Building Business

Hapless Housing: Economic News from Elliot F. Eisenberg, Ph.D.
Fewer housing starts, higher prices, wealthier householders, and a sea change in occupancy.
Self-Taught MBA: Cultivating Cassandra
A personal adviser with a realistic viewpoint can help you spot the potholes up ahead.
Calculating the Labor Burden for Your Construction Business
The true cost of having an employee goes far beyond the hourly wage
Self-Taught MBA: Converting Conversations to Contracts
Better to lose a sale but remain trustworthy than have the client feel tricked
Construction Pricing Strategy: Developing A Base Rate
Accurately and efficiently determining what to charge is an issue that causes many construction business owners to lose the battle for profitability
Self-Taught MBA: Tools of the (Sales) Trade
It's not just carpenters. Salespeople also have tools of trade. You may want to tool up with sales software to get off the feast-and-famine seesaw
Financial Reporting: Start with the End in Mind (Part 2)
The YEAR IN REVIEW will enable you to start the upcoming year with the end of the year in mind. You will have a plan. You will have goals, and you will have metrics to track that will get you there.
Energy Star Lives Another Day
Good news in building: Federal budget keeps the EPA alive, as housing starts are up in the latest data release.
Financial Reporting: Construction Business Weight Lifting (Part 1)
Construction business owners have to do a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to running their businesses. But many construction businesses make little progress toward their goals because of the heavy lifting.
Self-Taught MBA: Rolling Back Regulation
Donald Trump is the first builder to become president of the United States. Among his campaign promises, he included reducing the regulatory cost of homebuilding from 25% to about 2%. What does this mean for your business?

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