Dan Baker explains why embracing BIM, CRM, and real data isn’t optional if you want to scale. You have to know your costs, your overhead, your margins, and what the market will actually pay. For young contractors especially, understanding the numbers—and reverse-engineering the job—determines whether you grow or stay stuck.
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