Floor Academy - Helping flooring, tile and stone contractors own an asset
Floor Academy is a podcast hosted by Kyle Hedin that provides small business information and guidance to flooring, tile and stone contractors on how to build a successful and sustainable business. The podcast aims to help contractors move from owning a job to owning an asset, by providing insights and strategies related to management, entrepreneurship, and networking.
Floor Academy covers a range of topics related to flooring, tile and stone business management, including small business advertising, paid traffic, and organic traffic. The podcast also provides information on promotional marketing, LLC setup, simple small business management, and networking strategies.
The podcast aims to help carpet, tile, stone, hardwood, floating floor, and many more types of contractors develop a deep understanding of business management, including effective networking and entrepreneurship strategies, which are crucial to achieving long-term success in the flooring industry. By discussing various topics related to small business management, such as finance, operations, marketing, sales, human resources, branding, advertising, interviewing, taxes, company structures, and more the podcast provides valuable insights to help flooring, tile and stone contractors become successful business owners by answering the question how do i market my small business.
Floor Academy - Helping flooring, tile and stone contractors own an asset
You Need to Work Within Your Business Model - Mark Bischoff - Starnet Worldwide
We have all seen the jack of all trades guys, or the guy that offer carpet, hardwood, tile, sheet goods, etc. How about the guys and gals that are doing residential one week and commercial the next. Sure it can all be done but each thing is technically a different model and they all require knowing the ins and outs of each so that you can properly run your business as efficiently as possible. If they are being run as one in the same, it can lead to cash flow problems, scheduling issues, and more.
Mark Bischoff is the CEO of Starnet, a commercial flooring networking group for contractors and vendors. Through their program over 4 billion dollars in sales is done per year in labor and materials. Through his position, Mark has seen any number of business models in the flooring industry from union labor versus non union, subcontractor versus employee, and how commercial projects get run. He knows there are many ways to skin a cat but if you don’t know the rules of engagement, then the results will be sloppy.
Listen in to this week’s episodes of the Floor Academy podcast as Mark and I discuss what steps you need to take to define your business model, how you need to learn and manage your numbers and why going outside of your box isn’t always the best idea.
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