Business Ownership Articles

Selling a company isn’t an easy. You spend a large portion of your working life trying to grow your company and now for...

Amazingly, we’re already speeding toward the end of quarter one of 2022. After a rollercoaster two years, 2022 may be the one...

Maybe you shared a faded futon as college roommates or a second-hand Chevy as brother and sister. Whatever the circumstances were that...

How does a person find a life’s work? Sometimes it’s through trial and error. In other cases, it’s a matter of heritage,...

Rich Vigil never intended to enter the plumbing industry. But faced with a career crossroads several years ago, the entrepreneur did some...

Many a skilled plumber, at some point, has an itch to strike out on their own and open a plumbing shop. Daniel...

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994. Today he’s one of the richest people in the world. But while Amazon is undeniably a...

Many small- and medium-sized business owners face a simple dilemma on a daily basis. They are really good at producing and selling...

During a service call earlier this year, Nick Caron — a technician at Modern Plumbing & Heating in Kalispell, Montana — determined...

As a small-business owner, deciding your hourly rates is one of the most important tasks that you face. You have to look...

We watched the Mars rover landing back in February, and the significance of the accomplishment was palpable. We could feel the historical...

When master plumber Lucas Elsing formed Kegonsa Plumbing in 2018, he was certain he had the technical skills to succeed. “I was pretty...

A couple months ago the Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs were battling it out for...

For a classic American business success story, look no further than Valley Plumbing, Heating & Cooling in Mesilla, New Mexico. The late Raul...