STARTING & GROWING GUIDES
Starting a trade business and growing it: licenses, business structure, franchise or from scratch, a second truck, and a second location.
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Opening a second location: the move that doubles your headaches before it doubles your money
A second shop sounds like growth. Sometimes it is. How to tell whether you need a second location or just another truck, what it really costs, and how to open one without neglecting the first.
Should you buy a franchise or start from scratch?
A franchise hands you a playbook and a name people know, and takes a cut of your revenue for as long as you're in. The real trade-off, and who each path actually fits.
LLC, S-corp, or sole proprietor: when to actually incorporate
Sole proprietor, LLC, or S-corp? What the LLC wall really protects, why the S-corp is a tax election and not a business type, and the signals it's finally time to make the jump.
Licenses and permits: what you need before your first job
A license, a permit, and a business registration are three different things, and skipping any one is how new owners get burned. What to line up before your first paying job.
How to start a trade business: the first 90 days
The first three months set the tone. Where to spend your energy when everything feels urgent: legal, insurance, pricing, getting paid, and the systems that keep you from drowning when the work picks up.
When to buy your second truck, and the part of the cost nobody warns you about
The truck payment is the smallest line on the list. The second tech, the second set of inventory, and the leads to keep the seat full are what'll break you. The honest math, and when it actually pays.
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