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Don't take this the wrong way......
Besides running my own business, I've done design work for about 10-15 different contractors in my area. Some are multi million dollar companies, others are 100k companies.
As the years go on, I've always noticed that the guys calling me to do a landscape design for a 3k foundation planting have NO idea what they are doing. Am I saying they don't know what they are doing.....no.
What I'm saying is, they never educated themselves on what they are doing. I've been working with a few guys who have been in business for 10 years.......and you know what....they still can't put together a 5k foundation planting design. How is this possible?
I see it too often. Maintenance companies forcing themselves into construction in the hopes of 'greener pastures' awaiting them. Well, guess what, that is not the case.
For the amount of time these guys have spent building a construction company, they in all likely hood, could have built one hell of a maintenance company.
What I just want to say is why do you want to do construction? Have you maxed out maintenance? Are you just bored with cutting grass and need to do something different.
Running a construction business is no different than running a mowing company....its still all about business.
If you are really moving into construction because you find it interesting, then you should be educating yourself. Successfull construction companies are successfull for one of two reasons. First one, they LOVE what they do, and eat, breath, sleep landscaping.
The second reason is, they are just good business people. They may not have a care about what it is their business does. They are just good at running a business, keeping numbers where they should be, and good at dealing with their clients.
What I want to ask you is why are you moving into construction. It seems like you have little knowledge at this point, and are quite shaky with the business end. Why are you so anxious to jump into construction?
If you consider the time, money, and effort it is going to take to make the move, would it not be possible to expand the exis. business you have and get the same financial rewards?
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