
Jacob Deis
President and Co-Founder of Formation Millwork, a Colorado Springs-based custom architectural millwork company specializing in high-end commercial projects.
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May 28, 2026
Why Most Millwork Shops Struggle to Scale
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Jacob DeisGUEST
But, you know, ultimately, the goal of estimating is get to a number, right? But that number has to do a lot of things.

Jacob DeisGUEST
Um, and it has-- You know, and inside that number has to be, you know, a lot of, a lot of data that ultimately is allow- allows you to survive as a company, right? Um, but, you know, one of the first things that number has to do is it has to be competitive, you know.

Jacob DeisGUEST
So depending on, you know, your type of work and things like that, like we're all commercial millwork, so it's always a competitive bid in general.

Jacob DeisGUEST
You know, you have to have, you know, all your labor costs, all your material costs, and then on top of that, margins, because if we don't have margins, we're not actually, you know, we're not surviving.
