The president of Catchlight Painting and a member of the PDCA’s Board of Directors, Costolloe has honed his acumen for more than 20 years, managing two paint companies on both coasts in the process. DIFFERENTIATION MATTERS When Costolloe started his first company, Natural House Painting, in Berkeley, CA in the late ’80s,…
MoreYour next painting job might come from anywhere, and networking could be the key. Many painting contractors have discovered that property-management companies can be a source of steady work. If you’ve been wondering how to build relationships with residential property managers, keep in mind there’s an art to getting onto a list…
MoreWhether you call them ‘boomers’ or the ‘silver tsunami,’ the growing number of adults 65 years of age or older represents one thing to contractors and remodelers: opportunity. WORK TO BE HAD According to Mark Hager, CEO of Booming Your Bottom Line, “In terms of scale of opportunity in their lifetime, business…
MoreUnlike so many others, I didn’t start painting houses in the summer, or to put myself through college. I started as an apprentice in 1972 and over the years I became a journeyman, a foreman, a superintendent, an estimator, and a project manager. I had done virtually everything there was to do….
MoreIf you’re like most project managers, you face a challenge that didn’t exist years ago—managing a multicultural crew. The landscape of construction staffing has changed significantly and many cultures now cross paths on painting projects. And like most project managers, you probably struggle to manage these diverse teams. Maybe the communication barrier…
MoreIndependent paint stores haven’t had it easy over the past five years. The cost of raw materials skyrocketed in 2010 and 2011, which in turn, led to increased product costs. Add to that the increased pressure and price competition from big-box home-improvement stores and it’s no surprise the number of stores dropped…
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