Welcome to THE BUILDER'S REAL-WORLD MBA

Builder-Resources.com
is a business advisory offering training and advice to
construction-related businesses.

Our resources help the Independent Builder

"GO FROM HANDS-ON TO HAND-OFF"

This site is specifically for the general contractor running a small (fewer than twenty core employees) home-building operation. It brings together 25+ continuing years of experience in the residential construction market and MBA training and instruction.

In the following pages you will find useful suggestions for business planning, marketing, managing and analyzing your construction business.


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The information is presented in the following categories --

  • Your Company - Business Structure, Administration, Operations, Management
  • Your Market - Business Intelligence, Marketing, Sales, Customer Management
  • Your Crew - Vendors, Subcontractors, Advisors
  • Your Project - Logistics, Purchasing,Construction
  • Your Finances - Accounting, Finance, Benchmarking, Ratio Analysis

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Thomas Dostal Developers

Topics range from business basics:

  • Bookkeeping for the Builder
  • What financial statements say about your business
  • Insurance and risk management
  • Flow-charting the construction process
  • and others

To MBA level discussions of:

  • Market intelligence for the Builder
  • Financial ratio analysis
  • Time value of money decision models
  • Psychographics
  • and many others


Each topic is presented from the builder's perspective in a real-world setting.

  • What it is.
  • What it means.
  • How to use it.

You are not here just for the joy of learning (though there will be that!!). You want to know how to apply each concept to make your business more successful.


This site is constantly being updated with new information.

Please bookmark it so you can return easily and get caught up on the new information. Topics will be added regularly, based on feedback from our subscriber community and on our own continuing experience with clients. So feel free to use the Contact Us page to suggest a topic you would like to have discussed, and be sure to check back often to see what's been added.