Twelve hours with Michael Stone to strengthen and build your construction business. Michael, author of the book Markup & Profit Revisited, discusses the issues that cause most contractors to lose money. These are also the topics he deals with most often in his coaching and consulting. This class is specifically for construction-related business owners.
After viewing these classes you’ll know how to:
- Create more accurate estimates in less time
- Compute your correct markup and gross margins and use that information to sell profitable jobs, hire new employees and purchase new equipment and vehicles
- Calculate your breakeven
- Set your own salary and get paid every two weeks
- Review and refine your Profit and Loss statements
- Set up a simple system for job costing
- Write a solid contract that protects both you and your client.
- Write change work orders, know when to write them and how to charge for them
- Write and work with punch lists, making sure you only have one per job
- Work with formulas designed to give you the information you need to guarantee a financially profitable company
- Complete a year-end review and build a plan for each coming year to make it even better
“It was a pleasure to take your class, eye opening and informative. It did not escape me that veteran contractors and repeat attendees were in the audience with us. To reach new entrants as well as those well entrenched in the market speaks highly for the quality and usefulness of your service.”
The class is twelve hours of thoughtful analysis and hard work. Whether you’re a general or specialty contractor working in remodeling, new construction or commercial work, this hands-on workshop applies to all construction-related businesses.
The class is broken into eight segments, 1.5 hours each. A handout for class notes is available to download. View these videos on your schedule, as often as you want, with no expiration date and no recurring charges. A username and password will be set during checkout so you can login for immediate access.
Brittni Hanson –
TAKE THIS CLASS. You will learn everything you need to manage your business and make a profit. Michael will tell it to you straight, and your business — and your family — will thank you once you put what you learn into action.
Vince Hausmann –
After attending the 2-Day Intensive Class, I went away with so much to implement in my business and I started to immediately put things into practice. What I learned was easily worth 10x the cost of the class. But the real value of the class is not just monetary. This instruction will save me hours and hours of time and reduce so much frustration from having to learn things the hard way. Thanks again for all that you do!
Chris Zagyva (verified owner) –
Before taking this class our company was constantly playing by someone else’s rules and reacting to every aspect of our work. This class put us in the drivers seat on so many levels and put us in a position to where we are now establishing how we need to operate to be a profitable and successful construction company. We have better performing projects, happier clients and stress free employees. I wish I knew about this 10 years ago. From all of us to you. Thank you.
Jim Byler –
If I could just put the tools on and have a profitable business I would be very happy. Fact is I need help with the profitable part of this. This class breaks it down to terms and practices that make sense and are very practical. Thank you for your commitment to provide quality teaching and resources at an affordable price.
Sara –
Great Class I learned so much! I go back to my notes and use it as a guide for my business.
Barry Gant –
This was by far the greatest single investment that I have made toward improving my business. The class was awesome and I continue to reference Michael’s books as I need them. They are jam packed with all the information you need.
Matt –
I attended the 2 day class in Charleston, SC in the spring of 2019. At first I was a little skeptical of the price of the class – 6 months later my perspective is totally different! Micheal basically goes thru the book but adds very valuable input along the way and with an old school twist which is very refreshing!
With all the information and notes from this class it actually has taken us weeks to incorporate it into our business. The design agreement is fantastic! Since attending this class our business is heading in a different direction. We currently have all our jobs in estimating under a design agreement and getting paid. No more driving all over town and giving my time away for free!
I’ve taken dozens if not hundreds of classes in my career in construction. This one is different, it really is an investment in you and your company. You will bring home a lot of real world solutions to everyday construction problems! Make the changes Micheal discusses and you will see a difference.
Thanks Devon for putting all this together and keeping it going! Also, those are pretty awesome lunches you provide!
Matt
Jeff Geisinger –
I flew from Seattle to LA to attend this class, and it was well worth it! A LOT of material gets covered, but there was still time to get specific questions answered. Very inspiring, in a totally acheivable way. I’ve been working day and night getting my business s*%# together and implementing the valuable concepts taught. Very revealing. The website is also a great resource for forms and worksheets. Buy Markup and Profit, attend this class and watch your business take a big leap forward.
Jesse Welk –
This is a very informative class, well worth the cost!
Michael Craig –
This class provided me with so much information, since coming home I have been “debriefing” for several days!
My business partner signed me up for this class; I have been a construction business owner for several years, but this last year we have moved into a bigger role, with a larger company, a dozen employees, and regulations ranging from industry specific to OSHA to IRS, FTB, and DIR… it can be overwhelming! Not to mention that there is this prevalent belief in society that contractors should mark up 10 and 10! We were at a key point of having to make some changes to ensure we are profitable, as well as needed to learn how to deal with some of the tricky situations that come up.
We had been looking for a source to give us some guidance and information, and this fit the bill completely!
I learned so much from both Michael Stone, and from the conversations and discussion with my peers in class.
I am so grateful that we found this and I attended, I want my partner to go next… even though I have been through the class, I know that her perspective and what she takes away will be very different. (I work in the field estimating, managing, etc while she is the office taking care of HR, marketing and book keeping).
I highly recommend… Michael provides tangible ideas to take back. Absolutely worth the price and time!
Josh Parriera –
Finally a class that you can go to and leave knowing that you made a fantastic investment!
Michael Stone takes the time to explain the ways to properly run and build (or rebuild) your construction company. From estimating accurately/efficiently to P&L’s to making the numbers work to proper contracting and invoicing – this class was a game changer for my company. Needless to say, I highly recommend this class to all construction business owners, regardless of your tenure in the industry.
When you can leave with practical tasks that you know will make your company better, you know that you went to the right class. This could easily be one of the best investments you can make for your company. I would do it all over again if given the opportunity.
Devin Greenway –
I wish I had taken this class years ago. I may know how to remodel kitchens, but I had no idea how much I didn’t know about running a remodeling business. This class is absolutely packed with great information. I got so many major take-aways about things I should be doing better. Almost too many really, because its going to some time and a lot of work to implement all of his suggestions.
It is easy to see from his presence and presentation style that he really does care about helping contractors succeed.
Also, in case your curious (I was), this IS an educational seminar and NOT an all day sales pitch for a bigger system. Pull the trigger on this, if you have the chance, it will help you!
(NOTE: Review refers to one-day class, no longer available)
Cara –
We have been running our business with lots of construction experience but very little business knowledge. This class is strengthening our resolve to be successful and giving us information we need to make sense of our numbers, plan for the future, and make sure we can grow & succeed.
(NOTE: Review refers to one-day class, no longer available)
Mary Kiel –
I attended Michael’s one day class today in Everett, Washington as well as a two day class in Portland, Oregon a year ago. He has amazing energy during the presentation and is sincerely interested in helping a business succeed. Micheal’s many decades of experience and wealth of knowledge is information that gets results once a company apply’s what he teaches. 29 years later in my business and it finally make’s sense. Looking forward now to One on One Coaching with him. Thanks very much Michael and to Devon, his lovely wife for her contribution to the success of Construction Programs and Results, Inc. The Good Guy’s and Gal’s really do win!
(NOTE: Review refers to one-day class, no longer available)
Steve –
Michael’s class was excellent. I had already read most of his Markup & Profit book going into the class, which helped during certain portions. I attended the class just to have it sink in deeper and to have some of his wisdom rub off on me – i.e. hear some of the war stories, etc. I also wanted to be in the room with other contractors who are out there getting the job done.
I definitely got what I came for. There’s something powerful about hearing the voice of experience speak in person. It was also both reassuring and inspiring to hear the questions, comments, & struggles of other contractors.
Michael’s determination to help people run a profitable construction business definitely strengthened my resolve. He has spent a lifetime in the construction industry, has seen every mistake out there, and has coached people around them & out of them. I’m grateful to be able to learn from others’ mistakes instead of having to make all of them myself.
Michael & Devon: thanks for all the effort in putting these classes together, and for the decades of research that made them possible. I very much appreciate it!
Steve
(NOTE: Review refers to one-day class, no longer available)