How do you find skilled labor? What if you found a source where you experienced a 90% success rate in finding that labor? What if you had a profiling template to help choose the right people for the right jobs? What would all of this do for your business? My guest, Paul Sanneman, is the founder and Contractor Staffing Source. He’ll explain how you can achieve a 90% success rate in finding labor.

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Thinking about selling your business in the future? There is an emotional roller coaster associated with the sales process and what happens after the sale. Matt Michel and Brandon Jacob, two long time industry experts, just published "The Business Exit Rollercoaster" which is about the emotional side of selling a business. It's based on nearly 100 interviews with business owners who sold, investment bankers, M&A advisors, and buyers.

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Just because you have a schedule doesn’t mean that you have profitability and predictability. You might have built a detailed project schedule yet still experience margin erosion, resource conflicts, cash-flow surprises, and reactive decision-making. The issue isn’t scheduling; it’s a lack of planning discipline at the leadership level. My guest today, David Hernandez, head of North American Operations for Elecosoft, gives you some methods to avoid these issues.

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What if you could convert more leads, calls, and estimates into booked jobs automatically? My guest today, Ryan Fenn, CEO of Chiirp, promises that AI can help you do this. Chiirp prides itself on being and I quote “The most bad ass AI lead conversion system in the trades.

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This podcast is the second in the two part series on 15 cash flow management procedures that you should put in place to protect your hard earned cash. Fear not, they are quick, simple, and protect your hard earned cash.

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Cash. Cash flow. Profits. Which is most important? The answer might surprise you. And, I’ll give you the reasoning behind it. This podcast starts a two part series on 15 cash flow management procedures that you should put in place to protect your hard earned cash. Fear not, they are quick, simple, and protect your hard earned cash.

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Worker’s comp claims can be extremely expensive – not only in increased costs, decreased ability to get jobs if your MOD factor goes over 1, but most important, employees who experience pain and suffering and unfortunately sometimes death because of accidents. My guest today, Michael Zalle, is the CEO of Yellow Bird, an insurance risk and risk management SAAS platform. Yellow Bird’s mission is to make safer workplaces by offering higher skilled service providers at a lesser cost through technology. Michael gives you strategies to stay safe.

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If I train my people they will leave. The answer to this statement was an old Lennox reply that is still true: What happens if you don’t train them and they stay? Training is an essential component of our businesses. My guest today, Gregg Holladay from Bradford White, is passionate about heat pump water heaters. Bradford White, the only US manufactured heat pump water heater, is helping you prepare for the installation of Federally mandated heat pump water heaters in 2029. Greg discusses how to do this.

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