I am new to this group, I am a Master Electrician in Colorado, and just got my Contractors license, and started my own company. my last company basically fired me for getting my masters license so I said what the heck, why work for someone else? I started Iron Mose Electric the day I got fired. named after my black Labrador Mose. I have a lot of experience in being a foreman on commercial jobs but no experience in business, so here I am starting the 2nd apprenticeship nobody tells you about. I've spent the last three weeks setting up the company, creating the brand, the website, and applying with general contractors and construction companies to be an approved electrician to take some bids. its pretty quiet here in my home office as I've had one lead and is now my total finances for the future, $1600. I've got enough in personal savings for the next year of bills, and luckily my wife is still working, but slow start is the name of the game. I am probably going to have to start with small resi service jobs till cash flow grows unless I take a SBA loan to bid on some smaller commercial jobs. anybody here ever use PlanHub? thinking of getting but has a big upfront cost. any advice / encouragement y'all want to share will be much appreciated.

Hey everyone, you might notice some visual changes to the group today. I’m officially rebranding the page to Built for Profit and expanding our focus. Up until now, this group has been heavily geared toward electrical. But the truth is, whether you run mechanical, plumbing, framing, finishes, or electrical, the rules of commercial contracting are exactly the same: accurate bids, tight cash flow, and solid project management. We are opening the doors to ALL commercial subcontractors. As part of this expansion, I am simplifying how this community operates. I want this to be the single most valuable hub on the internet for commercial subs to master their numbers and scale. Moving forward, all community access, estimating templates, business SOPs, and project management resources are completely free. No paywalled courses or tiered group memberships. I am giving you the playbook to build a highly profitable business. If you use these resources to scale and eventually want direct, private execution to fix your specific bottlenecks, I take on a small roster for 1-on-1 private coaching. That will be the only paid item offered here. Everything else in the Classroom and the community feed is yours to use. If you are here to build a real business, get off the tools, and master your numbers, you are in the right place. Look out for new resources dropping in the Classroom tab soon. Let's get to work.

How is everyone doing? I want to hear what is up with everyone! I've had my head down trying to crawl out of the hole 2026 has put us in. It's been rough, but we look like we will be out of it by early next year! What's new with you?

How is everyone doing? Give us an update on your business as we approach the end of summer! I'll go first - 2026 was a difficult year for us. We were EXTREMELY slow for most of the year. Finances took a huge hit and it's very tight right now. We shifted our bidding focus around a little bit this summer and finally we were able to start landing jobs again. We have $1.1million lined up thru April! A huge restaurant, a job for the military, a large office space remodel, and some commercial shell buildings. I just posted a new Youtube Video where I talk for 45 minutes straight about what is involved in Commercial Electrical Contracting. Check it out if you're interested. https://youtu.be/eU9Ecpj7jUg

Hey all! I'm in the beginning stages of planning my company. I want to start it on the side while I continue to work for my current employer. One thing I'm trying to figure out is what kind of software everyone's using. So for all your systems, what's everyone running? For estimating, project management, invoicing, bookkeeping, accounting etc? Also include if your focus is more on commercial, residential, industrial. I want to focus on commercial but may do residential in between projects Thanks in advance!