• Your books and online training courses have been absolutely instrumental in getting our business on the right track. Thanks! I just wish I came across them sooner, as it would have saved me a year (or more) of bad practices and costly mistakes.
  • I love your site. Thanks so much for the encouragement. I am getting more serious about my business and providing quality work that I want to do rather than bend to the customers budget. For years I have taken on whatever work that came my way and priced according to what the client wanted to pay. Then, while doing the job I would be working away taking way too long because of my picky nature. I would end up doing a beautiful job that they didn’t pay for and hurting my self financially but most importantly mentally and emotionally. I…
  • I want to thank you for helping me restructure my business to operate as a successful business, more efficient in addition to being more profitable. Although it takes a little time, in the end, my success will be partly attributed to CPR . . . I see light at the end of the tunnel, I have used this once so far on a job won, $160,000. total estimate, during 12 weeks, my employees and myself took home paychecks, paid subs, bought materials, without ever having to ‘Finance’ the job . . .
  • Thanks for all you 2 do. I will admit that I’ve been ready to give up for about a year. I told someone that now I’m not just willing to continue, but I’m excited to implement things we learned – not only in the business but also in the home. I feel as though we are back on the same page.
  • Your Markup and Profit book combined with the online estimating course has saved me considerable pain and suffering. Having an idea of how to steer the ship and avoid the rocks is invaluable. Looking back, there’s no question I would have gotten it wrong enough that the probability of success would be low.
  • I sat through Michaels classes at JLC Live in Portland more than once along with attending the two day class a few years back. I learned the stuff I never would have figured out on my own and we have put our company into profitable territory with a good projection of growth! I appreciate what you folks do and recommend the Markup and Profit book to all of the young tradesmen I know.