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Trade Secrets

Trade Secrets

By: Wyldepodcasts
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Trade Secrets tells short teardown-style stories of how HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, landscaping, and other trade businesses grow, stall, sell, or break. Each episode focuses on one operator case, one constraint, and one transferable lesson — a real case study in six minutes, not another long founder interview.© 2026 Wyldepodcasts Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • What a private-equity buyout letter actually costs a family HVAC shop - Trade Secrets

    What a private-equity buyout letter actually costs a family HVAC shop - Trade Secrets
    Jul 11 2026
    A second-generation HVAC owner gets an unsolicited letter from a private-equity-backed roll-up offering to buy his business at what sounds like a great multiple - until the earnout terms, the equity rollover, and the three-year employment clause turn the headline number into something much less certain.
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    6 mins
  • How an Electrical Shop Doubled Its Value With a Membership Plan — Trade Secrets

    How an Electrical Shop Doubled Its Value With a Membership Plan — Trade Secrets
    Jul 10 2026
    A two-truck electrical shop stopped letting every month start at zero and doubled what the business was worth — with a simple membership plan that made payroll boring.
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    5 mins
  • Tripling 5-Star Reviews Without Paying a Cent (Roofing Case Study) — Trade Secrets

    Tripling 5-Star Reviews Without Paying a Cent (Roofing Case Study) — Trade Secrets
    Jul 8 2026
    A roofing crew tripled its five-star reviews in four months and never paid a cent — by changing when they asked and killing the one habit they thought was working.
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    5 mins
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