Contractor Rx — Frequently Asked Questions

What is Contractor Rx?
CRx is a premium coaching and advisory firm built exclusively for contracting and trade businesses. We work with owners who want to run a tighter, more profitable, more valuable company.

 

Who founded CRx?
Ted Strzelecki. Ted has more than three decades in the contracting industry and currently owns several contracting businesses across the country, operating in multiple time zones. He's a Forbes contributor and INC 500 founder, has been featured on Fox Business, Business Insider, International Business, dozens of podcasts, and has written four books on the construction industry. The advice you get comes from someone running the same kind of business you are, profitably, at scale.

 

Who is CRx for?
Two groups:

• Contractor owners. Established contracting and trade business owners. While no two clients are alike, most are doing roughly $2–15 million a year and are ready to grow past owner-dependence.

• Investors and financial firms. CRx works with venture capital, private equity, and a range of financial firms to accelerate the growth and enterprise value of service-based contracting companies, helping both the firms and the owners maximize their return on investment.

 

How many clients does CRx currently have? 

Due to time constraints and accessability, CRx can only take on 6 clients at any given time.

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What does "one contractor per market" mean?
We work with only one contractor in a given market. If we coach you, we don't coach your competitor across town. Your strategy stays yours.

 

How do I become a client?
There are two ways in. Many clients come through a referral from an owner or firm we already work with. You can also apply directly by booking an initial screening call with Ted. Due to high demand, these calls are kept brief and focused on whether there's a fit. Book here https://www.contractorrx.com/booking-calendar/15-minute-free-contractor-review

 

What if my market is already taken?
Then we can't take you on in that market. We don't keep a waitlist. Existing clients have priority in their markets, and nearly all of them have retained us year after year.
 

What do you actually help with?
We work on the parts of the business that decide whether it grows, stalls, or sells. Most engagements focus on a handful of these, depending on where you are:

• Profitability. Finding where margin leaks: job costing, overhead, underperforming service lines, and the work you should stop taking.

• Pricing. Setting prices that reflect your value and your true costs, so you stop winning bids you shouldn't and losing ones you should.

• Operations. Building systems, processes, and accountability so the company runs without you in every decision.

• Hiring and leadership. Recruiting, retaining, and developing the right people, and building a management layer you can trust.

• Sales. Tightening the process from lead to signed contract, raising close rates and average job size.

• Branding. Positioning your company so customers, recruits, and buyers see it as the premium choice in your market.

• AI adoption. Putting practical AI tools to work in estimating, marketing, scheduling, and admin to cut cost and move faster.

• Enterprise value and exit readiness. Structuring the business so it's worth more on paper and in a deal, whether you plan to sell, bring in investors, or hold for the long term.

We don't hand you a generic program. We diagnose where your business is losing the most, then go to work there first.

 

How does an engagement work?
Every client works under a formal engagement agreement that spells out scope, expectations, and terms before we start. CRx also follows an exhaustive confidentiality agreement. Some of CRx's clients are companies that you know! Agreements are usually for a minimum of one year and will require total commitment from the client. This is not a Monday through Friday during business hours only execution. We invest our time and our commitment to one client per market to those who are willing to put forth the dedication required for excellence. 

 

What does it cost?
CRx is a premium annual engagement built around each client. No two clients need the same thing, so pricing is set based on your specific needs and the level of access to our resources.

 

Do you guarantee results?
No. Would love to but we cannot. Any advisor who does should give you pause.

What we guarantee is our side of the engagement: proven systems, accountability, 18/7 access, expert branding buildout, candid counsel, operations, sales, & legal experience, and more than three decades of hard-won industry insight applied directly to your business. We bring the playbook and hold you to it.

The results, however, belong to you. The contractors who see the biggest gains in revenue, profitability, and enterprise value have three things in common: they commit fully to the work, they take direction without ego, and they execute with discipline long after the initial momentum fades. Our role is to accelerate that effort, not replace it.

That's also why we're selective. Our one-contractor-per-market model means we invest deeply in each client, and we only partner with owners prepared to do the same.

If you're ready to put in the work, we'll show you exactly where to point it.