The Modern Trades Mentor — Field Notes
Practical Systems Lessons for Contractors and Service Businesses
Growth, sales, operations, CRM, automation, and AI — written for owner-led service businesses, not software marketers. No hype, no generic business advice.
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- One practical breakdown of a real business system — sales, ops, CRM, or automation
- Where AI actually helps a service business, and where it's a liability
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Written by Richard Fritzke, founder of The Modern Trades Mentor — a trades and operations leader with more than 26 years of HVAC, facilities, and mechanical- systems experience. Not ready to talk yet? This is the low-pressure way to keep learning until you are.
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