What’s your best “DIY hack” you’ve used to run your business?

When I first started my business over 19 years ago, estimates meant pen, paper, and carbon copies—rip the top page for the customer, keep the yellow one for myself. That was just the way it was back then, and it worked. Trips to Staples were the norm!

But as I think about it, over the years I’ve also come up with plenty of little “DIY hacks” to keep things running when resources were tight or when I didn’t have the systems I do now. Some of those scrappy fixes actually held up surprisingly well!

I bet most of you have similar stories—
What’s the best “DIY hack” you’ve used to run your business?
Maybe it was how you scheduled jobs, tracked expenses, did marketing, or just stayed organized before you had tools like Jobber.

Sometimes those old-school solutions are just as clever as the technology we use today. Can’t wait to hear yours!