Blacktop Banter

With nearly 50 years of combined experience in the private-club industry and a track record for creating incredibly connected teams, upbeat work cultures and thriving organizations, Three and Jackie Carpenter know how to find, develop and encourage employees to excel beyond their own expectations. Working in an industry where customer expectations are at an extreme, Three and Jackie have synthesiz...

Ryan Wolfsberg started his career as a Professional Baseball Player, having played for the Oakland Athletics, Sussex County Miners, and Ottawa Champions after a standout collegiate career at Hamilton College. After moving on from baseball, Ryan became an investment advisor for high-net-worth individuals with Merrill Lynch and Bristol Wealth Group where he collectively managed over $800 million of...

Zach Milewski has a LOT going on. He's an asphalt business owner, a father of two, a seasoned traveler, a style enthusiast and a damn nice guy. Plus, he's a co-founder and CEO of National Pavement Partners, SpotOnSite and now 8-Figure Paver! In this episode, nothing is off limits as we dive into Zach’s past and talk about his childhood, family, the divorce of his parents and the founding o...

Nobody wants to work anymore! - We hear that all the time, but the fact is there are a lot of people out there who find value and fulfillment from a hard day's work. Jonathan Klorfein, Chief Customer Officer at Labor Finders International, helps companies like yours find qualified skilled and unskilled laborers to fill shortages and gaps in your workforce. They put over 20,000 people to work e...

This episode features the winner of Pavement Magazine's 2021 Top Contractor Award, and member of the Blacktop Banter Success Group, Anthony Byson of Anthony's Asphalt in Dexter, Michigan. In 2005 Anthony entered the asphalt industry as a labor manager for an asphalt maintenance company that had been in existence for 45 seasons, before starting his own business in 2009. Fast forward a few y...

Commercial airline pilot Captain Brandon Bateman flies in the podcast chair and provides some truly fascinating insight into the ways that pavement and pavement maintenance affect landings and takeoffs at airports across the globe. From the potholes of Chicago O'Hare's taxiways (no surprise there) to burning over 30 pounds of rubber during each 737 landing, you'll want to put your tray...

Pavement Hall of Fame inductee, U.S. Air Force veteran and President of Keizer-Morris International (KMI), Cliff Cameron, shares wisdom and stories spanning nearly 40 years of KMI's existence, (and his world-famous "Fat Cliffy's Maple Syrup.") From humble beginnings in a dirt floor pole barn and the creation of “The Road Doctor,” an infrared and hotbox combination built on old Ch...

Step into the ring for a no-holds-barred, hard hitting and impactful interview with Tom Reber of The Contractor Fight where we talk about how you can "Stop Stealing From Your Family, Earn What You’re Worth, and Build A Business That Serves You." Tom shares insight and wisdom acquired during his decades-long journey from a dead-broke contractor whose business and home life was on the rope...

With over 2.9 MILLION square feet of floor space, 2,000 vendors, 190 educational sessions and over 60,000 steps walked, CONEXPO can be an overwhelming experience if you go without a plan. Jeani and Brad share some fantastic tips to help you prepare to navigate the floor, attend educational workshops and sessions, capture fantastic B-roll, make lasting connections and come away with a meaningful ex...

Todd and Mary Schwandt are a husband and wife team from Northeast Nevada who have grown ACHA Construction from an agricultural fencing contractor into a construction, concrete and earthworks business with big name clients like Love's Truck Stops and McDonalds. Located in the largest gold-producing region of the United States, the mining industry drives construction in the area, and this interv...

Sidelined by Covid shutdowns, Ross Moore turned from preparing his bench press and 40 yard dash for the NFL Pro Day to launching a pavement services business. ARM Pavement Services is a family-owned business with three generations of experience, specializing in a complete range of asphalt and concrete services out of Detroit, Michigan. Marvin sat down with Ross at ConExpo to talk about football, f...

Our friend Jason Vaughan of Vaughan Sealcoating & Paving returns to talk about how they have scaled since his last time on the Podcast 3-4 years ago. We also go into detail about how software has helped each of our companies in recent years. One topic we cover will is the "follow-up" to prospective clients that we issued estimates for, and how we succeed and fail, in that department....

Jamie Roush is President of Dynapac North America and if you haven't noticed, he and his team have brought their company to the diamond to play ball with the equipment leaders in the Asphalt Industry. From the amazing display at last years World of Asphalt, the increased Social Media presence, sponsoring some great conferences and now the upcoming ConExpo in Vegas... they don't show any sign of st...

Brian Hall has been at Leeboy a long time. As long as I can remember. He has always been there whenever I have seen the brand represented and knows as much about the machines he sold over the years, as he does this Industry. He is the Territory Sales Manager at Leeboy and also an article writer for APE Magazine, where he regularly drops a wealth of knowledge on the readers.  In this episode h...

Brian and I have been friends for awhile now and he has not only built a successful 6-figure lawn care company, but has also built an "academy" to show other how to do it to. In this interview, Brian shares with us his story and goes over some tips and advice on how ANY business can adopt common good practices to help build the owners, a better business. Fun and outgoing banter between him an I ma...

This episode features Marvin, Josh Rigsbee of PavePro and Jacob Buck of Buck Brothers. The trio discuss what social media marketing has done for them personally and professionally in the Asphalt World, as well as some of the ways to overcome some of the various obstacles with those endeavors. This podcast was recorded live in front of an audience at the Charlotte Expo Center in Charlotte, NC durin...

If you are a business owner, and you scroll TikTok, the chances that you have seen one of Barbara's , aka @your.tax.coach on the platform, viral videos about how business owners can take advantage of tax deductions and advantages, that aren't so commonly known.  In this episode Barbara goes over a couple of the ones we here at BB have sen come up across our feeds and then also goes into detai...

From a previous podcast with Indy Driver James Roe, my interest was sparked about the resurfacing of iconic International Racetrack, Silverstone, and how TopCon was able to use their technology to create a smoother, faster surface there. TopCon was kind enough to give us the time of Mark Larranaga, Director of Intelligent Paving, at TopCon. Mark first gives us some insight on how he, or any person...

If you have been to an NPE before, the chances of you coming into contact with Mike Musto, Owner of the 800 Pavement Network, or the team that he has join him at the National Pavement Expo, are very high. Mike and the 800 Network have become a staple of the conference and are looking forward to having another great show. I am especially excited because this year myself and the BB team will join th...

Shawn Boyce is the CRO at Brothers Paving National and one of the founders of the Pavement Soft business software, developed for the Asphalt Industry. In this episode, Shawn goes over job-costing and the importance of it in the Asphalt Industry and how it can completely change your business and/or take it to the next level. -Marvin 28 CIRCLES BANTER EXCLUSIVE LINK: https://28circles.net/blacktop-b...

Spencer Boyd is back with us to share what is on tab for 2023 and the NASCAR season, as well as what we can expect from the pavement they race on this year. He also shares with us how we can connect with him better and where he will be coming to near all of us un the US this season. -Marvin 28 CIRCLES BANTER EXCLUSIVE LINK: https://28circles.net/blacktop-banter-asphalt-app/ 

I was scrolling on instagram  recently and came across a video of a Asphalt Maintenance Contractor stating something that, although I knew in the back of my mind, was a great reminder and needed to be said on the side of being Re-Freshed. He was stating 3 ways they were separating themselves from the competition... and the 3rd one was their punctuality. Gerry Sebby with Asphalt Authority hit...

National Pavement Expo 2023 Show Director Morgan Wilson joins me to talk about everything we can expect at NPE 2023 in Charlotte North Carolina. With many new events, features, classes and presenters, it is sure to be a fresh look and feel this year at our Expo. Morgan goes into detail on what's new, tried and true, and what really brings out the new theme this year of Pave Hard, Play Hard. Always...

Robert Miller is no stranger to professional sports organizations and the Business of them. From NBA to NASCAR to NHL and more... he has been part of teams that have made it happen all over the country. In this interview Robert, who is currently President of the Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL Hockey Team, goes over what it takes to build a team for a team, and how to be a Leader to the people with c...

Eric Triplett is an Icon in the Water Feature building world. His years of experience, amazing projects and absolute love for what he does, has created an amazing career for my friend. In this episode Eric, who is a mentor of mine, goes into the backstory about how he has got to this point, but also details with us the important aspects of mentorship and learning non-stop in the process of buildin...