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Service Agreements Can Improve Contractors Cash Flow And Profits

Contractor Bookkeeping

The Balance Sheet is the summary report which shows all of the assets minus the liabilities which equals the "Book Value" or owner''s equity. Owner’s equity is in theory what would be left over if you liquidated the company, sold the assets and paid all of the debts or liabilities. Edward Deming, Michael Gerber, Walter A.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Healthy Competition » Free Webinar on Reducing Profit Fade. One problem that even the most savvy contractors deal with is profit fade, when a job continues to incur additional costs that are not factored into the estimate. In turn, profit fade can dramtically affect cash flow and hinder the possibility of booking new jobs.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

I think it is important that business owners never stop learning, so I read a lot of books to further my education on how to make my business the best it can be. Take Foundation Software, for example. We have a very strong payroll module in our construction accounting software FOUNDATION for Windows. foundation.

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Closing the Gap Between Buyers and Builders

Pro Builder

For years, we as builders have been trained by industry consultants to think like manufacturers, create a process, and stick to it if we want to be profitable. Third-party contractors: Research + design + renderings + plan stamp/liability. These mistakes, aka errors & omissions, show up on our books as variances. .

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

One of my favorite books is Good to Great by Jim Collins. For instance, Foundation Software’s vision is this: “To provide the best in accounting software and service for the labor intensive contractor.” Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. foundation. foundation software. I read a lot.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Last week, I talked about Jim Collins’ book Good to Great , and the common characteristics of great companies. Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. foundation. foundation software. Tags: accounting , construction , foundation , software , technology. « E-mail overload. Wally Evans Blog.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

One of my very favorite books is Alan Cooper’s The Inmates Are Running The Asylum , which takes an in-depth look into software application design. When designing FOUNDATION® for Windows® 3.0 in the mid-1990’s, Foundation Software was faced with a major decision—should we completely redesign and rewrite our DOS product?