For our 2019 inPAINT Survey, we asked participants what product, service, tool or app they would like someone to create. While a few tight-lipped inventors chose to keep their gems a secret for now, many did share ideas, which are a mix of practical, inspired and obvious. Manufacturers take note! Here is…

Sales financing is nothing new. Furniture stores, car dealerships, home appliance merchants and other retailers have been using financing for years to help close deals and, in many cases, increase the size of a purchase. Over the past few years, a number of finance companies have begun offering financing options to service…

Most business owners recognize that the onboarding stage is an important part of the hiring process, but many still underestimate how important it is to do it right. FIRST IMPRESSIONS MATTER A recent survey conducted by the Harvard Business Review found that helping new hires make connections within the organization early on…

A: When I started our business in 2001, I began with both power washing and painting. I thought it made sense to be full-service in the offering. But because of where I’m located, painting is our year-round service, while the power washing is really only an option seven to nine months of…

  1 What drove you to become an ‘elite’ painter versus a ‘commodity’ painter? Painting is a commodity industry. Anyone can pick up the phone and find one of three types of guys: the cheap guy who’s always busy, the middle commodity guy who’s not so busy, or the ‘elite’ guy who…