By Ron Coleman Construction-type businesses have the highest failure rate followed by restaurants. Contractors that rely on restaurants might want to start diversifying their clientele. The…
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By Ron Coleman I recently helped one of my Ontario-based HVAC clients sell their business. The company was making $1 million per year, and the owner…
By Glenn Mellors Oftentimes, HVAC contractors tend to be their own worst enemy when it comes to offering indoor air products to customers. It has been…
By Ron Coleman When exiting your business, there are several choices that can be made — sell the business to a third party, sell to employees…
Waterloo, ON — Viessmann Climate Solutions is expected to be acquired by Carrier within the next six to eight months. The announcement was leaked on April…
By Ron Coleman The mechanical trades are primarily an industry of owners/managers and most of them have a trade background. Oftentimes, the focus ends up being…
By Ron Coleman One of the reasons owning a business can be so stressful is that it can be a lonely endeavour. It’s not always easy…
By Ron Coleman Interest rates have skyrocketed in recent months. Not only that, but the forecast for 2023 showcases further increases. The good news is that…
By Glenn Mellors If you are old enough to remember playing in the streets till the streetlights came on, then you must remember playing red light–green…
By Glenn Mellors Making new “past” customers sounds a bit like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? No different than saying you want to grow your business but…