by Scott Jennings | Mar 28, 2026 | Blog, Build America
You can buy insurance almost anywhere. You can hire a CPA almost anywhere. You can call an attorney almost anywhere. But there’s a difference between someone who sells you a service and someone who helps you run a construction business. That difference is the shift...
by Scott Jennings | Mar 4, 2026 | Blog, Build America
The Moment “We’ll Handle It Internally” Starts Costing You Real Money Most contractors don’t avoid professional services because they don’t believe in them. They avoid them because the timing never feels right or the cost seems excessive. The job is hot. The team is...
by Scott Jennings | Feb 21, 2026 | Blog, Build America
A lot of contractors are proud of how many hats they can wear. Estimator. Salesperson. Project manager. Field problem solver. Firefighter for whatever blows up that day. In the early days, that’s exactly what makes the business work. The owner becomes the engine. The...
by Scott Jennings | Feb 4, 2026 | Blog, Build America
Perform $10K Jobs Like They’re $10M Jobs One of the biggest mistakes small contractors make isn’t a lack of effort. It’s a lack of discipline. When you’re just starting, the jobs are smaller. A driveway. A sidewalk. A short utility run. A quick fix. It’s easy to look...
by Scott Jennings | Dec 19, 2025 | Blog, Build America
Most contractors don’t fail because they can’t build. They can struggle because the business runs like a collection of independent operators — each PM doing things “their way,” each job tracked differently, each document looking different, each forecast built on a...
