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Marketing Skills You Need if You want to be an Electrician
So, you’ve decided to become an electrician. You’ve got your tools, your certification, and you’re fresh out of your apprenticeship ready to take on the world. Charging headfirst into the industry might seem like your best bet—you're wearing your hard hat after all. But before you do, I want to talk about something just as important as rewiring a home. Marketing yourself. Marketing skills... -
Here’s Why Warehouses Only Use This Kind of Lighting
There are a ton of different lighting styles and fixtures on the market lately. Sunco’s own product directory spans in the hundreds. Now throw every other company into the mix (not that you would ever buy from another company...right?). The sheer number of lighting styles and features makes it feel impossible to decide which is best for your space. But when you’re faced with... -
What Happens if you Ignore Electrical Maintenance at Home?
Life’s busy these days, I get it. After a long workday, all I want to do is curl up and unwind in front of my TV with some pre-made pizza. So, when the light fixture in the kitchen starts to flicker, I am liable to just shrug it off and convince myself that “I’ll get to it later” (I won’t). In our fast-paced lives,... -
Celebrating Sunco's Ten Year Anniversary
“Sunco will be the leader in lighting in e-commerce in 10 years. Period.” The above quote is from Simon Tahour, the CEO of Sunco. It’s a bold claim, especially considering the intense competition in the e-commerce lighting space, but as Sunco celebrates its 10-year Anniversary, Simon has reason to be confident. Simon outlined to me exactly why Sunco is positioned to be... -
NYC Underground is Getting an Upgrade
The NYC underground has a rep for being smelly, unsafe, and dirty, so even the smallest improvements can have a profound impact. We can pray the Ninja Turtles will swoop in to fix these issues, but until that time, the city is resorting to the next best thing. Back in January, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) launched a comprehensive plan to convert all 150,000... -
Construction Costs are Rising
One of the most pressing concerns facing built environment professionals within the last five years or so is the escalating costs of construction. It might seem like a branch of inevitable inflation, but this issue isn’t just a passing trend that will fade as time goes on like overpriced tumblers or baggy denim. Rather, the rising cost of construction is a complex issue rooted...