A voice recording does not weigh anything. It does not take up a shelf, or a closet, or a storage unit. But for a family standing at the edge of losing someone, a recorded voice, telling its own story in its own words, can outlast almost everything else they own. That idea sits at the … Read more
Most families do not know what to expect when a cremation provider offers to come to their home. That uncertainty, more than the subject matter itself, is often what keeps a family from calling anyone at all. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement and … Read more
Military Appreciation Night Put a Different Kind of Service in The Spotlight Across home improvement and other service-driven industries, leaders often talk about giving back, helping people, and making a difference. The harder part is turning those words into action. Looking back at the 2025 National Western Stock Show Rodeo in Denver, Colorado, Greg Cummings … Read more
Purpose Should Not Have to Wait for the Perfect Business Moment Home improvement leaders know how easy it is to keep moving the finish line. One month needs better revenue. The next needs stronger margins. Then there is a lead problem, a hiring need, or another part of the business that needs attention. In that … Read more
When The Market Changes Fast, The Best Leaders See It Before It Becomes a Crisis Home improvement companies can go from steady to stretched very fast. A vendor can slow down. Customer needs can shift. Staff capacity can change. New technology can change how homeowners want to buy. A process that worked well for years … Read more
More Than a Rodeo, A Colorado Tradition Built to Bring People Together Growth can create a hard choice for home improvement companies. As a business gets bigger, it can become easier to focus on new markets, new sales, and the next goal while losing touch with the community that helped it grow. Looking back at … Read more
Amit Prakash has spent two decades building technology in a stretch of Northern California where the line between ambition and infrastructure has always been thin. He co-founded ThoughtSpot and helped scale it into a multi-billion-dollar analytics company over twelve years. Before that, he led machine learning and analytics engineering teams at Google and worked as … Read more
Oregon has one of the highest cremation rates in the country, and that number keeps climbing. Families across the state are choosing cremation not because it is simpler on paper, but because it reflects how they actually want to be remembered: without excess, without pressure, and without a bill that outlives the grief. That shift … Read more
A voice fades faster than most families expect. The way a grandmother laughed before she told a story, the exact cadence a father used when he explained how he met his wife, these details rarely survive more than a generation unless someone deliberately captures them. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best … Read more
Somewhere between the phone call and the signature, most families hit a wall of paper they did not expect. A cremation agreement is not a document anyone practices reading. It shows up during a hard week, or worse, it shows up years in advance when a parent decides to spare their children the burden later, … Read more
