Solid Business Foundation - Getting real about being a Contractor - Potential in all of us - Discovering negative and destructive habits - Where to get the answers

Getting Legal - Positives and negatives of sole ownership - You can make a partnership work - Why incorporate - What's in a name

Getting Organized - The business plan "fail to plan, plan to fail" - forms, contracts, proposals, and bids

Estimating - Accuracy in estimating

Contracts and Proposals - AIA, cost plus, lump sum - What's best for you - how to use the proposal

Financing - How to get yourself and your clients financed

Scheduling - choosing a system - CPM made easy - impress your customers with scheduling and organizational skills

Getting New Business - Work doesn't start without a sale - Closing the sale and keeping it sold

Dealing With Clients - Clients have strange attitudes - How to maintain a consistent lasting relationship

Getting Paid - Discovering how not to get paid - avoiding liens, and no one wins - Successful collection without Guiso

Managing Cash Flow - Establishing credit - Collect progress payments

Marketing - No cost / low cost marketing - The most important ingredient

Insurance and Bonding - How much do I need - What do I do - How can I save money

Safety and OSHA - Reporting requirements - company policies that can save your business

Labor and Tax Laws - FLSA - Workers comp - Employment security - Required filings - Stay out of trouble with the IRS

Licensing Requirements - Getting legal and staying out of trouble with CID