Insights
Perspectives from the practice. Written by practitioners, not content teams.
The One Person Your Practice Cannot Replace
Half your referrals come from two doctors near retirement. A new hire cannot bill for 3 months. Neither risk shows up on the P&L, and both can quietly decide the year.
Diligence Is Looking for One Number
First-time acquirers run diligence like a home inspection: confirm everything is fine, tick the boxes, close. That mindset is expensive. Diligence exists to find the one thing that is not fine and price it.
The Cash Sitting on Your Shelves
Inventory is not an asset until it sells. Until then it is cash you decided to store, and a lot of businesses are storing far more than they realize.
Not All Revenue Is Worth Chasing, and Your Growth Plan Should Say So
Most growth plans treat every new customer as a win. The economics of your own customer base say otherwise. The question is not how to grow, but which part of the book to grow.
The Note Doesn't Care How Many Hours You Ran
Dealer financing is sold on the monthly payment and the tax write-off. Neither one tells you whether the machine earns its keep. Utilization does, and it's the number the sales sheet leaves off.
Caregiver Turnover Is a Line on Your P&L
Median caregiver turnover ran 75 percent in 2024, and roughly 80 percent of the people who quit leave inside their first 100 days. That is not an HR statistic. It is a cost you are paying and probably not counting.
You're Selling Two Businesses as One
A landscaping owner sees one company with one bottom line. A buyer sees a recurring maintenance book worth a premium and installation work worth a low multiple, and prices them apart. The gap is real money.
Run the Claims Process Like It Earns Money
The revenue cycle is treated as plumbing, noticed only when it fails. A profit center is something you measure, staff, and defend on purpose. The claims process is the second thing dressed as the first.
The Callback Is a Second Job You Work for Free
A callback never shows up as a line item that scares you. It hides as a truck roll you didn't invoice, a warranty hour you already paid, and a margin that quietly came in lower than the job was priced to earn.
You Buy Each Customer Once, So the Roof Has to Sell the Next One
A roof you install today won't be replaced for a generation. You paid full price to acquire a customer you'll never sell again, which means the job itself has to do your marketing for years.
Where the Next Dollar Goes
Most owners allocate capital by mood. A strong quarter buys equipment, a nervous one pays down the line. Strung together over 10 years, that is not a strategy. It is a series of reactions that happened to spend all the money.
You Pay for Scrap Twice
Once when you buy the raw material that becomes it, again when you pay to haul it away. In between it soaked up labor, machine time, and energy that produced nothing you can sell.
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