Free NPMCA course · 10 lessons
Business Finance 201: Grow Without Breaking
Free lessons on growing a contracting business: offers, leads, Google, estimates, commercial and public work, AI tools, hiring crews, insurance and tax planning.

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Lessons
- B201.1Growth stages and what breaks
5-minute read
- B201.2Offers customers say yes to
5-minute read
- B201.3Leads: eight ways to get them
5-minute read
- B201.4Getting found: Google, reviews and AI search
5-minute read
- B201.5Estimates that win honest work
4-minute read
- B201.6Bigger jobs: commercial, HOA and public work
5-minute read
- B201.7AI tools that save hours, safely
4-minute read
- B201.8Hiring, leading and keeping good crews
5-minute read
- B201.9Insurance as you grow
4-minute read
- B201.10Tax planning, not just tax paying
5-minute read
Course final
Take the course final
Up to 20 questions from this course's lesson checks, scored when you finish. Pass with 80% to earn the course badge and a certificate of completion. Retakes are unlimited. It needs a free NPMCA account.
Course wrap-up
Your capstone Move
Write "My growth plan" on one or two pages, built from this course's Moves. It names your stage and the one stress you're fixing first, your rewritten offer, the two lead methods you'll work every week, a hiring plan for your next crew member, and the dates of your insurance review and your tax planning meeting. Check it against this list:
- My stage is marked, I've figured the cash gap for my next crew, and I know what that crew does in November.
- My main offer names the result, the proof, the timeline and the hassle I take off the customer's plate, and any guarantee says exactly what it covers and what it doesn't.
- I work two lead methods with a weekly number, I track cost per customer, and I have written consent before any marketing text goes out.
- My next hire has an honest job ad and a first-week checklist, and my payroll pays time and a half to every covered employee who works over 40 hours in a workweek.
- My annual insurance review is booked, and I know my experience mod and every contract's insurance requirements.
- My tax planning meeting is booked before year-end, with my questions written down.
What's next
Business Finance 202: Build a Business Worth Buying. It takes what you built here, like steady customers, written systems and people who can run the work, and turns it into a business that can run for 30 days without you.
Listen next
The Game with Alex Hormozi for offers and leads, AI & Marketing for Home Service Pros for getting found in AI search, and Everyday AI for AI how-tos.
