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If you haven't asked or been asked about ways to increase energy efficiency, you are in the minority. Americans overwhelmingly agree that energy costs are the most serious financial concern facing their families. Big surprise. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the typical family spends close to $1,300 a year on their home's utility bills. Unfortunately, a large portion of that energy is wasted.
Construction Business Owner, April 2007
Contractors A and B want to bid on a construction project that requires a surety bond, but neither has performed work requiring bonding in the past. Contractor A arranges a meeting with a professional surety bond producer, while Contractor B calls his longtime insurance agent.
Construction Business Owner, April 2007
The workplace is an environment of tasks and transactions; of projects and processes; of grind and goings on. But deep beneath the surface lurks a silent enemy-one who does not discriminate and who strikes over time, with its victim unaware until it's too late. We're not referring to a great white shark, Freddy Krueger or the tax man. We're talking about the passive-aggressive employee, whose poker face and quiet torment can take a real toll on organizational productivity, interpersonal perception and workforce equilibrium.
Construction Business Owner, April 2007
With construction costs soaring and the marketplace becoming increasingly competitive, protecting the bottom line and maximizing revenues are paramount to every construction business owner, general contractor and subcontractor. How can a business owner avoid injuries, lower workers' comp claims and make projects go faster?
Construction Business Owner, June 2007
Editor's Note: Following is the last of our ten part series called "Technology Traps and Mishaps," by Fred Ode, CEO, chairman and founder of Foundation Software.
Construction Business Owner, June 2007
Editor's Note: This is the fourth in our 2007 series of The Business Owner Toolbox written by our regular columnist George Hedley. Each article is written to provide you with practical, immediately applicable business management tools to assist you on your path to building a successful, growing business.
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 McDonald's if the hamburgers were different every time? Your company can't go forward if you do things in a disorganized and chaotic manner either.
Construction Business Owner, April 2007
There is little question that handling payroll, a necessary part of any business, can be challenging. Tax laws change. Company policies change. Employees change, as do their family situations and their payroll distributions.
Construction Business Owner, April 2007
Successful entrepreneurs know that it takes time and planning to maximize the value of their companies' stock when they are ready to move on. Developing an exit strategy is not an easy process, but it is a process that can unfold gradually. It takes time to position a company's financial health, identify successor management and decide how and to whom you will sell your business when you are ready to leave.
