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Building a Dream, Not a Frankenstein
Here's an excerpt from Al Levi's The 7-Power Contractor: Run Your Contracting Business with Less Stress and More Success.
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How to Become a Better Troubleshooter
Avoid "Auto" Conclusions Don't try to solve the problem while you’re still in your truck. Some technicians make up their minds before looking around, and then they set out to...
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A Dedication to “The Lost Art of Steam Heating”
I was never an A student in high school or in college. It was my math and science classes that helped me graduate with a decent GPA.
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Search or Research?
"That dressing played a huge role in Canadian history," I said.
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Keep an Eye on District Heating
Birdsill Holly (and isn't that a delightful name?) was born in 1820 in upstate New York. He liked to invent things.
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How to Kill a Boiler
Boilers fail, and whenever they do, someone usually blames the manufacturer. They just don't make them like they used to, right? Heard that one before?
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Hydronics - A Profitable Non-Growth Business
Over the years, I've asked friends in this business where the hydronics industry is located. They shake their heads and look confused.
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It's About Time
Al Levi has been sharing his wisdom about running a business with you in the pages of PM magazine for years, but I knew him as the Ace Troubleshooter.
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Nine by 12
On the afternoon that I was born, and thirty or so miles east of the place where I was born, men were leveling Long Island potato fields and laying out...
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The Lovely Marianne
The photographer asked her not to smile, which gave us even more incentive to try to make Mom laugh. It was a hazy afternoon in Cape May, NJ.
