Contractor Classes for 2019

This year GCE is planning to hold educational training classes for our customers and other contractors at our Norcross, GA location. Here is the tentative list of classes. Dates TBA. Jan – Making a Business Plan, Budgeting and Pricing.                   Scheduled for Friday Jan 18th Feb – Pressure…

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Cash Flow Tips for your Small Business

Cash flow is a big part of any business. If your customers are not paying you in a timely manner then you will have a hard time paying your vendors for the supplies you need to do business, to support the infrastructure to run your day-to-day operations, and enough left to support you and your…

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So You Are Getting a Tax Refund, Now What?

If you are like most people when you get a tax refund you want to go treat yourself with these newfound gains; go on vacation, eat out, buy new clothes or toys, etc. But you need to treat them like what they really are, delayed income. Hopefully, you don’t blow each paycheck on just fun…

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How To Reach Your Goals

Many people start a new year with resolutions. Things they want to accomplish either just for themselves or for their business, some big some small. But we all know that a majority of these promises by this time of the year are already starting to slip. Here are ways to be able to set a…

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National Business Plan Month is here again

It is that time of year again, the last month of the last quarter, and time to start thinking ahead to the new year. And as it so happens December is also National Business Plan Month. Here is a refresher on this for 2018. Business Plans for Small Businesses Every small business should have a…

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Plan Now For Your Business’s Future After You Are Gone

Although when you first start a business this may be the furthest thing from your mind, but what would happen if you suddenly died? Or even if you were injured and you were no longer able to work your business? What would happen to your family and their source of income? Who would step in…

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End of Year Checklist Revisited

I thought I would revisit a post I first did back in 2008, in 2015, and will do again this year, 2023. Hard to believe I have been posting like this for 15 years! With the year winding down, there are things to do before the end of this year to get ready for next…

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December is National Business Plan Month

It is that time of year again, the last month of the last quarter, and time to start thinking ahead to the new year. And as it so happens December is also National Business Plan Month. Well, I wrote a blog post on this back in 2013 and just reposted that one last year but…

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Time Management Tips for Business Productivity

If you are lucky enough to have reached the point where you can have a crew or two working for you handling the actual work of your business, congratulations. But now, how do you use this newfound freedom of not working daily out in the field on a job site to improve and grow your…

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How to take a look back on this years business.

I wrote this blog post four years ago but I thought I should bring it out again with a little up dating as well. Here are ways to look back at the end of the year and set up to do in the new year to focus on the positive and hopefully change any negatives…

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