Three Steps to Starting a Successful Construction Business [Video]

Ballmann Earthworks owner/operator Jon Ballmann started his St. Louis, Missouri-area business in his 20s, and his rise to success was paved with great ideas that were also well-executed. Ballmann goes beyond the obvious and shares the details of how he built out a business that:

Tip 1: Be Full of Manure

Ballmann started small with his company and quickly learned to put customer needs first.

“We did a lot of yard jobs just being with a skid loader. And I had a small single axle dump truck, you know, hauling dirt in and grading some yards. We had one instance where we graded this yard one time, and it looked great. The grass came up, but (the customer) had dogs, and he turned his dogs loose on a brand-new lawn immediately. The dogs ruined to the yard,” he recalls

Sometimes putting the customer first requires some uncomfortable honesty, as in the case of the customer with …