The ones that don't make it fail for one reason:
Everything ran through one person.
Late nights. Weekend calls.
Dinner interrupted by the same three questions that only you can answer.
pricing
problem solving
the glue
Roles are clear.
Systems, not judgment calls.
Runs without the owner.
Kids can run it.
One person runs it all.
Pricing lives in one head.
Owner is the wall
Work never leaves the shop
It's whether the business can run without the owner in the middle of every decision.
They fail at the handoff.
You may have a great shop. But when the pricing, the problem solving, and the glue all live in one person, the business can't run without you. Decisions slow down. Your kids hit walls only you can clear.
At Cabinet Maker Profit System, we help cabinet shop owners build simple systems so the business can run without them, and be handed off, not held together.
Now it's stealing you from them. That's fixable.
No pitch. Business coaching for cabinet, millwork, and closet company owners.