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The Other Toolbox

Your shop is busy.
Your bank account isn’t.

Stop bleeding profit
on every finished job.

You’d be crazy to keep
guessing what you make.

Patch the leaks.
Keep the money.

Working harder won’t fix
a broken system.

Long days. Family sacrificed. Thin profits. Rework every week. Leaks you can’t see. We show you how to patch them — and get paid for the work you already do.

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Sound familiar?

The typical trade owner’s trap

You didn’t start this business to live exhausted and wonder where the money went. But that’s where most owners land.

  • Long hours. Family on hold. You’re first in and last out. Weekends disappear. The shop still feels one crisis away from chaos.
  • You’re busy — and not seeing results. Jobs are booked. Trucks are rolling. The effort is real. The profit doesn’t match the grind.
  • Margins are thin. You land the job — then labor, materials, and free extras you didn’t price wipe out the profit.
  • Rework is a daily tax. Callbacks, do-overs, incomplete handoffs, guessing in the field — bleeding profit one job at a time.
  • You’re bleeding and calling it “the cost of doing business.” It isn’t. It’s leaks. And leaks scale when you sell more.

Honest check

How true is this
for your shop?

Score each one from 0 (never) to 10 (every week). Most owners who belong here score higher than they expect.

Constantly chasing sales but still feeling cash-poor

0–10

Lost money on jobs that should've been winners

0–10

Unsure if estimates will deliver needed profit

0–10

Sacrificing family time because 'too busy'

0–10

Financial reality hoping to 'work itself out'

0–10

Your score: 0 / 50

Those numbers aren’t a personality test — they’re leaks showing up as stress.

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Who this is for

Specialty trade owners still running the show

The Other Toolbox is built for any owner of a specialty trade or construction subcontractor who is still in the middle of every fire — and tired of guessing what each job actually made.

  • You can’t take a vacation — the company still needs you on the floor, on the phone, or in the truck.
  • You’re putting out fires all day — emergencies own the calendar; the system never gets built.
  • You don’t know what you’ll make on a project until it’s over — and sometimes not even then.
  • Family time keeps losing — long hours, weekends gone, and the bank account still doesn’t match the grind.

Industries we built this for

  • Concrete / Masonry
  • Drywall
  • Electrical
  • Framing
  • HVAC
  • Landscaping
  • Painting
  • Plumbing
  • Roofing
  • Stone & Tile
  • Welding

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What we do

We help you find the leaks. You patch them — and keep more of the money.

The Other Toolbox is the business side of specialty trades — the system that helps you open bottlenecks, price labor and markup correctly, and stop profit from walking out the door.

Open the bottlenecks

Find the one constraint holding the company back — so you stop fixing the wrong problem.

Understand your labor

Know what an hour really costs before it hits the quote — wage is not cost.

Markup projects correctly

Price so net profit survives the job — not a hopeful percentage that dies at closeout.

Find and stop the leaks

Identify the bleeders, put dollars on them, and use the tools and SOPs so your team can patch them — without you in every fire.

The result isn’t “busier.” It’s money in the bank.

Proof

This methodology already built million-dollar results

Del’s clients have used this work one-on-one for years. Today those businesses are running millions in revenue — with considerably improved profits, where the benefits outweigh the investment. Owners see the return quickly — and the return keeps stacking.

Proven in the shop Built from real specialty-trade companies — not classroom theory
Millions in revenue Where those same clients operate today
The return keeps stacking Once the leaks are found and fixed, the savings keep building

A unique methodology. Software you run yourself.

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How this started

From one shop outside Seattle to a toolbox for every owner

In 2024, Chris hired Del to fix his company — a stone and tile shop outside Seattle, Washington. Not a pep talk. The grind: bottlenecks, labor, markup, leaks.

$6M → $8M Revenue
35 → 27 Employees — leaner, stronger
6.5% → 15%+ Net profit

Chris shared that transformation at an industry event. Owners lined up asking how they could do the same. He asked Del to speak to 300 people at the next one.

Del declined. A stage talk can’t replace one-on-one work — and he couldn’t take on 300 clients.

So he made a different deal: give me two weeks. By the end of those two weeks he had written over 150 pages of methodologies and stories — the same system that had just rebuilt Chris’s company.

That writing became the foundation. Over about a year, Del and Chris turned it into software you can run yourself. Chris isn’t a guest speaker on this. He lived the grind, became one of Del’s best-performing clients, and now wants other owners to make more money the same way.

That’s The Other Toolbox. Built from a real shop. Built so you can run the methodology yourself.

The offer

Learn the Methodology. Keep more of what you earn.

This isn’t theory for a binder. It’s a path you can work through with Del & Chris on video — then apply in the toolbox on your own numbers.

Why owners get The Other Toolbox

One serious leak found and fixed — rework, underpriced labor, bad markup, a bottleneck you were feeding instead of fixing — changes the bank account. The methodology that used to require a private consulting engagement is now in your hands.

  • Video lessons: Del & Chris talking through each tool with real shop language
  • The interactive toolbox: Foundation through Library — your numbers, your constraints, your bleeders
  • Industry checklists, guides, and templates so the team can run the system without you in every fire
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Partner network

Outside experts who already speak your language

When you’re ready for the next level, you’re not hunting alone. Our partners are outside services that understand the Bison Rise methodology — and how The Other Toolbox works — so the help you get fits the system you’re building.

CPA / Tax Advisor

Financial and tax guidance aligned with how specialty trade businesses actually run.

HR Services — Insperity

People, payroll, and HR support for shops that need structure without losing speed.

Marketing Consulting

Help that grows the right work — not just more of the work that’s bleeding profit.

Financial Services

Capital and financial tools when growth needs more than grit and cash flow hope.

SOP Software

Systems and process tools so the shop runs the playbook — not tribal knowledge.

Available with every enrollment level. More partner services are coming as we grow the network.

Inside the system

Four moves that change the bank account

Open the bottlenecks. Understand your labor. Markup correctly. Patch the leaks. Then watch the money roll in.

01

Bottlenecks

Theory of Constraints — stop pouring effort into the wrong pipe.

02

Labor

True loaded cost — so every hour on the quote protects profit.

03

Markup

Margin that survives the job — not a number that looks good on paper.

04

Leaks

Profit Bleeders + SOPs — find it, price it, fix the process.

Your move

Be a bison. Or stay a cow in the rain.

You already know what standing still costs — more hours, more sacrifice, same thin results.

Foundation · Lesson 08 — The Bison Story

Be a bison

Charge toward the storm. See what’s holding you back — and let’s work together to fix your business.

Be a cow

Stand still and hope things get better on their own.

What are you waiting for?

Charge into the storm

Get The Other Toolbox. Find the leaks. Keep more of what you earn — before another year of thin profits goes by.

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