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100,800 Hours

Wayne Rivers
By Wayne Rivers
7 minutes
Last updated March 19, 2025

What’s the significance of the number 100,800? That’s the approximate number of hours an entrepreneur works over their lifetime to get the venture up, running, and potentially sustainable. Wayne will walk you through the numbers, and 100,800 probably understates the figure. Now contrast that enormous amount of time, toil, sweat, and tears with the paltry amount of time many contractors put into their “succession planning.”

Please tune in this week as Wayne once again explodes the myth of the traditional view of succession planning and relates what other writers and speakers consistently miss. He also opines on the latest trend of “exit planning” by asking the simple and logical question: “What happens to those left behind when the leader exits?” What are your thoughts? Please email your views to wrivers@performanceconstruction.com

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