Business
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Recession Proofing Your Business By Creating Resilience
For builders, the current business environment is challenging but there are ways of minimizing the risks
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The Perfect Contractor
I set off in search of a unicorn, a mermaid, and a perfect contractor
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The Rashkin Plan for Higher Profits with High-Performance Housing
Sam Rashkin tells us why high performance builders do better than the rest of us
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Bottom Lines Reaches the Summit
An account of the 2015 BuildingEnergy Bottom Lines Summit by one of its founders
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How I Moved From Residential Construction into the Commercial Market
A builder describes the new skills he had to learn to make a successful transition into a more complex environment
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Smart Scheduling Helps Projects to Finish on Time
Whether you’re a pro or a homeowner contracting your own project, meticulous planning will help you to stay on time and on budget
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Steve Mouzon on the New Business of Business
If you are willing to be patient, giving things away can often help your bottom line
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How an Efficiency Program Killed My Business
Utility-sponsored rebate programs encourage small jobs — and contractors are discovering that it’s hard to build a successful business on small jobs
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Disaster Responses
Lessons about customer service from an unexpected place
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Strength in Numbers
Keeping score can help you make your business profitable, design more energy-efficient homes, and better understand home performance
