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Strategies to Increase Your Construction Business Revenue

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Profit goals, based on growing the business as well as paying owners, management, and personnel. Use good years to buffer lean years. A handy rule is to expect three lean years for every seven good years. Your baseline goals are simple: always make at least some profit, and aim for between 15-20 percent gross profit.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Small Business. SMALL BUSINESS. more in Small Business. If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. » More.