Fire Your Dad?

I grew up in a home where my Dad was an entrepreneur. He owned, managed, built and developed mobile home parks. He worked hard, lots of hours and often from his home office. After graduating from high school, I attended the University of Southern California (Go...

Get Results Or “You’re Fired!”

I hate to fire people, subcontractors, suppliers, architects or consultants. Last week I was forced to make a tough decision on one of our construction and development projects. Two years ago we made a strategic decision to seek industrial and office building...

“Must DO” Or Die!

Every company must do a few things perfectly in order to be successful. If these important things aren’t adhered to in a systematic and standardized way, the customer gets confused and stops doing business with the company. Would you go to McDonalds if the...

You Can’t Make Enough Profit!

I’ll make a small wager with you. Give me a day to look at how you manage your construction business and I’ll bet I can find at least $10,000 you’ve lost, wasted or didn’t charge enough for over the last few months. If I can’t find...