Management
Management
A Blueprint For Business Success
Practices, principles, and processes that design-build businesses and home improvement companies alike share to reach their growth goals
Leadership
7 Tips to Lower Remodeling Costs
As material and labor prices spiral out of control, many homeowners are putting the brakes on remodeling projects. Use these guidelines to bring down costs.
Leadership
A Listening Ear: How We Do Effective Communication
How one remodeler's human-centered business practices make projects go more smoothly
Leadership
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Don't let concerns of the moment distract you from thinking about the bigger picture
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Management
How to Keep Your Subcontractors Safe From Poaching
Abby Binder, owner of Abby Window & Exteriors, gives her take on the labor shortage and how to keep subcontractors loyal.
3 Materials That May Forever Change the Home’s Makeup
With price spikes and shortages of traditional building materials, it may be time to start considering non-traditional ones
A Series of Fortunate Accidents
How a salesman became an inventor who became a business owner that ended up on Shark Tank (and not by application but by request)
Business
IBS/KBIS Goes Virtual
After long deliberations, NKBA and NAHB have decided that Design & Construction Week 2021 will be an all-virtual event.
Three Remodeling Trends You Need To Know
Mary Kathryn Reese and Jennifer Sherrill of Kitchen Design Concepts talk about remodeling trends business owners need to take note of now.
Lumber Prices Skyrocket During Pandemic
A 70% increase to softwood lumber products prices in single-family homes is landing first on contractors and then on to homeowners
Industry Data & Research
Kitchen Is King, and 3 Other Insights From Houzz
Houzz's 2020 renovation survey is out and the data tells quite a few stories
Lowe's Launches Virtual Platform to Keep Pros Working
In the first step of Lowe’s $25 million commitment to support small businesses, the company is launching a free, augmented video chat service to help Pros manage jobs, without being on the job
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Remodeling Mastery by Mark Richardson: False Positives and the Impact of COVID-19
Mark Richardson shares insights into five false positives remodelers should have on the radar, and discusses the impact COVID-19 is having on the remodeling industry with Harvard's Kermit Baker