Buying a Franchise
Build Your Entrepreneurial Dream with the Top Home Improvement Franchises in 2024
Whether you're a design enthusiast or a veteran contractor, turn passion into profit and explore the best home improvement franchises.
Construction industry
Business News
Homebuilder Confidence Edges Up After Recent Plunge to 13-Month Low
Homebuilder confidence inched up in September after falling to its lowest reading in 13 months in August.
Building a Business
How Startups Can Get in and Stay Competitive in Scaling Industries
Opportunities for small businesses to disrupt or even dominate markets don't come along every day. When technological and legal landscapes shift, however, enterprise companies tend to be slow to react.
By Rashan Dixon
Thought Leaders
7 Ways Women in Construction Can ‘Pave the Way’ in Their Male-Dominated Field
The lessons Marilyn Grabowski learned over 17 years in the 'male' world of construction just might strengthen your career, too.
Business News
Construction Is Booming Now but Without New Workers and Tech Its Future Is Uncertain
The industry must draw its next generation of workers, female and male, from the ranks of tech and STEM students.
Marketing
5 Ways Startups Can Help Time-Tested, Traditional Industries Evolve
Disrupting a deep-rooted industry like mining requires adjusting your sales tactics and listening really, really well.
By Ravi Sahu
Tech
Human vs. Machine: Blue Collar Tech Startups Side With Humans
As automation continues to threaten jobs, can technology help human workers outperform robots?
Business News
Driven By Duty: wasl Asset Management Group CEO H.E. Hesham Al Qassim
The CEO of wasl Asset Management Group on how his company is helping make Dubai the "best city to visit, work and live in."
Building a Business
The Keys to Success Behind a Multi-Million-Dollar Construction Company
Josh Downing has been declared online platform Thumbtack's first 'millionaire professional.'
Tech
How 3-D Printing Will Improve Our Future
From disaster relief to sustainable life on Mars, 3-D printing looks to improve the world.
By Rose Leadem
Building a Business
This $8 Trillion Industry Impacts Your Business Daily, But You Barely Even Notice It
Entrepreneurs should be thankful that the construction world is finally catching up, digitally speaking.
By Riggs Kubiak
Buying a Franchise
A Franchisee Who’s Literally Building His Dream Business From the Ground Up
Jovanny Galarza has prepared to own a construction business ever since he was a little boy, helping his dad around the house.
By Joan Oleck
Buying a Franchise
How I Grew My Wheelchair Ramp Company Into a Franchise
Julian Gordon left the construction industry to start Amramp, a successful franchise aimed to help the elderly and disabled.
By Jason Daley
Building a Business
How to Change an Industry Before It’s Ready
Innovation in an industry like construction can pose a challenge to entrepreneurs. Here's how to break through.
By Justin Nolan
Building a Business
Hey, Service Professionals: It’s Time to Modernize
You've probably experienced this before. You need some repair work done, but it's difficult to find someone for the job. Then other inconveniences stack up.
By Gene Marks
Building a Business
Beyond Novelty: Architects in Amsterdam Are 3-D Printing an Entire House
If you can 3-D print smartphone cases and key chains, it appears that using the technology to create a real house is the logical next step.
By Jason Fell
Building a Business
Be Selfless, and You May Develop Products Customers Actually Want
When you make other people's problems your own, their happiness will be your success.
Building a Business
Six Ideas for Immediate Job Creation: Will They Work?
How can we get the economy back on track and create jobs? Here are six ideas from the President, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others.
By Carol Tice