EP. 132
~90 min
~90 min
Why $5M Remodelers Are Killing Their SaaS Stack in 2026
Steve, VP of HHI Builders on Hilton Head Island, scaled from $6M to a forecasted $9M in one year. He didn't do it by hiring more bodies—he did it by building...
Steve Young
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EP. 131
How to Build a Construction Brand That Survives Your Exit
Christene Marie didn't grow up planning to take over Hoffman Painting & Finishing. Then in 2017, she came back. The company was 90+ years old with no website...
Christene Marie
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EP. 130
~62 min
~62 min
How To Close 40% More Roofing Deals Without Spending Another Dollar
Mike Christie, founder of The Roofing Revenue System, has spent 15 years inside one niche: residential roofing. His clients don't buy more leads. They answer...
Mike Christie
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EP. 129
~50 min
~50 min
How One Builder Hits $1M Solo Without Hiring a Single Employee
Most builders look at $1M and assume they need a crew. Scott Worley is on track to hit it this year with zero W2 employees, six annual projects, and three jo...
Scott Worley
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The AI Assistant for JobTread That Makes Your Company Worth More
Milan Vladeck grew up cutting rebar by hand on his father's custom home sites in San Diego. Today he manages multi-million-dollar luxury builds in Nashville ...
Milan Vladeck
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41:50
How One Builder Is Turning 365 Jobs Into an AI Estimating Machine
Sean Skelly built a 40-person, fixed-price operation with 365 completed projects. Now he's feeding every cost code, sub bid, and timeline into one AI model t...
Sean Skellenger
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EP. 128
55:00
55:00
The Remote Ops System: Running Heavy Steel from 2,000 Miles Away
Roggen Frick owns a heavy steel manufacturing company in Colorado. He lives in South Carolina. No chaos, no daily check-ins, no micromanagement. Just a Remot...
Roggen Frick
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EP. 127
50:00
50:00
Your Business Is Your Story
Story isn't marketing fluff. It's a decision-making engine. Dan Grech — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of "Your Business Is Your Story" — joins...
Dan Grech & Morgan Smith
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EP. 126
48:00
48:00
Search Everywhere Optimization for Contractors
Your competitor is getting recommended by ChatGPT. Right now. While you're reading this. Wes Towers — Founder of Uplift 360 with 20+ years helping builders —...
Wes Towers
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EP. 125
42:00
42:00
AI-Powered Real Estate Portfolio Management
What does it look like to manage a real estate portfolio — single-family rentals, self-storage, and triple-net retail — with zero property management team? K...
Kevin Shtofman
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EP. 124
52:00
52:00
Construction Hiring System: The 10-Minute Rule
The "labor shortage" isn't real. It's a process failure. Paul Sanneman — Founder of Contractor Staffing Source — has placed thousands of construction hires a...
Paul Sanneman
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EP. 47
55:48
55:48
Stop Building Portfolios. Start Telling Stories.
What if your portfolio is the exact thing killing your sales? Joe Toscano — former Google consultant, $3M to $11M ARR builder, Netflix-featured strategist — ...
Joe Toscano
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EP. 24
Systematize Your Crew's Emotional Intelligence
Soft skills aren't soft — they're just systems you haven't built yet. Estie Briggs, founder of Briggs Performance Consulting, has made a career of turning em...
Estie Briggs
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The Anti-Contractor Playbook
What if eliminating change orders was a business strategy, not just a promise? Gil Vaisman built Go ADU Construction in Los Angeles after a decade editing re...
Gil Vaisman
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Agile Design & The Stamp Myth
Having a licensed architect stamp your plans doesn't guarantee they'll get built. Stefani Thatcher, founder of Domani Home Design, has been challenging this ...
Stefani Thatcher
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AI Permits: Cut Timelines by 50%
Permit timelines killing your project schedules? Robbie Leer — founder of TurboPermit and veteran of Airbnb and Cloud Kitchens — is building the infrastructu...
Robbie Leer
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The Promotion Trap & Tough Talk Blueprint
Promoting your best revenue generator to foreman without a system doesn't reward performance — it destroys it. Traci Austin, founder of Elevated Talent Consu...
Traci Austin
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EP. 21
47:10
47:10
From Dental Hygienist to Design-Build: Trust-Based Construction
What do dentistry and design-build have in common? More than you'd think. Chris Hains, founder of Forge and Essence Design Build, took the unconventional pat...
Chris Hains
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EP. 20
42:55
42:55
Backyard Empire: Landscape & Contractor Marketing in the AI Era
Google is no longer the only answer engine. Josh Blakeley, author of "Backyard Empire" and digital marketing expert for landscape, hardscape, and outdoor liv...
Josh Blakeley
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EP. 19
44:20
44:20
The 5-Step Foreclosure Profit System (400+ Flips)
400+ flips. $25K average profit per deal. One bulletproof system. Donnie Korum, founder of the Foreclosure Profit System, joins the pod to break down exactly...
Donnie Korum
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EP. 18
46:30
46:30
Scalable Construction Sales Systems (Sandler Training)
Your best salesperson should NOT be you. Tim Barry, Executive Coach with Sandler Training Fort Worth and former owner of three construction companies totalin...
Tim Barry
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EP. 17
48:15
48:15
The Anti-Agency Model (Duct Tape Marketing)
What if firing your marketing agency was the best business decision you ever made? Sara Nay, CEO of Duct Tape Marketing and author of "Unchained," joins the ...
Sara Nay
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EP. 16
45:22
45:22
The Retail-to-Remodel Lead Generation Model
What if your showroom was your best salesperson? Noah Hutchison, co-founder of Hutch Design + Build and Hutch Home Co. in Fort Collins, Colorado, cracked the...
Noah Hutchison
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