Master Your Money.
Master Your Business.
Improve Profit, Cashflow & Control in Trade Businesses — without the accounting jargon or complexity.
One-time payment. No subscriptions. No fluff.
4 specific results for your trade business
- ✓ Calculate your exact break-even in under 15 minutes
- ✓ Identify 3 areas losing you at least 5% gross margin
- ✓ Price every job to a target profit — not guesswork
- ✓ Set up a cashflow forecast to catch gaps 4–6 weeks ahead
You're winning work. So why does the bank balance never show it?
Trade business owners face the same silent profit killers. Most don't spot them until it's too late.
- ✗ You discount to win jobs and can't see exactly what it's costing you
- ✗ You confuse markup with margin — and it's eroding every quote you send
- ✗ Your accountant shows you last year's numbers when you need to know this week's
- ✗ Cash disappears at month-end and you don't know where it went
- ✗ You're working harder than ever but the business isn't growing financially
You have a clarity problem.
Clarity is what separates trade businesses that grow from those that stay stuck — no matter how hard the owner works. Profit Riser gives you the numbers framework that makes the difference.
Complete this course and you'll have 4 specific results in your business
Not theory. Not broad concepts. These are the exact outcomes trade business owners measure after completing Profit Riser.
Calculate your exact break-even point in under 15 minutes
Know the minimum revenue you need each week to cover all costs — then build every pricing decision around that number, not guesswork.
Identify 3 areas where you're losing at least 5% gross margin
Most trade businesses lose margin in quoting, labour recovery, and materials purchasing. You'll know exactly where yours are leaking.
Price every job against a specific profit target — not the market rate
Stop pricing what you think the market will accept. Set a target margin and reverse-engineer every quote from there.
Set up a cashflow forecast that shows gaps 4–6 weeks ahead
Move from managing cash by checking your bank balance to forecasting it. You'll see shortfalls before they become emergencies.
Three stages. Nine lessons. Zero accounting jargon.
Each stage builds on the last — from understanding what your numbers mean, to controlling them, to using them to drive growth.
Understand What Your Numbers Are Really Telling You
Most trade owners are reading the wrong signals. This stage fixes that foundation first.
- Know the difference between markup and margin — and why mixing them up costs money on every quote
- Identify where profit leaks actually happen in a trade business
- Stop relying on gut feel or month-old reports
Control Your Profit, Pricing, and Cashflow
Decisions become calm and deliberate when you know the numbers behind them.
- Calculate your true break-even across all cost types
- Understand why profit on paper doesn't equal cash in the account
- Set pricing that protects your margin instead of quietly eroding it
Measure What Actually Drives Growth
This is where the business starts working for you, not the other way around.
- Read your balance sheet without confusion or reliance on your accountant
- Track the 4–5 KPIs that matter for trade and construction businesses
- Apply quick wins that lift profit without adding complexity
Everything included in Profit Riser
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9 practical, bite-sized video lessons Work through them at your own pace — average completion time is 3–4 hours total
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Worksheets and templates ready to use Apply each lesson directly to your own business numbers — no generic examples
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Trade & construction-specific examples Every scenario is built around contracting, building, and trade service businesses
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Access to the Profit Riser community A growing group of trade business owners working through the same challenges
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Lifetime access Revisit any lesson whenever your business changes — team grows, market shifts, new challenges appear
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Plain English explanations throughout Jerome explains every concept the way he would to a client on a job site — no accounting degree required
Get Profit Riser today
One pricing mistake costs you far more than $47. This course pays for itself the first time you apply it to a quote.
- 9 lessons across 3 focused stages
- Templates and worksheets included
- Lifetime access, no subscriptions
- 100% online — start immediately
What Rise Advisory clients have achieved
These are real results from trade businesses Jerome has worked with through Rise Advisory.
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Jerome Jacobs
Profit Riser wasn't built in a classroom. Jerome Jacobs has spent over 25 years working alongside trade, construction, and service-based business owners across New Zealand — through Rise Advisory.
He has coached and advised over 350 business owners since 2003, ranging from owner-operated trades turning $250K annually to multi-director construction operations approaching $25M in turnover. He has run a mechanical business, been part of a global franchise coaching organisation, and held ownership in IT and marketing agencies before founding Rise Advisory.
Across all 350 businesses, the same patterns kept appearing: pricing decisions made without real margin clarity, profits on paper with stress in the bank account, and owners relying on reports that explained the past rather than the future. Profit Riser distils those real-world lessons into a framework you can apply immediately.
Areas of Expertise
Everything you need to know before enrolling
Stop guessing. Start knowing.
One pricing mistake costs more than this course. Profit Riser gives you clarity, tools, and confidence you'll use for years.