Category: Background

Atrium R-5 Window - The SUPER Energy Star Window

Sometimes we just can't see the forest through the trees.  Last June I wrote a post that proves that point so clearly. I wrote how the industry was not impressed with the Fed's push on something called the R-5 window and how we also were looking for a "S… more »

New Year - New Employee

As a business owner in a down economy I find myself juggling priorities as if they were knives.  Each one of those knives can inflict damage in multiple different ways.  Should I juggle 3 or 4 knives?  When should I add another knife? I learned… more »

We have great employees II

July 2010 turned out to be the 2nd best month in our 26 year history. And with personel slashed to a bare minimum to keep costs under control our employees really showed themselves to be efficient and productive.   Hard work should not go unrewar… more »

The Emotional Roller Coaster never stops

Every day...every month...for the past three years...since our economy took the big plunge...I've been riding the Emotional Roller Coaster. Good months and bad ones....fighting for survival. It's dog eat dog fighting for every order.  Stretching my ima… more »

Deceptive Pricing Strategies - Buyer Beware

I was reading this article on how to make sure that your pricing policies meet the federal laws of the land.  This is something that we have never needed to worry about.  Our pricing policies are clear and honest. But it reminded me of something else...… more »