Entries Tagged Business Strategy

For the first few years you were in business, you may have done it all. You were the business. The success or failure depended...

When Steve Allen established Allens Plumbing on the Hawaiian island of Maui in the early 1980s, he had no grand strategy for...

There’s no such thing as a family business without conflict. If you search “family business feud” on Google, in less than a...

When you hire new team members, you have a certain set of expectations for them. Ultimately, you want them to be punctual,...

A tough labor market is changing the dynamic between employer and employee. Jobs are a dime a dozen, making it seem like...

We’ve all had those moments: Stress is building up, your head is spinning and you blow up. Plumbers are a varied group; there...

Back in 1920, when William Lutz founded the plumbing company that still bears his name, Woodrow Wilson was president, the Cleveland Indians...

My strangest customer service story didn’t involve a customer at all. It was a customer’s neighbor. We’ll call him Mr. Neighbor. Our customer...

We are entering the stretch drive of 2019, and for me — and maybe you, too — it’s been a bumpy ride....

In this industry there is oftentimes a push for diversification. A desire to be a one-stop shop and be equipped to handle...

Business insurance is a complicated subject for even veteran business owners. Its complexity gets exacerbated because we don’t trade in it every...

When the leads are hot and the phone’s ringing off the hook, it’s easy to get greedy and want to keep the...

Learning to pivot was one of the best business lessons Paul Nebrasky has ever picked up in his more than 30-year plumbing...

Setting a price for your work can be one of the trickiest things to determine when you’re starting a business. You want...