Ken Brookings grew up in a contracting family. After many years of university education, he became vice president of an NYSE, Fortune 500 company. He left the corporate world to work with smaller companies and founded The Aspire Institute in 1986—a company whose mission is to help general contractors improve their business practices, reduce their stress, and make the kind of money their transformative work deserves. Email Anthony Rodriquez at The Aspire Institute or call 888-252-8998 for a free recession risk analysis or to answer your questions.