Mike Gorman, CR, construction industry author and speaker. "Contractors love a good story, and that's what they get. All of the basics are covered, including cash flow analysis, distinguishing job costs from overhead expenses, and calculating mark-up." - Sal Alfano, Editorial Director, Hanley Wood Business Media. Melanie Hodgdon (Business Systems Management, Inc.) and Leslie Shiner, MBA (The ShinerGroup) both manage successful consulting and coaching companies. With over 40 years combined experience, they help contractors better understand and improve business practices and maximize profits. In 2007, they began to work on a series of joint projects that would capitalize on their combined talents. This book is one product of that collaboration.
Download or read book Profit First written by Mike Michalowicz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author of cult classics The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability. Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren't always logical. Serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz has developed a behavioral approach to accounting to flip the formula: Sales - Profit = Expenses. Just as the most effective weight loss strategy is to limit portions by using smaller plates, Michalowicz shows that by taking profit first and apportioning only what remains for expenses, entrepreneurs will transform their businesses from cash-eating monsters to profitable cash cows. Using Michalowicz's Profit First system, readers will learn that: · Following 4 simple principles can simplify accounting and make it easier to manage a profitable business by looking at bank account balances. · A small, profitable business can be worth much more than a large business surviving on its top line. · Businesses that attain early and sustained profitability have a better shot at achieving long-term growth. With dozens of case studies, practical, step-by-step advice, and his signature sense of humor, Michalowicz has the game-changing roadmap for any entrepreneur to make money they always dreamed of.
Download or read book Markup & Profit written by Michael Stone and published by Craftsman Book Co. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to succeed in a construction business you have to be able to mark up the price of your jobs to cover overhead expenses and make a decent profit. The problem is how much to mark it up. You don't want to lose jobs because you charge too much, and you don't want to work for free because you've charged too little. If you know how much to mark up you can apply it to your job costs and arrive at the right sales price for your work. This book gives you the background and the calculations necessary to easily figure the markup that is right for your business. Includes a CD-ROM with forms and checklists for your use.
Book Synopsis The Profitable Contractor by : Steve Dale
Download or read book The Profitable Contractor written by Steve Dale and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you could charge more and work less? What if you had time to dothe things you love to do? As the owner of a contracting business, these may seem like impossible goals, but Steve Dale is here to tell you it can be done.In The Profitable Contractor, Steve explains how businesses can unintentionallybe set up for failure. Using his proven strategies, you'll learn how totransform your contracting business into a profitable success that's a magnetfor your ideal clients.Instead of surviving from project to project, Steve helps you differentiate yourself from the competition to set up a business based on great clients. You'll discover how to identify the top client opportunities that are right infront of you and how to generate revenue based on your expertise andprofessional knowledge. And you'll be guided every step of the way with clientsuccess stories and access to worksheets and tools that will help you renovate your business.If you're ready to stop the late nights, working weekends, and missing out onfamily time, this book is for you. It's time to invest in yourself and your business to help build the life you really want.
Book Synopsis Creating A Construction Company by : Eric Swan
Download or read book Creating A Construction Company written by Eric Swan and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Construction is an important sector that contributes greatly in the economic growth of a nation. The Construction Industry is an investment-led sector where the government shows high interest. Government contracts with Construction Industry to develop infrastructure related to health, transport as well as the education sector. Construction is a relatively easy business to get into but a tough environment in which to do business, as illustrated by high business failure rates. Building your own one is a smart decision of your life. This book will help you do this. It is the single best resource for aspiring, start-up and existing construction business owners and managers who want to get it right from the start, and for established contractors who are tired of living in crisis management and survival modes. In this book you will learn how to: Assess your strengths and develop a smart business strategy Carefully position your company to gain and keep your competitive edge Design a solid organization with the right partners and employees Create an efficient operation Manage your risks Build financial stability Used as a key text by leading master's degree programs in construction management, this book also includes advice from top industry experts and real-life anecdotes. Buy this book and discover the new world.
Book Synopsis Mastering the Business of Remodeling by : Linda W. Case
Download or read book Mastering the Business of Remodeling written by Linda W. Case and published by Remodeling Consulting Services. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The E-Myth HVAC Contractor: Why Most HVAC Companies Don't Work and What to Do About It by : Michael E. Gerber
Download or read book The E-Myth HVAC Contractor: Why Most HVAC Companies Don't Work and What to Do About It written by Michael E. Gerber and published by Michael E. Gerber Companies. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running a successful HVAC company is a juggling act. You need expertise in your area of HVAC to provide services to clients. You also need the know-how to run a small business.
Download or read book Good Company written by Laurie Bassi and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laurie Bassi and her coauthors show that despite the dispiriting headlines, we are entering a more hopeful economic age. The authors call it the “Worthiness Era.” And in it, the good guys are poised to win. Good Company explains how this new era results from a convergence of forces, ranging from the explosion of online information sharing to the emergence of the ethical consumer and the arrival of civic-minded Millennials. Across the globe, people are choosing the companies in their lives in the same way they choose the guests they invite into their homes. They are demanding that companies be “good company.” Proof is in the numbers. The authors created the Good Company Index to take a systematic look at Fortune 100 companies’ records as employers, sellers, and stewards of society and the planet. The results were clear: worthiness pays off. Companies in the same industry with higher scores on the index—that is, companies that have behaved better—outperformed their peers in the stock market. And this is not some academic exercise: the authors have used principles of the index at their own investment firm to deliver market-beating results. Using a host of real-world examples, Bassi and company explain each aspect of corporate worthiness and describe how you can assess other companies with which you do business as a consumer, investor, or employee. This detailed guide will help you determine who the good guys are—those companies that are worthy of your time, your loyalty, and your money.
