Death by 1,000 Cuts can Kill Your Business by Ruth King
From the editor: The 1st of a timeless series authored by Ruth King in 2025. Death by 1,000 cuts is how the ancient Chinese tortured … Read more
From the editor: The 1st of a timeless series authored by Ruth King in 2025. Death by 1,000 cuts is how the ancient Chinese tortured … Read more
A bookkeeper, who should have known better, didn’t like the profit number on the financial statements that she produced. So, instead of asking the owner or … Read more
Finding the right field manager could be a long-term process with no guarantee of the results. The person that you think will be a great manager … Read more
“I need to clean up my books.” This was a comment a contractor made to me at AHR last week. He didn’t look “thrilled” about … Read more
$1,800,000. This is the amount of money an accountant, Richard A. Mandarino, stole from a Chicago construction firm. He was convicted and sentenced to jail this … Read more
Here are six things I’ve found that could help in your hiring process. For field personnel: I first witnessed this while watching an interview for … Read more
First, thank you for reading Contractor Cents. I hope the ideas I share help you grow a profitable business and significantly impact your life and the … Read more
Here are the last two ways to increase profitability: #24 – Are you growing too fast? The rule of thumb for growth is annualized sales … Read more
Here are profitability ideas for sales, marketing and customer activities. #21 – Know which of your marketing activities produce the best results Effective marketing is … Read more
These activities focus on billable hours or revenue producing hours. Customers write your paychecks. Your team members who produce your products and services are billable, i.e. revenue … Read more