Contracting Business posted a great article by our Founder Rodney Koop. Check it out HERE or enjoy it below… I want to tell you a story, a true story, and one that happens way too often. One fine day, a service contractor, much like yourself, was doing a service...
I used to work in a gynecologist’s office, and now I work at The New Flat Rate. I know, I know…I’ve worked to help two TOTALLY different kinds of plumbers! It seems like a haphazard transition, but believe it or not, there’s more overlap than you would think. I...
How many of you have seen “man on the street” type interviews where someone like Jay Leno or Jimmy Kimmel or Conan O’Bryan would go out on the street with a microphone and ask what should have been simple questions? Typically, they will take them out of a fifth grade...
Contractor Magazine published a great article by Rodney Koop! CLICK HERE to check it out, or read it below. At my age, I think about the good old days a lot, though memory seems to make them better than they actually were. When I was asked to write an article about...
What the heck is going on? I call someone who asked me to call, and they are too busy to take the call. Do I get offended? Or how about this: my phone rings, and someone I asked to call me back is on the phone calling me back, and I hear myself saying, “I’m too busy...
I recently came across the famous Robert Frost poem, “The Road Not Taken”. As a go-getter entrepreneur, you have already chosen the road less traveled. But also, as a tradesperson, you’ve also already chosen the road less traveled. It’s hard work, which is why not...