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Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna

Helping Construction company owners build, grow & exit businesses on their terms.

Your safety record is a financial statement

Oct 29, 2026

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3 min read

Your safety record is a financial statement

Buyers, GCs and insurers are all reading it. Are you?

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Your business is 90% of your net worth. Now what?

Oct 22, 2026

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3 min read

Your business is 90% of your net worth. Now what?

Some of the strongest business sellers I've ever seen were the ones who didn't need the money.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Inventory is cash sleeping on a shelf

Oct 15, 2026

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3 min read

Inventory is cash sleeping on a shelf

That back corner of your warehouse is holding your money hostage.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
The shareholder agreement you signed 12 years ago

Oct 8, 2026

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3 min read

The shareholder agreement you signed 12 years ago

If you had a dispute with your partner tomorrow, who would own their shares by Friday?

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Why 25% markup isn't 25% profit

Oct 1, 2026

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2 min read

Why 25% markup isn't 25% profit

The math most contractors think they know, until they sell.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
How You Pay Yourself Is a Business Decision, Not a Personal One

Sep 24, 2026

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3 min read

How You Pay Yourself Is a Business Decision, Not a Personal One

This decision shows up in your bonding, your borrowing, and one day, your sale price.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Buy, Lease, or Rent. Equipment Math for Construction Companies.

Sep 17, 2026

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3 min read

Buy, Lease, or Rent. Equipment Math for Construction Companies.

The one number that settles it, and why most owners have never calculated it

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Invisible Number Capping Your Construction Business.

Sep 10, 2026

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3 min read

Invisible Number Capping Your Construction Business.

It's not the market. It's not your crew. It's a file at a bonding company.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
The Construction Business That Ends With You

Sep 3, 2026

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3 min read

The Construction Business That Ends With You

The business dies with me. Thirty years of work, and it's worth the trucks and the receivables.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
$500K tax mistake when selling your Construction Company

Aug 27, 2026

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4 min read

$500K tax mistake when selling your Construction Company

Your $3M exit can shrink to $1.5M after closing. Here's how.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Owner. Estimator. Dispatcher. Bookkeeper. Still you?

Aug 20, 2026

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3 min read

Owner. Estimator. Dispatcher. Bookkeeper. Still you?

Owners who scale past $3M make this hire months early.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Are You Building a Business, or Repeating Year 1 Three Times?

Aug 13, 2026

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3 min read

Are You Building a Business, or Repeating Year 1 Three Times?

30 days? Full rundown. 3 years? Blank stare.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
How To Build A Construction Company Backwards?

Aug 6, 2026

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3 min read

How To Build A Construction Company Backwards?

The Math Most Owners Skip Before They Bid the Next Job

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Everyone Tells You to Systemize Your Business. Let Me Show You How.

Jul 30, 2026

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3 min read

Everyone Tells You to Systemize Your Business. Let Me Show You How.

How one contractor bought back 12 hours a week with a whiteboard, a binder, and a $500 rule.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
I Worked Inside the Biggest Construction Collapse in History

Jul 23, 2026

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3 min read

I Worked Inside the Biggest Construction Collapse in History

£5 billion in revenue. £29 million in cash on the day it died.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
How many personal guarantees have you signed for your business?

Jul 16, 2026

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4 min read

How many personal guarantees have you signed for your business?

Most business owners guess two or three. The real number is usually higher.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Who pays more to buy Construction Companies these days?

Jul 9, 2026

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4 min read

Who pays more to buy Construction Companies these days?

It's not the competitor across town. Not anymore.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Recurring Revenue Is the Cheat Code in Construction. Here's How to Actually Build It

Jul 2, 2026

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3 min read

Recurring Revenue Is the Cheat Code in Construction. Here's How to Actually Build It

A backlog is a promise. Recurring revenue is the asset. Three ways to build it.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
8 Numbers Every Construction Business Owner Should Know Cold

Jun 25, 2026

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5 min read

8 Numbers Every Construction Business Owner Should Know Cold

Most owners can quote last year's revenue from memory. Almost none can quote the number that actually pays them.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
20% of your jobs lost money last year. Do you know which ones?

Jun 18, 2026

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3 min read

20% of your jobs lost money last year. Do you know which ones?

Your income statement tells you if you made money. It won't tell you where.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
The $38/hour mistake costing contractors thousands

Jun 11, 2026

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3 min read

The $38/hour mistake costing contractors thousands

Most contractors price labour using the wrong number. Here's what it really costs.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
10 Decisions That Determine What Your Contracting Business Is Worth

Jun 4, 2026

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3 min read

10 Decisions That Determine What Your Contracting Business Is Worth

Most contractors price jobs well. Few understand how the decisions they make every day quietly increase or destroy the value of the business they're building.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna

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Why PE Firms Are Buying Electrical And Roofing Companies

May 28, 2026

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4 min read

Why PE Firms Are Buying Electrical And Roofing Companies

It's not because they love contracting. Here's the actual game. What that means for you?

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna
Why Cash Flow Breaks in Roofing Businesses

May 21, 2026

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2 min read

Why Cash Flow Breaks in Roofing Businesses

Most roofing contractors are profitable on paper and broke in the bank. Here's why.

Nitin Khanna
Nitin Khanna

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