The Financial Setup Every Contractor Needs Before Hiring (Part 1)

What's in this episode

The moment you hire your first project manager, you lose control of your money — unless you've built the systems to track it first. In part 1 of this two-part series, Clark and James break down the financial foundation every contractor needs before bringing on help. Because the truth is, your employees see money completely differently than you do — and if you can't track your own dollars now, you'll never be able to hold someone else accountable to them. They cover: Why your project managers treat money as a tool, not as profit out of your pocket How hiring exposes every financial leak you've been ignoring The real cost of "I'll just eat it" once you're running three crews How profit-based raises get your employees bought into your numbers The 3 steps to get hire-ready: connect QuickBooks, categorize weekly, lock in work orders Why tying every material purchase to a job is the key to real job costing How sub agreements and work orders stop cash from leaking out of every job The patterns you'll start spotting once your numbers are actually visible If you've ever finished a job 8% below where you started and couldn't say exactly where it went, this is the episode that fixes it. Part