re: Business start up ideas

Sure. I’d be happy to. What kind of construction? They’re all different with different relationships and sales channels. What is your experience level and why do you want to do your own thing?

You have to be honest with yourself on your personality type and how that will translate. I’m a much better owner and salesperson than I was a project manager that had to live in the day to day of a project for long periods of time. I’m not good at living in the details and seeing a project thru from start to completion. I get very bored quickly so I need people around me that can carry it thru successfully. I am good at sales, vision, networking, construction problem solving, creative thinking, etc. Being a superintendent and a project manager/estimator in the past gave me great experience that I still pull from all the time. We actually give all potential new hires 2 personality tests to understand their make-up. This is for office/salaried personnel. It’s pretty amazing how you can hone in on certain personality types to know how to deal with them and to predict their potential success in specific roles.