LP Gas Growth Summit: Technology to incorporate into your business
November 12, 2015 By LP Gas
2015 LP Gas Growth Summit attendees, including Kara Tucker of Koppy’s Propane, David Bertelsen of Matheson and Mark…
Read More Why businesses fail, plus 6 pitfalls to avoid
June 1, 2015 By Randy Doyle and LP Gas
Any business can be brutal, nonforgiving and ultimately fail to survive. Despite the general stability of our industry,…
Read More Propane Plus
September 1, 2008 By LP Gas
The propane industry loves to give services away, but it can’t afford to anymore. That’s Tim Johnson’s belief.
Read More Motivate with incentives
August 1, 2008 By Carl Hughes
Of all the useful managerial tools available to retail propane distributors, none may be more underutilized than a well-designed, performance-incentive compensation plan.
Read More Heritage Propane
July 1, 2008 By LP Gas
Heritage Propane was founded in 1989 based on the principles of integrity, honesty and fairness. For nearly 20 years, Heritage has helped the owners of more than 150 companies transition from the day-to-day operations of their business to realize their financial and personal goals.
Read More ReedGas Propane Co.
January 1, 2008 By LP Gas
When computer programs streamlined for propane companies hit the market, ReedGas chose its own route. Instead of buying another company’s product for its in-house programming, the southwest Louisiana propane business built its own from scratch.
Read More There’s been an accident … now what?
September 1, 2007 By LP Gas
If you’ve been in the propane business for more than a couple of years, you’ve heard a lot of safety and accident prevention presentations.
Read More Propane marketing in a ‘blink’
August 1, 2007 By Carl Hughes
In his latest book blink, author Malcolm Gladwell (also author of The Tipping Point) examines how people make snap judgments. He is fascinated by how, in many circumstances, the snap decisions are better than those using more analysis and information.
Read More Transitioning the family-owned business
April 1, 2007 By Carl Hughes
Family-owned propane companies are significantly more complex in their organizational dynamics than the traditional mom and pop label often used to characterize them.
Read More Trends in family-owned businesses
February 1, 2007 By Carl Hughes
Family owned businesses are unique in personality, behavior and culture. They operate with the complexities associated with the three overlapping components of ownership, the business and the family.
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