Floodproof on a Floodplain
An impressive addition to the IDEA Home series, the NEWLOOK Experience Home is a master class in engineering and creative design, with builder Michael Freiburger out-thinking an exceptionally tricky lot
Custom Builder
3 Questions Answered About Reliable Energy in Home Construction
Energy expert Bryan Cordill makes a case for why and how propane is an answer to growing concerns about reliability and resilience in home construction
Business
PERC Highlights Sustainability and Efficiency at IBS with 'Clean Build Conversations'
Hear from industry standouts Matt Blashaw and Anthony Carrino at this hour-long Show Village event
Custom Builder
Telling a Story That Preserves the Past
Custom builder and historic restoration and preservation expert Brent Hull walks us through the careful details of his Pennsylvania Farmhouse project
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Leadership
Communicate your vision like Amazon.com's CEO
Wanted: Woman who could get me out of a third world prison. This is how Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com, articulated what he was looking…
Leadership
5 keys to being a good salesman by Jerry Jones
In 2008 the Dallas Cowboys were the featured team on HBO’s Hard Knocks. Hard Knocks is the reality documentary series that takes you behind the…
Leadership
4 tips for the coming labor crunch
A CNN Money article this week elaborated on what many construction firms already know: good labor is now hard to find. Some find this news…
Leadership
How to use information to become indispensable
This thing will change your life. It may appear to be another timemarking commodity. It’s not. This clock not only…
Leadership
Socialize this
There’s a new business buzzword spreading like Strep Throat. I’m betting it’s still in the early adoption phase, but these viral epidemics (pandemics…
Leadership
Visualizing your future
This pottery is the future. OK, not the pottery itself. What the pottery represents… is the future. Our future. …
Leadership
Gordon Gekko and the information imperative.
Yesterday we revisited the information-gathering tactics of The Master of the Senate - Lyndon B. Johnson. But when it…
Business
What LBJ can teach you about the most valuable commodity.
Early in Lyndon Johnson’s senate career, he lobbied for the title of Senate Majority Whip. The more seasoned senators chuckled. Senate…
Leadership
Do you have Cool Hand Luke Syndrome?
Why has high school Spanish failed so many students? Let’s face it - foreign language failure is acceptable in America today. Yes, I know it’s a…
Marketing & Sales
Great home plans: check out this 2,500-square-foot head turner
Today we have a ranch (or if you are on the East Coast, a rambler) to review. It is a Lean Design with a ton of amenities, and it is a beauty. I’m…