Building Business

Self Taught MBA: Going to Where the Going is Good, Part 2
Continuing with our exploration of construction-business niches, here’s the second of two profiles illustrating how some builders find good fortune by relocating. Determined to survive the downturn, this Montana developer…
Self Taught MBA: Going to Where the Going is Good, Part 1
We have talked about strategies to develop a business niche that works in today’s challenging environment. But there’s another strategy, and that’s to go the business climate is sunny.
Self Taught MBA: From Single- to Multifamily Builder
The transition from single family to small multifamily builder presents fewer challenges than from homebuilder to remodeler. You use the same designers, the same subs, and even the same mindset.…
Find Your Niche and Own It
With the reshuffling of the construction industry, some contractors have become subs, some bosses have cinched on the tool belt, others moved into other industries, but some builders have found…
Self-Taught MBA: A Real-Estate Lawyer’s Advice, Part 2
With a practice focused on real-estate, business, and bankruptcy law, attorney Nancy Loftis has counseled clients big and small through boom and bust cycles since 1982. She has seen success…
Self-Taught MBA: A Real-Estate Lawyer’s Advice, Part 1
With a practice focused on real-estate, business, and bankruptcy law, attorney Nancy Loftis has counseled clients big and small through boom and bust cycles since 1982. She has seen success…
Self-taught MBA: Arming the Insurgency
You can build name recognition, credibility and a customer following using your local paper, television and radio to tell your story effectively and for free.
Self Taught MBA: Decoding Your Sales Factor
To create an effective marketing scheme and know it’s working, you have to aim for specific results, the specific number of leads required to keep your business running without down…
David Gerstel’s take on the Benshoof Interview
I prefer a somewhat different approach. The kind of business planning Benshoof he favors seems to me a bit too tidy for the turbulent realities of the construction world.
The Self Taught MBA: A Conversation with Mike Benshoof, MD for the Ailing Builder
“So you want to know, if you have a real business? Ask yourself if you can take off for a month or more and the operation runs just fine without…

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