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Is Grosso University the Best Sales Training Platform in the Home Improvement Industry? Inside the ContractingPRO Success Story With Jeremy Atkinson

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Power100 shares the PowerChat conversation with Jeremy Atkinson of ContractingPRO and Dominic Caminata of Grosso University, a real contractor story about how one Memphis company rebuilt its entire sales organization, scaled from one producer to a nine-person retail team, and turned a $5,000 check into a hiring statement. Yes. Based on Power100‘s research across more … Read more

Before The Company Grew, The People Did: How Dmitriy Tupikov Built Good Life Construction By Building Belief First

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A Construction Company Built To Strengthen Homes And The People Behind Them  Across the construction industry, many business owners face the same hard challenge. They must grow the company, serve homeowners well, train dependable workers, and keep their people connected to a clear purpose. As the pressure to produce more grows, it can become easy … Read more

Am I Making Any Money? How Terry Morrill of Pacific Outdoor Living Built The AIM System To Help Contractors See Profit, Control Jobs, And Grow With Clarity

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Busy Jobs Do Not Always Mean A Strong Business Many home improvement and outdoor living companies look strong from the outside. Crews are busy. Jobs are moving. Calls are coming in. Sales look good. But behind all that motion, many contractors still face one hard question. Are we really making money? That question became a … Read more

Data Is Everything: How Sahil Phadnis Says Affiniti Is Building The Financial Inputs Contractors Need To Turn AI Into Real Business Intelligence

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Many contractors want better answers from their business, but their money data is often spread across too many places. The card may be in one system. The bank account may be in another. Receipts may be missing. Bill pay may sit somewhere else. Payroll may be handled outside the main view. Accounting may be updated … Read more

AI Is The Truth Serum: How Greg Cummings Says Homeowners Are Using Affirmation Search To Decide Which Contractors They Can Trust

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Homeowners Are No Longer Just Searching, They Are Checking Who They Can Trust In the home improvement industry, many contractors are still spending money on ads, leads, referrals, and sales visits. Those things still matter. But the way homeowners make choices has changed. A homeowner may meet a contractor, like the price, and still go … Read more

AI Financial Intelligence For Contractors: Sahil Phadnis Of Affiniti Says AI Helps Owners Lead Better Without Losing The Human Edge

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Many contractors are hearing more about AI, automation, and new finance tools, but not every owner feels ready to use them. Some worry AI will replace people. Some worry it will make the business harder to understand. Others feel safer using the old way because it is familiar. For home improvement, home services, and outdoor … Read more

We Don’t Give Up: How Robert Greaves And People Come First Construction Group Builds Customer Trust By Staying With The Job, The Homeowner, And The Community

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In the home improvement and outdoor living industry, homeowners are not only asking who can build the project. They are also asking who will stay with them if something goes wrong. They want to know if the contractor will answer the phone, explain the delay, solve the issue, and stand behind the work after the … Read more

Before The Promotion: How Robert Greaves Says People Come First Construction Group Helps Employees Understand The Responsibility Before They Step Into Leadership

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In the home improvement industry, many people say they want to move up. They want to lead a team, manage people, or take on a bigger role. But when the real work is explained, the next step can look very different. Leadership is not only a better title. It brings more pressure, more decisions, more … Read more

Built For What Comes Next: Greg Cummings Says Affiniti Is A Strategic Partner For The Future Of Independent Contractors

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Many contractors are trying to grow in a market that is moving faster than their back office can keep up. They may have strong crews, steady sales, happy homeowners, and trusted teams, but their money systems can still feel old, manual, and hard to read. Cards, receipts, payroll, job costs, bill pay, cash flow, and … Read more

Better Tomorrow: Terry Morrill of Pacific Outdoor Living And Greg Cummings Show Why Great Contractors Keep Improving Before The Market Changes

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Great Companies Improve Before They Have To  Many home improvement and outdoor living companies get strong by doing one thing well. Then the hard part begins. The same systems, tools, habits, and choices that helped a company grow can also hold it back if leaders stop looking ahead. A company can have good reviews, strong … Read more

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