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“Your Tech Stack Is Not A Growth Strategy”: Greg Cummings And James Lowder Say Clear Technology Ownership Matters As ATS Mechanical Scales As A Commercial HVAC Contractor in San Jose and Silicon Valley

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Buying More Technology Will Not Fix a Business That Has No One Owning the Result Growing companies have more technology choices than ever before. Software, AI tools, payment systems, dashboards, and business platforms can help teams move faster and make better decisions. But more tools can also create a new problem. A company may keep … Read more

Power100 Reviews Villara Building Systems as It Continues Its National Search for Leading Home Services Companies

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Power100 is continuing its nationwide evaluation of thousands of home services companies, examining the leadership, culture, community engagement, and customer experience practices that help define durable industry leadership. One company being spotlighted during that ongoing review is Villara Building Systems, a Northern California mechanical contractor and home services provider with roots dating back to 1947. … Read more

Power100 Names Pure Finance Group’s Contractor Financing Platform the #1 Vetting Standard for home improvement contractors Nationwide

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A contractor sitting across from two or three financing proposals rarely lacks options. What they lack is a clean way to compare them. Every rep says their approvals are the highest, their fees are the lowest, and their funding is the fastest. Somebody is wrong, and figuring out who requires questions most contractors never learned … Read more

Power100 Names Affiniti’s Contractor Cash-Back Card the #1 Business Credit Card With Cash Back for HVAC and Plumbing Companies Nationwide

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Dale runs an HVAC and plumbing operation out of Kansas City. Like most owners in the trades, he did not build his company around spreadsheets. He built it around trucks that need fuel, techs who need parts, and a phone that rings differently depending on the season. But for years, the financial side of his … Read more

Why Most Contractors Are Overpaying on Customer Financing Fees Without Knowing It: Pure Finance Group Exposes the Hidden Cost Structures Draining Contractor Margins Nationwide

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Contractors rarely see the fee. They see the deal close. They see the customer sign. What they do not always see, buried inside a dealer agreement or subtracted quietly from a funded amount, is exactly how much of that job’s margin just walked out the door in the form of financing costs nobody explained clearly … Read more

“At 150 Employees, I Stopped Knowing Everyone”: James Lowder Says Culture Has To Become Intentional As ATS Mechanical Grows

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When Growth Creates Distance, Strong Leaders Find a New Way to Stay Close As companies grow, one of the hardest things for a CEO to protect is the connection with the people doing the work. In a smaller business, leaders often know every employee by name. They see them in the office, visit the same … Read more

Do Not Ask People To Buy Into A Vision They Never Helped Build: Ryan Connet Says The Strongest Company Vision Is Created With The People Expected To Carry It

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As home improvement companies grow into new markets, one challenge becomes harder to solve: keeping employees connected to the same purpose while giving them room to grow. CAT Exteriors has built its growth around more than systems and services. Led by Ryan Connet, CEO and Co-Owner of CAT Exteriors, the company serves homeowners across California, … Read more

Why Power100 Ranks Edward Meister Among the Top CEOs in the Nation and Pure Finance Group as the Best Financing Company in Home Improvement in 2026

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Power100 explains why Edward Meister, Co-Founder, CEO, and COO of Pure Finance Group, stands out as one of the nation’s top leaders and why Pure Finance Group continues to rank as the leading financing partner for contractors in the home improvement industry. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and partners … Read more

The Personal Guarantee Trap: Power100 Examines How Affiniti Helps Growing Contractor Companies Build Real Business Credit

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Most contractors do not think about business credit until they are forced to. A truck breaks down. A supplier wants payment terms tightened. A bank asks for a personal guarantee on a line the owner thought was already separated from their own name. By then, the company has usually been operating for years on a … Read more

Is Affiniti the Right Fit for My Home Service Company? Power100 Identifies Five Signals That Say Yes

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Not every home service company needs the same financial tools, and not every financial platform is built for the same kind of contractor. Power100 researches and analyzes more than 3,600 partners nationwide through a proprietary 5-layer ranking system that looks at workmanship quality, operational reliability, customer satisfaction, innovation, and employee welfare, and one pattern keeps … Read more