It takes a multitude of accounting functions to run a small business, from accounts receivable and accounts payable to managing credit card...
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How to Make Business Accounting So Easy a Non-Accountant Can Do It
Entries Tagged Productivity
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Business Ownership Stresses Give Contractor Lessons About Work/Life Balance
Six years ago, Marvel Sewer and Drain in suburban Minneapolis was a one-man operation, with owner Ben Smith wearing multiple business hats...
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What’s Sinking Your Employees’ Wellbeing?
The sinking of the Titanic stands as a tragic and haunting reminder of human fallibility. Surprisingly, the parallels between the Titanic disaster...
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GapVax Combo Unit’s Versatility Justifies Price Tag
Chris Podgurski can sum up in only three words why he ordered a custom-built, super-sized GapVax combo vacuum truck that he calls...
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Fight Imposter Syndrome
There’s an insidious virus infecting the American workplace and it doesn’t start with a C and end with 19.
It’s called imposter syndrome,...
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How to Build Resilience Instead of Chasing Zero Errors
Wildland firefighters. Air traffic controllers. Flight deck crews of Navy aircraft carriers. Operators of nuclear power plants and the national bulk electric...
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Livestreaming Plumbing Jobs Bolsters Company's Efficiency
Like so many plumbing and drain cleaning business owners today constrained by a tight labor market, Lindsay Goodson needs to make every...
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Quadex I-MARS Infrastructure Rehab System Helps Contractor Handle Complex Jobs
When Marra Services tackles complex, large-diameter sewer and manhole repair projects, it brings out the heavy artillery: a Quadex I-MARS Gen1 infrastructure...
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Product Spotlight - Lining system uses LED technology to speed up pipe repairs
Cured-in-place pipe lining is an effective tool, but the process can sometimes be time-consuming. Fortunately, HammerHead Trenchless has a solution to get...
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HammerHead Piercing Tools Produce Efficient Waterline Installs
As a former business coach and co-owner of Utah-based Valley Plumbing and Drain Cleaning, a company that racks up more than $10...
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Envirobot’s Viper Unit Cleans and Inspects Sewer Lines Simultaneously
Cleaning and inspecting a clogged sewer line simultaneously may sound as improbable as an old clay-pipe lateral with no offsets.
But it’s an...
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Hurricane Hydrovac Uses Acquisitions and Diversified Services to Spur Continued Growth
Every day, more than two dozen hydroexcavation and dry- and wet-vacuum trucks owned by Hurricane Hydrovac fan out across southern Ontario to...
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Features to Look For in Ergonomic Tools
Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series about ergonomic tool design. Read the first part, “The Many Benefits of Ergonomic...
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7 Steps for Promoting Employee Engagement
“They’re here, but they’re not here. My staff isn’t committed, and it’s obvious to me and to our customers. We’re in trouble.”
“To...
