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Home » Authors » Les Cunningham

Articles by Les Cunningham

What Do You Want to Run? A Business or Jobs?

Les Cunningham
April 6, 2015
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I’ve found that there are three basic functions that need to be regularly and continuously accomplished to be able to run a business.


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SOS: Systemize, Organize, Standardize

Les Cunningham
March 2, 2015
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How do you get paid on large loss projects? That’s the million dollar question and it’s a very difficult subject to discuss in a very small space.


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Accounts Receivable: How Much is too Much?

Les Cunningham
February 5, 2015
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Well it’s about that time of year - you’ve been busy, but the busier you’ve gotten, the tighter your money has gotten.


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Employee Bonuses: Give or not Give? How Much is too Much?

Les Cunningham
January 6, 2015
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Bonuses are one of the responsibilities that many business owners learn to really dislike, and the reason for the dislike is that setting correct and fair metrics are very difficult to do.


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Help Us So We Can Help You

Les Cunningham
December 5, 2014
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This month I’ve taken different direction from what I normally write about. As you know, I try to discuss, explain and help small businesses in this industry move in a positive, forward and profitable direction.


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TPA’s: To Work (Or Not Work) With Them?

Les Cunningham
November 3, 2014
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Looking back on the industry, the first TPA started about 20 years ago with USAA.


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3 Important Reasons to Budget for 2015

Why should you be preparing an annual budget for next year while you are still in this year?
Les Cunningham
October 1, 2014
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The first reason is because a lot of you did not do a budget for this year and maybe not for all of the previous years that you have ever been in business!


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Is Poor Communication Costing Your Company?

Les Cunningham
September 2, 2014
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Poor communication cost my average client nearly $236,000 in 2013, thanks to a common discussion between an estimator and a project manager.


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Is Your Company Coming in On-Time and On-Budget?

Les Cunningham
August 6, 2014
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Whether one functions as an owner, estimator, secretary, bookkeeper, accounts receivable person or field technician within the company, each individual needs to know the individual part of the budget that they are each being held responsible for.


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Is Now the Right Time to Grow Your Business?

Les Cunningham
June 30, 2014
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Ever wonder if it’s time to grow your business? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just wave a wand and it would get done? 


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