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Eastwood Homes, Napolitano Unite In Culture-First M&A Deal

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Eastwood Homes, Napolitano Unite In Culture-First M&A Deal

In a rare private-to-private M&A deal, Eastwood Homes acquires Virginia’s Napolitano Homes—uniting two family-founded builders in a move that blends culture, strategic market expansion, product synergy, and generational transition.

In His Own Words: Larry Webb's 5 Teachable Moments As Leader

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In His Own Words: Larry Webb's 5 Teachable Moments As Leader

As one of the homebuilding business community's revered leaders looks back and looks ahead, here's a first MasterClass in building company cultures you can apply today.

The Kitchen Table Lens: Builders' Pricing Strategies For 2022

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The Kitchen Table Lens: Builders' Pricing Strategies For 2022

Headline risks of price inflation and longer-haul supply chokeholds notwithstanding, here's how you might frame your pricing strategy for an extended stretch of limbo.

Proof-Case: To Keep Pace With Consumers, Evolve Or Else

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Proof-Case: To Keep Pace With Consumers, Evolve Or Else

As an example of the business value of bold strategy and investment, take Kohler, never content with the status quo, but rather a leading barometer of consumer climate change.

How Epic Partners Beat Epic Breakdowns In The Supply Chain

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How Epic Partners Beat Epic Breakdowns In The Supply Chain

The story of Holiday Builders and its partners solving supply paralysis to deliver a home for a deserving veteran and his family is a story of people in homebuilding doing what others say, 'can't be done.'

Past As Prologue: Where Subs' Field Feedback Saves Builders Money

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Past As Prologue: Where Subs' Field Feedback Saves Builders Money

An all-too-common path to cost control happens when builders tell suppliers, 'just get it done.' Here, from Ken Pinto's kaizen vault on throughput gains, is an alternative approach.

Eastwood Homes, Napolitano Unite In Culture-First M&A Deal

Leadership

Eastwood Homes, Napolitano Unite In Culture-First M&A Deal

In a rare private-to-private M&A deal, Eastwood Homes acquires Virginia’s Napolitano Homes—uniting two family-founded builders in a move that blends culture, strategic market expansion, product synergy, and generational transition.

In His Own Words: Larry Webb's 5 Teachable Moments As Leader

Leadership

In His Own Words: Larry Webb's 5 Teachable Moments As Leader

As one of the homebuilding business community's revered leaders looks back and looks ahead, here's a first MasterClass in building company cultures you can apply today.

The Kitchen Table Lens: Builders' Pricing Strategies For 2022

Leadership

The Kitchen Table Lens: Builders' Pricing Strategies For 2022

Headline risks of price inflation and longer-haul supply chokeholds notwithstanding, here's how you might frame your pricing strategy for an extended stretch of limbo.

Proof-Case: To Keep Pace With Consumers, Evolve Or Else

Leadership

Proof-Case: To Keep Pace With Consumers, Evolve Or Else

As an example of the business value of bold strategy and investment, take Kohler, never content with the status quo, but rather a leading barometer of consumer climate change.

How Epic Partners Beat Epic Breakdowns In The Supply Chain

Leadership

How Epic Partners Beat Epic Breakdowns In The Supply Chain

The story of Holiday Builders and its partners solving supply paralysis to deliver a home for a deserving veteran and his family is a story of people in homebuilding doing what others say, 'can't be done.'

Past As Prologue: Where Subs' Field Feedback Saves Builders Money

Leadership

Past As Prologue: Where Subs' Field Feedback Saves Builders Money

An all-too-common path to cost control happens when builders tell suppliers, 'just get it done.' Here, from Ken Pinto's kaizen vault on throughput gains, is an alternative approach.