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Frankie Costa, Jr.

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Frankie J. Costa, Jr., is the CEO of Helios Service Partners, a private equity-backed group of HVAC and refrigeration businesses across the United States. Frankie is also a writer who has published articles on business topics and legal scholarship. He holds a JD from Yale Law School and an MBA from Harvard Business School. His team of 500 (and growing) service technicians operate nationwide and continue to teach Frankie lessons he didn’t learn in business school. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

ARTICLES BY Frankie Costa, Jr.

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Frankie Costa, Jr.

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ARTICLES BY Frankie Costa, Jr.

Lawyers As Businesspeople: 3 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Lawyers

Thinking like a lawyer can undoubtedly create constraints at times, but some legal principles can help manage the growing pains of small businesses.

Why Skilled Trade Jobs Are Safer from Automation Than You Think

The skills that make trade workers successful today are the same ones that will defend them from automation in the future. They are also the attributes we value in knowledge jobs: creativity, entrepreneurism, and social acumen.

4 Important Business Skills I Learned From Service Technicians (And Not Business School)

The service technicians I work with have taught me things I could never learn in school: the value of slowing down, thinking practically, and connecting with people.