Business & Technology

We’ve all heard the horror stories of great businesses utterly collapsing because the founders were good friends and the relationship turned sour....

After years at rock bottom, interest rates are slowly creeping up.They’re still comfortably low — making your borrowing cheap and your savings...

Despite many pumpers’ best efforts to encourage residential customers to regularly pump their septic tanks, more often than not, that advice falls...

The year is past the halfway point. Before you know it, you’ll be filing 2017 tax returns. Rather than putting that dreaded...

Do it right the first time — that’s Gene Morris’ motto when it comes to replacing pumper trucks. Morris, owner of Jarvis...

Safety is paramount. No matter the line of work you’re in, it’s critical to do everything in your power to keep employees...

Pumpers know that happy customers are the best kind of customers. They pay on time, they call back for more work, they...

You took the plunge and signed on the dotted line to purchase a restroom trailer. Now what?What you don’t do is something Dan Fischer,...

Build on what you already have, and work your way up from there.Dave and Dana Neu embraced that philosophy when they launched...

Technology changes at an alarmingly rapid pace and it may not be expected, or even possible, for you to keep current with...

Kaiser Premier LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaiser AG of Liechtenstein, recently acquired Premier Oilfield Equipment (POE) through an asset purchase agreement....

“You will never get a second chance to make a first impression.”That famous quote attributed to Will Rogers is why the people...

When Stephen I. Smith purchased a 1949 Studebaker pumper truck in the 1950s, he had no intention of getting into the septic...

To lease or to buy?For contractors like you, that question more typically comes up when talking about equipment — that new vacuum...

Quality customer service often involves going above and beyond the call of duty, whether it’s taking the extra time to educate a...

Entrepreneurs place value on every single dollar they make — both through their core business competencies and through bonuses they earn on...

When family members own a business together, separating work from family is nearly impossible. While the brain should drive business decisions, emotions...