All of the guys I know that have ran construction have worked for some one else first for many years to learn the trade and understand the numbers. Being able to even take a call and go do an estimate before accepting a job requires A LOT of experience. No offense but you’re 16 and I don’t care if you were raised on a cattle farm you still don’t have all the skills you need to know how to work a manual labor job and be successful day in and day out. Go work at least 5 years in the field for a reputable contractor and understand the field before deciding you want to become a general contractor. More on reddit.com

I own a construction company in a different region, with a very different specialty, and have 28 full time employees currently. I can only offer you general advice, so use the good parts and toss what's not so helpful. Some of my employees are incredibly talented and skilled with their hands. They do great work and they can be trusted to execute tasks quickly and correctly. And it can be a terrible thing to promote these individuals into a leadership position: I can end up burdening a great laborer with tasks related to handling personnel and materials, with the result being the effective loss of the skilled work, sub-par leadership, and frustrated crews and customers. This matters in your situation because I believe you're a very skilled laborer when on your own. Don't assume you'll be a great crew leader; plus, when you step into that role then the jobs lose some of your excellent craftsmanship simply due to your crew is now doing most tasks. If you can, get yourself a skilled craftsman who's equal in skill to you; if one isn't available then you hire and develop that person. You can't be an effective crew leader until you've got that right-hand craftsman. This will let you take on jobs that require roughly 4-6 people. When you're ready to grow bigger, you've (hopefully) developed your crew a bit, and can identify a crew leader who will replace you. That probably shouldn't be your most talented craftsman--the one you want to pick is the person who knows what tools and materials need to be at the site, how many people are required, and how long it'll take. Leaders know what needs done, when, and with whom. They don't have to be exceptionally skilled at the physical work, so try to not value that too much. Only when you have a new crew leader can you start to build up a second crew where you'll act as more of a foreman. The second crew can be hired in, or developed/split from your initial crew, or any other means. For a short time, you'll just have two smaller crews while you bid for bigger jobs and you can add lower-skill laborers as needed. So, by this point, you've got anywhere between 5 and 12 construction workers. Have you considered the office staff you'll need? You can handle things like payroll and other office functions through a service initially, but by the time you've got roughly 8 employees that service becomes prohibitively expensive. You need an office person to handle the accounting, payroll, A/R, A/P, HR, etc. That person should be somewhat expensive, with experience, and it's worth it. Also, working from the garage is completely reasonable at first. By the time you have two crews, though, it's best to have a yard with some office space. It doesn't have to be all that much, but you'll need something. Good luck. I'm cheering for you. It's pretty rewarding to be successful in this industry. More on reddit.com

I started by myself in the bathroom remodeling field when I was young (20) i've been doing this for 17 years now. Don't be in a rush to expand and hire new guys right away. You can get a lot done with a 3 man crew. I'd say focus on a certain aspect of construction and get really good at that instead of being a do everything company. I'd focus on residential instead of commercial all day long. I'll tell you from experience the headaches and hold ups with commercial and new construction work aren't worth it to me, the money is in residential and there's plenty to go around at the moment. I have guys now that do most everything in bathroom remodeling so I basically market and go sell jobs full time I also travel across the country and work with other companies in my field and work on their marketing and lead generation. You'll do great if you hang in their and remember you have to create value first then you'll reap the rewards. If you ever have any questions pm me! Good luck

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Starting a business is the hardest. What I recommend is working full time and doing jobs on the side every day. You need to build your cliental first. Get enough side jobs that you are busy working full time and part time, working 60 hours a week. Then when you do enough for a year, then go full time. Then when you go full time on your own, work will be slow. Cliental is the most important part. If you get to a point where you need to reject jobs, then you are ready to go full time on your own. More on reddit.com