You know the trade. Now learn the business.
Pricing that pays, invoices that get collected, customers that come back, and a first hire that doesn't sink the company. TradeForge Trade School teaches the business side of the trades in short, practical courses — taught plainly, and free with any TradeForge account.
📚 Courses that respect your time
Short, practical courses on quoting, job pricing, cash flow, getting reviews, staying compliant and going out on your own — built for people who work ten-hour days, not full-time students.
💬 Optional 1:1 coaching
Want more than the courses? Add a coach who works your actual business in a private channel — your numbers, your goals, one system at a time. A paid add-on for owners who want a plan built around them. Not a webinar, not a group chat.
📖 The library
Playbooks, ebooks, templates and worked examples — the quote that wins, the follow-up that collects, the checklist that keeps the license current. Take them and use them on Monday.
🧰 Built by the people behind the software
We build the software that sends the quotes, chases the invoices, and books the jobs for trades businesses. Trade School teaches the business lessons behind that work — how to price a job, win the quote, get paid on time, and keep customers coming back.
What's in the first intake
The Foundations track: three courses, ten lessons, in the order a growing business needs them. Every lesson is built around one worked example with real numbers, and ends with a worksheet you fill in with your own invoices the same night.
1 · Price It Right
Why the busiest truck in town can still go broke — and the arithmetic that fixes it.
- The hourly rate you copied is lying to you
- Your real cost per billable hour
- Margin is a decision, not a leftover
- Raising prices without losing your nerve
2 · Get Paid
The work is done. Here is how the money actually arrives — quotes chased, invoices paid, deposits asked for.
- Quote follow-up: three touches, then stop
- Invoices that get paid this week
- Deposits: ask before the truck rolls
3 · Win the Work
Reviews, repeat customers, and an owner's week that runs the business instead of being run by it.
- Reviews are a system, not luck
- The customers you already won
- The owner's week: one hour that runs the business
Trade school questions, answered straight
Who is it for?
Apprentices planning ahead, journeymen about to go out on their own, and owner-operators who never got taught the office side. If you can do the work but the pricing, paperwork and cash flow are eating you — it's for you.
What does it cost?
The courses and the library are free with any TradeForge account — no charge, no contract, cancel any time. If you want a coach working your specific business, that's an optional paid add-on you can turn on when you're ready.
When does it open?
The first intake opens alongside TradeForge's launch. Create a free account and you'll be the first to hear — no spam, one email when the doors open.
Already run your business on TradeForge? Trade School will show up in your Hub when it opens.