Master Contractor Leverage: Stop Struggling, Build a Stronger Business

Yeah, I see so many contractors start off as a one-man band.

Maybe they work for a great company and they know construction inside and out.

They had the infrastructure behind them and they jump out in business and they're having to wear all the hats.

They're on the job all day and doing paperwork all night, estimates and bids and trying to keep up with accounting.

They run themselves ragged and they never feel like they're getting anywhere.

So that's what I'm talking about.

It's a fact of life.

You want to start a new construction company and you're going to be wearing a lot of hats before you start generating the profits to afford the extra support you need.

Yeah.

And like I said, it's not just when you start up, it's a progression.

I look at my own self.

I started off like 26 years ago.

And even though I knew what I was doing and I knew how to run all these different hats, I didn't actually think about, okay, how do I get leverage? This is some of the problems I've seen in contractors as well.

It's taken me a while to like, you know, I don't want to turn loose a payroll.

I don't want them seeing the books or stuff like that.

And for a contractor, being that one man band gets in the way of your growth.

That's where I'm wanting to go with this.

How do we get that leverage so we can move beyond this one man band? Basically that cycle that we're in sometimes.

You know, it's interesting you say that on a side note about payroll.

I read yesterday about a lot of younger folks are going out there in social media and advertising what they're getting paid.

I know that's a big no-no in a lot of organizations.

You start comparing salaries, you're going to get fired.

Anyway, I didn't mean to take us off track.

Go ahead, Wade.

It's just a trap.