Articles by Russ Stephens

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How A Professional Builder Prices A Building Contract

If you are adding a margin to the cost of materials and labour in order to calculate a contract price…then stop right now.
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90 Day Planning & Goal Setting for Your Construction Company

Are you struggling to grow your building company?
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How To Calculate Work In Progress For A Construction Company

80% of building companies will fail in the next 5 years...
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The Customer Is Always Right? Wrong!

The phrase “The customer is always right” was originally coined in 1909 by Harry Gordon Selfridge, the founder of Selfridge’s department store in London.
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Builders: Are You Relying On Referrals?

Referrals are great because they show you are doing a lot of things right.
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How To Read Your Balance Sheet And Profit & Loss Statement

80% of building companies trading today will go out of business in the next 5 years.
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[Conspiracy Theory] Who Are Builders Really Competing Against?

Why is it that whenever house prices go up... the price you can charge to build a home remains the same?
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The 3 Different Types Of Time And How They Affect Your Day

We’ve all heard the expression that time equals money. But did you know it resembles cash in more ways than one?