Straight talk on pricing, profit, cashflow, hiring and getting your life back, from someone who has run a construction business herself.
Hourly rates and material markups both hide your real margin. Here is how to price trade work from your true cost per productive hour, with a worked example.
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The admin side of a trade business is a real job, not a favour. Here is how to run it with systems and boundaries instead of doing invoices at 9pm.
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A trade business coach is not an accountant, a bookkeeper or a Facebook group. Here is what the work actually looks like, session by session, what a coach cannot do for you, and the questions to ask before you pay anyone.
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If you are flat out and still short at the end of the quarter, your trade business is probably undercharging. Here are the nine signs, and the week-one fix.
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Most builders find out whether a job made money when the last invoice goes out. A weekly WIP report tells you months earlier, while you can still do something about it.
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Turning away work for three months is the sign you are ready to hire. Here is how to do the maths on your first employee, pick between an apprentice, a tradie and a labourer, and get the first 90 days right.
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Workshop trades pay for board, hardware and benchtops weeks before the customer pays at install. Here is the deposit rule, the quote wording and the three numbers that keep a joinery business cash positive.
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