News from the Block, Innovate Building Solutions Blog
News from the Block, Innovate Building Solutions Blog
Bathroom, Kitchen, Basement Design & Remodeling Ideas for the Nicest Home or Business on the Block
Bathroom, Kitchen, Basement Design & Remodeling Ideas for the Nicest Home or Business on the Block

Category: Personal Reflections from Mike

Opening Image - 13 Reasons Why Real People Answer our Phones - and Our Menus HAVE NOT Changed - Innovate Building Solutions, Bathroom Shower Renovations, Shower Remodeling Projects, Home Improvement Projects, Custom Walk In Showers

13 Reasons Why Real People Answer our Phones – and our Menus HAVE NOT Changed!

I don’t know about you, but I HATE, HATE, HATE getting thrown in ‘voice mail jail,’ or hearing ‘our menus have changed.’ And when I call a company I don’t enjoy SHOUTING, “Agent, agent, agent or customer service, customer service, customer service” as I feel my blood pressure boil and the ‘system’... Continue reading

Opening Image - leading a company | innovate building solutions | #LeadingCompany #Entrepreneur #EntrepreneurialBusiness #smallbusiness #Covid19

Leading an entrepreneurial business (without Mark Cuban’s money) through the unchartered waters of the Coronavirus

Warning – Although this is ‘normally’ a remodeling blog – I sometimes choose to ‘go reflective’ on lessons life is teaching me. This post falls into this category. If I’m being completely honest the word ‘pandemic’ wasn’t even in my vocabulary until a few weeks ago. Although my ‘fancy-schmancy’ business... Continue reading

Opening Image - 60 is the new 60 - why I view my new age as a blessing not a curse | Innovate Building Solutions | Reflection Blog | #Turning60 #BirthdayCelebration #RemodelingBusiness

60 is the new 60. Why I view my ‘new age’ as a blessing not a curse.

Warning – Although this is ‘normally’ a remodeling blog – I sometimes choose to ‘go reflective’ on lessons life is teaching me. This post falls in this category. The funniest post I read on Facebook (the social network for old people who aren’t ‘snap-chatting’ and ‘tick-tocking’) on my 60th birthday... Continue reading