by Ascent Consulting | May 5, 2016 | Articles, Marketing, Sales, Industry expert, Office, Finance, Clients, Valuation
Five Ways to Maximize Your Business Valuation Bizbuysell.com, the largest business-for-sale marketplace, recently released its Annual Insight Report which showed that 7,240 businesses sold in 2015. With an average sale price of $200,000, which was 89% of the original...
by Ascent Consulting | Sep 9, 2015 | Articles, Goals, Management, Office
Why and what KPI’s should we be tracking? (Part 1) Many years ago, before I came on board to work for a large contracting company, one of the questions I asked the owner (and who would become my boss) was “What KPI’s are you tracking and how are you...
by Ascent Consulting | Aug 20, 2015 | Articles, Marketing, Sales, Success, Business Development, Office, Marketshare
10 questions: How do I differentiate my business? Looking at some of the most successful businesses today, you will see a common trait that they all possess – the differentiating factors that position them as the the market leaders in their industry. Being different...
by Ascent Consulting | May 7, 2015 | Articles, Project Management, Purchasing, Cost Control, Office, Cost Saving, Budgeting
Partnering With Local Suppliers (As seen in Insights magazine, April 2015) In the world of electrical contracting, we rely heavily on our suppliers and vendors to support us, but we typically don’t take the time to support them; to help them to help us be successful....
by Ascent Consulting | Mar 29, 2015 | Articles, Contracts, Management, Project Management, Office, Field, Budget, Change Order
Change Orders Change orders are an integral part of every construction project. No amount of design, engineering, planning or scheduling can completely eliminate the potential for construction changes with cost impacts to the contractor. Something will always come up...
