Contractor Evolution

Ready to build smarter? Meet Breakthrough Academy at Build Show Live in San Antonio, Sept 10–12. Use code BTA26 for 25% off . Click the link to register: https://www.buildshowlive.com/ To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP280   Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL280 Most contractors become leaders...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP279 Download Rob’s AI Opportunity Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL279 AI is exposing everything that's broken in your contracting business… …before it fixes anything. Everyone's racing to adopt AI right now. But here's what nobody's saying: if your workflows are messy, AI doesn't clean them up. It accelerates the chaos. Thi...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP278   Get a copy of Ryan’s Lead Follow Up Formula (The Revenue Engine) here: https://trybta.com/DL278 Most contractors assume the sale is dead after two ignored messages. The data says otherwise, and the money you're leaving on the table is staggering. Ryan Fenn, founder of CHIIRP, has analyzed massive volumes of real...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP277   Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL277 Your crew isn't lazy. Your processes are broken. In this episode of Contractor Evolution, process strategist Moustafa Moursy breaks down why most business systems collect dust, and introduces the OPTIMIZE Framework: a...

Register for Matt and Danny’s upcoming team accountability web class: https://trybta.com/DL276 To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP276   If you're the only person on every jobsite who can catch a mistake, you don't have a team; you have a daycare. In this episode, Matt Risinger (from The Build Show) maps the exact path from babysitter to system-builder,...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP275   Download your free Cash Flow Resource Bundle here: https://trybta.com/DL275 You're winning jobs, billing strong — and still sweating payroll every two weeks. Cash timing slips. Payroll doesn't. Here's how to fix it. In this episode, Danny Kerr breaks down the exact cash flow management system BTA has used with 1,...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP274 We’re actively working with ~600 contractors, and a LOT of them are struggling — and it's not the economy. Breakthrough Academy coach Jason Alcott reveals the hidden mindset trap keeping contractors stuck, and the one framework that changes everything. Most contractors are measuring their success the wrong way. They're...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP273   Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL273 Have you ever pulled a 60-hour work week and felt like you got nothing done? Productivity researcher Chris Bailey ran a radical experiment—working 90 hours one week, 20 the next—just to see what would happen to his ou...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP272   Grab a copy of Megan’s OWN Your Contracts QuickStart Guide: https://meganshapiro.kit.com/590f12c899 Check out Megan’s Negotiation Style Quiz: https://meganshapiro.kit.com/81045b49f1 If you’ve thought about using AI to make the process of drafting, reading, and negotiating contracts easier, you’re not alone. But a...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP271 Get a copy of John’s slide deck here: https://trybta.com/DL271 If you’re relying on leads coming in… you’re already behind. In this episode, Breakthrough Academy Member John Malanchuk breaks down a proven approach to business development for contractors ; one that goes beyond marketing and sales, and focuses on building...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP270 What’s slowing down your contracting or construction business isn’t always obvious. In this episode of Contractor Evolution, Danny Kerr sits down with Mark Wong to break down the hidden inefficiencies that quietly drain profit, capacity, and momentum inside a growing company. From admin bloat and paperwork to wasted fie...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP269 Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL269 Most contractors didn't start a business to be trapped inside of it.  Cameron Herold, the operational mind behind 1-800-GOT-JUNK's explosive scale from $2M to $106M, reveals the exact blueprint to turn your contracting...

Download a copy of Ellen's Weekly Financial Quick Check Templates here: https://trybta.com/DL268-2 Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL268 To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP268 What if the fastest way to build an accountable team was to show them the numbers you've been hiding? Ellen Rohr (Zoom Drain,...

To get your free Hiring Resource Bundle, click here: https://trybta.com/DL267 To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP267 Most contractors post a job ad, get zero qualified applicants, and wonder why they can't find good people. The problem isn't the labor market — it's your hiring system. In this roundtable, Matt Risinger (founder of The Build Show Network), Jac...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP266 Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL266 Can you actually run a contracting business with your spouse …   …and still like each other at the end of the day?  Caleb Auman (host of the Kid Contractor Podcast) and his wife Brittany have been through bankruptc...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP265   Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL265 Your biggest expense is labor. If you aren’t tracking it accurately, your job costing is a lie. In this episode, Derrik Shakespear (CRO of AlignOps) reveals why most contractors bleed profit through inaccurate time tr...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP264  Stop obsessing over lead generation and start building a real marketing machine.  In this episode, Matt Jones (Founder of Tradie Web Guys & Host of The Site Shed) lays out the future of contractor marketing - from strategy and systems to for contractors and smarter, higher-quality leads. If you’re a contra...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:  https://trybta.com/EP263   Make training your next hire a breeze by grabbing a copy of our training checklist template: https://trybta.com/DL263 High employee turnover is killing profitability in the trades. And unfortunately, there is no quick fix.  In this episode of Contractor Evolution, we sit down with Mike Matalone, author...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP262   To download the exact accountability resources Blake used to turn a 30% Net Profit, click here: https://trybta.com/DL262 Most contractors believe you have to choose: be the "nice guy" and lose money, or be the "tough boss" and lose your team. Blake Butry, owner of Churchill USA, proves that is a myth. Since joini...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP261 Grab your free Project Management Resource Bundle here: https://trybta.com/DL261 In this episode of Contractor Evolution, we’re releasing a talk Danny did at Build Show Live. In just 60 minutes, he breaks down the exact project management system he’s seen hundreds of contractors use to cut waste, increase profit and lea...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP260   Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL260   Going into business with a partner is one of the most exciting decisions you can make, but knowing how to resolve cofounder conflict is critical if you want that business to survive.  In this episode of Co...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP259 Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL259  Systems and documentation don't have to kill your creativity—they are actually the secret to getting your life back. In this episode, we sit down with Jonathan Ronzio, Co-Founder and CMO of Trainual, to dismantle th...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP258 Download the accountability resources Nick used to scale from $4M to $12.5M here: https://trybta.com/DL258   If you’re working 70+ hours a week, micromanaging every detail, and acting as the bottleneck in your own business, you are doing it wrong. In this episode, Breakthrough Academy Member and owner of Willie C....

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP257 Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL257 How much time do you waste each day on little inefficiencies? - Searching for the latest version of that SOP - Flipping through a hundred browser tabs to find your budget spreadsheet - Typing out the same email to 30 differe...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP256 Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL256 Men’s mental health is in crisis. We are three times more likely to develop addictions and four times more likely to turn to suicide. And yet, 40% of men won’t seek help. In this episode of Contractor Evolution, we are divin...