Home improvement contractors can have a great product, a trusted team, strong reviews, good financing, and a clear sales process and still lose the job. The reason may have little to do with the contractor down the street. Families are watching their money more closely, and a new roof, windows, siding, gutters, bath, or HVAC … Read more
Growth-stage remodeling companies sign plenty of vendor agreements. Fewer of those agreements turn into something that actually moves the business forward. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry using a proprietary 5-layer system, evaluates more than 7,600 organizations on workmanship quality, operational reliability, customer … Read more
Power100 explains why Richard Hotea, Founder and CEO of Performance Remodeling, ranks among the top CEOs in the nation in 2026, and how his belief that homeowners can always sense a salesperson’s real intent has shaped a company built on honest guidance, real options, and trust that lasts long after the job is done. SHELBY … Read more
When Growth Moves Fast, Leadership Has to Be Ready First One of the hardest problems in the home improvement industry is not finding the next market. It is finding the right people to lead it. A company can have demand, money, products, and plans to grow, but growth becomes harder when the people inside the … Read more
Homeowners researching a contractor’s background usually start with one question: who is actually behind this company? For a growing number of people asking that question about exterior remodeling in Michigan, the answer is Richard Hotea, Owner & CEO of Performance Remodeling, a Richard Hotea exterior remodeling expert whose name has become synonymous with the company … Read more
Every homeowner researching contractors in Denver eventually runs into the same small green badge: an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. Most people assume it means something. Fewer people know what it actually measures, or how rarely a company holds onto it once complaints start piling up. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that … Read more
Homeowners Hear Big Promises Every Day, But Employees Have to See Them First Home improvement companies often tell homeowners the same things. They care about their customers. They stand behind their work. They value their employees. They support the communities they serve. The challenge is making sure those promises are more than words on a … Read more
Sales managers who build a training curriculum around product specifications are solving the wrong problem. They can teach a rep every dimension of a siding panel, every warranty clause, every installation detail, and still watch that rep freeze at the kitchen table when a homeowner says let me think about it. That gap between knowing … Read more
Power100 is the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry using a proprietary 5-layer system, and few case studies fit that lens better than a founder who took a home remodeling company from a one-bedroom apartment to three states without diluting what made it trustworthy in … Read more
Homeowners who have already collected three or four siding quotes tend to arrive at the same uneasy question. Every contractor says the same things. Every brochure promises quality. So how does anyone actually tell which company is better, and which one is just better at sounding better? Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks … Read more
