A new year in the trades can feel a lot like standing in front of a packed job board. You’ve got calls coming in. Crews to manage. Quotes to send. But underneath all of that is a bigger question:
Where is this business actually going this year—and what support do you have to get it there?
At Room 35, we work with trade business owners and entrepreneurs who are great at the work itself, but want more structure, clarity, and stability as they grow. You don’t need a buzzword-heavy strategy. You need a clear roadmap and a set of programs that actually match the stage you’re in. That’s what this year is about.
How Room 35 Is Supporting You This Year
We design everything we do around three core pillars:
Whether you’re reading a blog, joining a cohort, or sitting down with us 1-on-1, it all connects back to those pillars.
Throughout the year, we’ll draw from a core set of programs that help you clarify your business, understand your money, tighten your systems, and grow your people.
Blueprint – Scaling What You’ve Already Built
A lot of trade business owners and entrepreneurs reach a point where the business is “working” … but only because they’re personally holding it together. Blueprint exists for that exact moment.
Blueprint is a 6-month interactive program designed to help skilled business owners scale. This course will give you insights on the “Why, Who, and How” to support your business as it grows.
When you see Blueprint show up in our content this year, expect conversations around:
Blueprint is about moving from “I’m busy” to “I’m building something with purpose.”
Capital Matters & Access to Capital – The Financial Side of Growth
Money is often where the stress lives—especially when you’re trying to grow. Through Capital Matters and Access to Capital, we’ll focus on the financial realities of building and scaling a trade business:
These themes show up across the year as practical guidance, not theory—so you can make more confident decisions with your money.
Core60 – Building Licensed Talent from Within
Your business doesn’t grow on its own. People grow it. Core60 is a study program to help construction workers get their builder’s license in Michigan. For trade business owners and entrepreneurs, that matters because it:
When we reference Core60, we’re talking about investing in your people, so the business isn’t capped by what you alone can do.
Open Hours – Live, Unscripted Support
Some problems don’t show up neatly in a framework or a workbook. They show up as:
That’s where Open Hours comes in. Open Hours is our live, conversational space—where trade business owners and entrepreneurs can bring real-time questions, roadblocks, and decisions. When you see Open Hours–inspired content, it’s usually drawn from those kinds of conversations:
Open Hours is less about curriculum and more about connection and problem-solving in the moment.
Big-Picture Check-Ins – Stepping Back During the Year
You’ll also see broader check-in blogs throughout the year. These are the posts where we zoom out and:
They’re meant to be pause points: places to stop, breathe, and make sense of the season you’re in.
One Main Idea at a Time
You’re already making a hundred decisions a day. Our job is not to overload you. So, everything we publish this year is built around a simple approach: One clear idea. One practical way to use it.
Sometimes that’s a new way to look at your pricing. Sometimes it’s a question to ask your team. Sometimes it’s language for something you’ve been feeling but couldn’t name. You don’t have to act on every single piece. But if you stick with us, these ideas will stack—just like each phase of a project builds on the last.
Stepping into the Year with Support
As a trade business owner or entrepreneur, you already know how to build something real and lasting. This year, Room 35 is here to help you apply that same intention to your business itself—through Blueprint, Capital Matters, BizFlow, Core60, Access to Capital, Open Hours, and the steady support of Program Development, Program Management, and 1-on-1 Consulting behind it all.
You don’t need a perfect plan to start the year. You just need a clear roadmap—and a partner walking it with you. Contact us today to see what we could do together this year.
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