Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and home systems services
Homeowners rarely discover an attic problem in isolation. A musty smell upstairs, a spike in the utility bill, a scratching sound at night, a damp crawl space. Each symptom tends to get treated by a different specialist, on a different service call, with a different invoice. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the … Read more
Why Customer Pain, Not Comfort, Builds Better Financial Tools For Contractors Most contractors do not struggle because they lack skill in the field. They know how to serve homeowners, lead crews, solve problems, and deliver work that earns trust. The silent drag on an otherwise strong company often lives in the back office: card transactions … Read more
Growth Means More When Employees Can See a Future for Themselves Growing companies often celebrate bigger revenue, more customers, new locations, and larger teams. But employees may look at growth through a very different lens. They want to know what that growth will mean for their own future. Will there be room to move up? … Read more
Strong Growth Can Still Feel Weak to The Customer Home improvement companies often measure growth by more leads, more appointments, more sales, stronger technology, and expansion into new markets. Those numbers matter. But homeowners see the business in a much simpler way. They notice how fast someone responds. They notice whether the company follows up. … Read more
A homeowner sitting at the kitchen table during a sales presentation is not weighing price alone. They are weighing risk, timing, trust, and whether saying yes today feels safer than saying no and thinking it over. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry using … Read more
Every January, the same scene repeats itself inside contractor offices nationwide. Shoeboxes get dumped on desks. Bank statements get printed and highlighted. Someone spends a weekend trying to remember what a $340 charge at a hardware store was actually for, back in March. It is not a bookkeeping problem so much as a documentation problem, … Read more
Growing home improvement companies are adding more technology than ever. Marketing may use one platform. Sales may use another. The call center may have its own system. AI tools may sit somewhere else. Each tool can collect useful information, but more technology does not always create more clarity. During a PowerChat with Greg Cummings, CEO … Read more
Staying Far Away from Insurance Can Leave a Growing Contractor Network Harder to Control Large home improvement companies often face the same problem as they grow. They may depend on dozens or even hundreds of subcontractors and 1099 workers, but every contractor can arrive with a different insurance agent, a different policy, and a different … Read more
A used car dealer in San Antonio named Luis found out the hard way what a two-day bank delay actually costs. He had his eye on a lot of inventory at auction, the kind of lot that turns fast and moves margin, and by the time his bank released the funds he needed, someone else … Read more
Ask most home improvement business owners where financing sits on their org chart, and the honest answer is usually somewhere near bookkeeping. It gets handed to whoever processes paperwork fastest, reviewed once a quarter, and rarely discussed in the same meeting as marketing spend or sales training. Edward Meister, CEO and Co-Founder of Pure Finance … Read more
