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till we had been going for around a year .” Finance had to be arranged on a case by case basis , and he admits that at the outset he didn ’ t have a clue what ‘ bonding ’ meant .
That was a deficiency that had to be remedied if the business was to scale up , as owners invariably secure large projects with construction and performance bonds to take out the risk of contractor failure . Frank met an insurance agent who introduced him to the small business network in Las Vegas , which enabled him to bond his first job for the city .
Networking was a vital skill in the days before construction industry organizations like NCA and NAIOP came , he stresses . And once they had Martin-Harris on their radar , the
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