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There's no magic number or formula to tell you when to add production staff. My company, Remodeling Designs, started in 1990 as a part-time business. At different times this growth caused me to consider hiring production support staff.
Like many in the remodeling industry, I started as a one-man operation.Because we maintained separate operations on different islands in Hawaii, we were cross-allocating money and people. I was also flying between the islands four to six times a week, with barely any time to eat and sleep, and no...
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Shortly after dissolving a partnership that did business as a subcontractor building and designing decks for home builders, I got a call from one of the home builder's superintendents asking me to build the decks on the new homes he was building. Today, my production manager, Tom, who once ran his...
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Our company is known for doing good work while leaving our clients feeling well-served. One of my goals is that an employee will have a better life because he works at Winans Construction.
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In 1991 to 1992, when the economy last slowed, Swing Line was a five-year-old corporation with $1 million in annual sales. Swing Line is ready for this downturn, and when the upswing comes, we will be one of the prosperous survivors. --Ken Moeslein is president of Swing Line Windows, Pittsburgh.
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In my experience, most remodeling partnerships do not succeed. As business owners, they not only have to complete the job on time and on budget but they have to worry about collecting payment, paying vendors and subs, finding the next project, and so on.This diversity gives the business a broader...