The Operator's Manual

Hey! 👋

I’m Paul, a licensed builder and a 40-year construction industry pro. I help owner-operators build their construction businesses.

It all started in 2019, when I took a simple handyman,

✓ built a brand around him (logo, website, socials),

✓ digitized his workflows (Buildertrend, GSuite, QuickBooks),

✓ hired a staff of skilled tradespersons,

✓ 💰💰💰→ and ramped his operation from $300k/yr to $3.5MM in less than 33 months. 🚀

Now, I do the same for others.

Here’s how:

➡️ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟏: Business Clarity Quickstart Positioning Sprint 🚀

Deliverables include:

→ Your Purpose Statement (why does your company exist?)

→ Core Values (your hire/fire, live-or-die for framework)

→ Core Focus (what you do better than anyone else?)

→ Your 10-Year Target

→ Comprehensive One-Year Plan (and the steps to get there)

→ Your ICP; their demographic, psychographic, geographic

You walk away with:

→ Clear positioning based on real margins and ideal clients

→ A working ICP (ideal customer profile) and ideal project filter

→ Strategic yes/no framework for future bids and business decisions

→ A roadmap to scale your business

Includes:

→ Pre-call intake questions

→ 90-minute live call

→ Deliverables within 72 hours

💰 $850 flat fee

🎯 Best for: Getting clear, fast.

➡️ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟐: The Builder’s Blueprint – Your Operational Flywheel ⚙️

You walk away with:

→ Clarified service ladder, including what you do and what you don’t do anymore

→ SOP starter pack: lead intake, bid/no-bid, scope control, punch list, and closeout

→ Roles & responsibilities matrix (Admins, Crews, Vendor Partners, and Subs)

Includes:

→ Everything in the Business Clarity Quickstart Positioning Sprint 🚀

→ Pre-call review of operations, team, software, pipeline

→ 2x 90-minute strategy calls (1 week apart)

→ Roadmap PDF and SOP templates

→ Access to me via email for 14 days after

💰 $1,850 flat fee

🛠️ Best for: Building the business you know you’re capable of.

➡️ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟑: Fractional Ops Partner – Done-With-You Execution 👷

You get:

→ Everything in the Business Clarity Quickstart Positioning Sprint 🚀

→ Weekly mentorship

→ Custom systems

→ Done-with-you execution

→ Ongoing support to go from bottlenecked technician to strategic operator.

We work on:

→ Business development (sales ops)

→ Software integration (Selection, implementation, training, job costing, SOPs...)

→ Subcontractor network

→ Team meetings and accountability (EOS style)

Includes:

→ Weekly 60-minute working sessions

→ Shared Notion dashboard for deliverables and tracking

→ Ongoing async access for review, copy, SOPs, and ops support

Ideal term: 12 weeks

💰 $3,500/month

⚙️ Best for: Founders ready to scale with a trusted advisor by their side.

Got questions or suggestions?

I'd love to hear from you! Reach out anytime at paul@liaises.llc

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Cheers!

—Paul