The NCWH Club, Nobody Cares. Work Harder.

Why this exists

Since I retired, a steady stream of small business owners have come to me with some version of the same problem.

They're good. Genuinely good at the thing they do, the repair, the install, the clean, the build. People pay them for it. The phone rings.

And they have no idea how to run a business. No accounting. No budget. No plan. No vision past this week's jobs.

Ask them what the goal is and you get one of two answers: make a lot of money, or not have a boss.

Neither one is a plan. Both of them are how you end up owning a job that pays worse than the one you quit, working more hours, carrying all the risk, and guessing at every number that matters.

Nobody teaches this. Not in school, not in the trades, not anywhere. So I decided to teach it. That's the whole reason this club exists.

Knowing how to do the work and knowing how to run the business are two completely different jobs.

What this is

Not a seminar. Not networking. Nobody pitches you.

It's a working session. You bring a laptop with your books on it, your real numbers, and one question you wrote down before you walked in.

We spend 90 minutes on one arm of your business, then you build the system right there in the room, not "sometime this week."

Everyone signs an agreement before they sit down. That's what makes it safe to put actual numbers on a table in front of other owners.

Whatever gets said in that basement stays in that basement. That's the whole deal.

Twelve nights. Every part of your business.

In the order that actually works, money before marketing, systems before growth.

01AccountingWhere your money actually went

02Taxes & LegalLLC or S-corp, insurance, what happens if you're sued

03FinanceGross margin, net margin, cash flow

04SalesPricing, objections, firing bad customers

05ContractsIn writing before the work starts

06OperationsYou stop being the bottleneck

07MarketingGetting found, booked, and reviewed

08BrandWhy views don't turn into jobs

09Follow-upThe list you own, and who owes you money

10Hiring1099 or employee, and what payroll really costs

11EquipmentBuy, lease, or rent. Deduct or depreciate.

12Owner's PayPaying yourself, and what it's all worth

A taste of the principles

There are 38. You get all of them your first night. Here are nine.

01 Nobody cares, work harder.
05 Don't chase shiny objects.
17 People buy you, not your product or service.
18 Price is never the obstacle.
22 Work on your business, not in your business.

24 Document everything.
26 Hire people better than you.
31 Cash flow is king.
36 Looking rich is not the same as being wealthy.

A taste of the money language

Twenty terms that decide what your business is worth. Most owners can't define four of them.

Effective hourly rate
Not what you charge. What you keep, divided by every hour it took, including the drive, the parts run, and the quote you wrote at 9pm. A $100/hr labor rate is often a $38/hr business.

Break-even
What you must sell each month just to reach zero. Fixed costs ÷ gross margin. If you can't say your number, you can't honestly decide on a truck payment.

Lifetime value
That $60 oil change customer who comes back three times a year for five years isn't worth $60. He's worth $900. It's why the follow-up beats the discount.

Multiples
Businesses sell for a multiple of what they earn, often two to four times. Every extra dollar of profit isn't worth a dollar. It's worth several on the day you sell.

The questions we actually ask

This is what a night sounds like. If these make you uncomfortable, you're exactly who this is for.

What did you make last month? Not revenue, made.
Who owes you money right now, and how old is it?
Why did you drop your price on that last job?
What are you running on a handshake?
Who's your worst customer, and why are you keeping him?

What breaks if you're gone for a week?
Can a stranger find you and book you today?
Are you setting aside for taxes, or hoping?
How do you pay yourself, and is it on purpose?
Are you building a business, or funding a lifestyle?

What you walk out with

38 principles

The rules I built my businesses on, character, focus, customers, and how wealth actually gets made. You get all of them the first night. We work two or three every meeting against what's happening in your business right now, with the stories behind them.

15 systems, built in the room

QuickBooks and your chart of accounts. Square and Venmo business. A CRM and online booking. Contracts in DocuSign. Website, business email, Google reviews. Text and email that follow up for you. AI that does your writing.

In twelve months your business takes payment anywhere, keeps its own books, signs its own agreements, gets found by strangers, follows up without you, pays you on purpose, and survives a week while you're gone.

You stop owning a job and start owning something worth money.

The details

When

First Wednesday
of every month

Next: October 7

Time

Doors 6:45
7:00 to 8:30

I start at 7:00 and don't wait for anybody

Where

6821 Bromley Dr
Liberty Twp, OH

My basement. In through the garage, down the stairs, don't knock, just come on down.

Cost

$100 a meeting

$25 for entrepreneurs under 18. Venmo, ACH, or cash before the meeting.

Bring a laptop, your numbers, one written question, and your own drinks. Know another owner who needs this? Bring them any month, same terms.

How to join

Four steps. Takes about a day.

Fill out the formTakes thirty seconds.

I send the detailsThe full rundown and the member agreement.

Sign and send it backEverybody signs. That's what protects every business in the room.

You get the calendar inviteThen show up early with your books open.

Got it.

I will send you the details and the member agreement shortly. Sign it, send it back, and the calendar invite is yours.

Need me sooner? Text (513) 289-8863.

Rather email or text? CEO@ncwh.club or (513) 289-8863

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