I, like most I am sure, agree with the highlights of this post through and through but the one thing I have found to be my biggest challenge in starting my own business is the flat-rate pricing I can copy and paste to speed up my quotes and ensure profitability. I feel all of us in the service industry have to go through this challenge as we have all become masters of our craft and now are wanting to make it on our own. To try and navigate this challenge my attempt to not be the "cheaper guy" was to use a quick google search to find rates and then again google total job costs once I have accumulated line items. And now every time I give a quote I get nervous because I truly don't know if I am being fair and am worried about the alternative of being much too fair.. Is trial and error the only way for me to slowly pin-point this issue over time?
