Ethics in Building with Jeffrey Prager of NARI

In This Podcast Episode

Floor guy, Rob McNealy, interviews Jeffrey Prager, the acting president of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) about ethics in building. Jeff is also the founder of the Front Range Chapter of NARI.

Jeffrey Prager’s Bio

Jeffrey K. Prager is the President of Backroom Management Services. This company serves small to medium sized businesses and is designed to relieve some of the frustration and stress of running the financial side of a business. Backroom provides hands-on bookkeeping assistance using a proprietary web-based accounting system. In addition, the company offers the kind of guidance, financial interpretation and strategic planning associated with having a CFO in-house, but without the expense. A CPA with 36 years of experience, Prager also serves as a teacher of managerial economics (applying economic theory to business decisions) at the University of Colorado -Denver.

Prager is himself a very successful entrepreneur who built his own company to $26 million in annual revenue. Simultaneously, he served as the CFO for another company, helping guide it to $100 million+ in annual revenue. He retired in May of 2007 only to find out he was allergic to retirement.

He authored courses called Business Planning (A Cookbook Approach to Writing a Business Plan), Monitoring Your Company’s Vital Signs (An Approach for Analyzing and Reacting to Conditions Impacting the Profitability of a Business), and Marketing Your Professional Services which were taught at various state societies of CPA’s.

Mr. Prager has taught courses on accounting, management and finance for the National Association of Homebuilders (HBA). He also assisted in writing the business section for the “Certified Remodeler” designation, which is a program run by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI).

Unique Sports Flooring Options from My Gym Floor

In This Podcast Episode

Floor guy, Rob McNealy, interviews Rich Meyer of My Gym Floor about their innovative, home gym, interlocking virgin rubber flooring product that comes in three grades (including Olympic Grade), and can literally be taken with you.

Rich Meyer’s Bio

Rich Meyer is a “lifer” at My Gym Floor!

He began with the parent company 20 years ago as Customer Service Manager and later served as Product Manager for Athletic Flooring Systems. Following that, Meyer was promoted to Commercial Sales Manager. Meyer currently develops new markets for the company’s product lines and is heading up the internet sales program for My Gym Floor.

So what’s the latest trend in home gyms? Floors! That’s right — having the right floor can make all the difference and protect you and your equipment. Thankfully there’s a company out there that makes finding the right floor simple. One look at www.mygymfloor.com and you’ll discover the secrets to finding the ideal floor. Whether it’s the kids playroom, exercise room or weight training area, there are several options to meet all budgets. Installation is easy, like putting together a puzzle! They started with commercial floors (arenas, gyms, health clubs, etc) but got more and more calls from consumers so they branched out and opened a consumer division.