Launching your construction business

What this course covers

Plenty of people who are excellent at the work fail at the business, and it is almost always cash flow rather than craft. This course covers what it takes to start: licensing and insurance, pricing that leaves you a margin, managing the gap between paying your crew and getting paid, and the first hire.

8 modules · 1h 40m

1Deciding whether you are readyAn honest look at savings, skills, customers, and risk tolerance before you quit.5m
2Licensing, insurance, and entity setupContractor licensing, general liability, workers' comp, and LLC versus S-corp in plain terms.11m
3Pricing work so you actually make moneyCosting a job, setting a markup, and why charging what the last guy charged is a trap.11m

Who takes this

Tradespeople who can already do the work and want to run it
Field leads stepping into a foreman or superintendent seat
People coming into construction from another industry, or starting over
Students and families looking at a career that does not need a four-year degree
Crews being trained by their employer on a team plan

Aaron Gaddy holding a rolled set of drawings under his arm on a jobsite in late afternoon light.

Taught by Aaron Gaddy

30+ years in commercial construction. Every module here comes out of jobs he actually ran — the drawings, the mistakes, and what they cost.

Launching your construction business

What this course covers

8 modules · 1h 40m

Who takes this

Before you start

How long will this take me?

Do I need to take other courses first?

What do I get at the end?

Is this really free?