One of the best bits of advice I ever received when I was starting my plumbing business was from an experienced service plumber. He told me that a big part of his success was doing as much of the work as possible without relying on his subcontractors. I know that sounds like very simple advice. But, what he was actually telling me was that I had to carefully think through every project before calling in my subs. Basically, figure out a way to complete the job myself using only the resources I had available to work with. A good example
