An important question that any business owner must answer involves the types of gains they might hope to achieve by running a business. Many—but not all—remodelers and contractors focus on profit as their main objective. …

Before I was required to write opinion articles like this one as part of my job, I did not think I was a worrier. But now, 20 years later, I know better. I tend to …

Newton’s law of gravity certainly applies to consumer demand—what goes up, must come down. Lead flows have been so strong for so long that they were bound to change trajectory at some point. That change …

Several years ago, I attended a presentation given by remodeler Abe Degnan of Degnan Design-Build, based in Madison, Wisconsin. Degnan, who is 45, has been running a very profitable design-build business for many years. The …

IRE, which will be held Feb. 1-3 is an early test of the re-emergence of trade shows one week prior to the return of Design & Construction Week Feb. 8-10.