Release Date: 4/20/2026 Handshake Deals Gone Bad: Contractor Contracts Every Trade Business Needs Are handshake agreements putting your business at risk? In this episode of Trade Finance in Ten, we break down the basic contracts every HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and...
Release Date: 4/13/26 Hiring Mistakes to Avoid You're slammed. Booked out. Turning down work. So you hire a guy, hand him the truck keys, and figure you'll sort out the details later. Three weeks in, he quits. No payroll set up. No reimbursement for the parts and gas...
Release Date: 4/6/26 Two contractors. Same market. Same skills. One gets the call almost every time. The other keeps hearing, "I almost didn't call - I wasn't sure you were really a company." The difference isn't advertising. It's whether you look safe to hire before...
Release Date: 3/30/26 Most contractors pick their software the same way they picked their first truck - whatever worked at the time. Then, a few years later, they're stuck paying for something that doesn't fit, they can't get their customer list out of, or the team...
Release Date: 3/23/26 You're putting everything into this business. Your time, your money, your name.You're out there early, staying late, building something that's yours. But somewhere between chasing jobs and paying bills, insurance got pushed to "I'll figure it out...
Release Date: 03/16/26 You left the W-2 life to build something of your own. You're good at what you do. You're staying busy. But somewhere between quoting jobs and collecting payments, the back office got pushed to "later." Here's the thing. Later catches up. And...