Contractor Evolution

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:   https://trybta.com/EP197 When times get tough, tragedy strikes or things take a turn for the worst, how do you keep faith that everything will turn out ok? Today, that’s what our very own Breakthrough Academy coach Ian Ouwerkerk is joining me to discuss. On August 29th, 2008 on their way to a wedding, Ian, his mum and his dad were T-bone...

Grab your free "goodie bag" of financial management templates here:  https://trybta.com/DL196   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP196   If you’ve made it this far in business, I probably don’t need to tell you that need to budget, track your overhead, and do job costing. The problem is: nobody ever shows you HOW. A few weeks back, we co-hoste...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:  https://trybta.com/EP195 How are you using AI and automation in your business? Maybe you use ChatGPT for idea generation or have some automated reminders going out through your bookkeeping software or CRM. If so, that’s great. But the reality is there is a lot more you could be doing. And it doesn't all require in-depth programming knowle...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP194   Get your copy of Greg McKeown's new Essentialism Planner here: https://gregmckeown.com/books/the-essentialism-planner/   Do you know what you want this year? Or next year? Or in five years? In this distracted world we’re living in, it can be pretty hard to drown out the noise, algorithms and influenc...

Stop telling yourself the lies in this episode and start telling yourself the 7 TRUTHS in this free download instead: https://trybta.com/DL193 To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:   https://trybta.com/PCEP193  For the first episode of 2025, Benji is speaking from the heart. Today, he's calling out seven lies to stop telling yourself in 2025. And, really, seven lies we al...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP192   Have you ever wondered how the masters of big business scale up to nine-figures and beyond? Today’s guest is Adam E. Coffey, author of 3 bestsellers: The Private Equity Playbook, The Exit Strategy Playbook, and Empire Builder: The Road to a Billion . After 10 years as an executive at General Electric, he...

Learn how to hire for profit growth with this free download: https://trybta.com/DLEP191   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP191   Learn more about Greg and Simple Numbers here: https://www.simplenumberscri.com/   We're gonna make an educated guess and say you didn’t get into business because you love accounting. So when it comes to fi...

Grab a free summary of Joey's book, Never Lose an Employee Again, here: https://trybta.com/DLEP190   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP190    Learn more about Joey and his work here: https://joeycoleman.com/   It sucks to lose good people.  Especially when it feels like you did everything you could to keep them, short of a 7-figur...

Grab your copy of our IMPLEMENT framework here: https://trybta.com/DLEP189   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP189      The end of the year is approaching, and that means it’s “hope season” for a lot of contractors.   Your implementation goals are big. You’ve got tech stack upgrades, brand refreshes, and sh...

Connect time tracking to your job costing with this free white paper from busybusy: https://trybta.com/DLEP188     To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:   https://trybta.com/PCEP188     Have you ever wondered whether getting your field staff to track their time is worthwhile?   Sure, it’d be great to hold them accountable. But you can already hea...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:  https://trybta.com/PCEP187   Get a copy of Profit First for Contractors here: https://www.amazon.ca/Profit-First-Contractors-Construction-Money-Making-ebook/dp/B07L38J49P   Did you know that the vast majority of construction and trades businesses net less than 5% profit a year?   In case you were wondering—that’...

Grab your free copy of the Max Priorities Pyramid and start sorting your priorities today:  https://trybta.com/DLEP186   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP186   How good are you at prioritization in your business?   It’s ok. You can be honest.   The truth is that prioritization seems straightforward, but in reality it’...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP185      How did Plus Construction owner and Breakthrough Academy Member Charlie Bethell go from endless callbacks, cash crunches and frustration to selling and building 500 decks a year?   Systemizing and optimizing. And a lot of it.   Today, Charlie’s on the show to talk about his digital...

Grab your free copy of the Four Numbers Exercise to help you 10x your wealth attraction:  https://trybta.com/DLEP184     To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP184     Learn more about Brian here: https://www.thewealthycontractor.com/     Running a highly profitable contracting business has two sides of the coin.   You n...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP183     To get the your copy of the Freedom From Fear eBook, click here: https://sparkingsuccess.net/fgfff/      Here’s a question you’ve probably pondered before.   Do your technicians, laborers, and field staff excel at customer service?   Do they know how to build rapport?...

Get a downloadable copy of Matt Risinger's Team Building Tactics here: https://trybta.com/DLEP182     To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP182     Ever wonder how an industry titan recruits and retains top talent?   Before creating his 1.1 million subscriber YouTube channel dedicated to building science, Matt Risinger worked as a recruiter for a national bui...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP181     To learn more about Duct Tape Marketing, click here: https://ducttapemarketing.com/   If you’ve ever cut your marketing budget when times were tough, this one’s for you.   When you find yourself in the middle of a downturn, leadflow turning to a trickle, customer decision-making slowing to a crawl…something's gott...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP180   Grab a free copy of QuickBooks' Top 5 Profit Leaks for Contractors download here: https://www.btacademy.com/ce/download/ep180/      Grab your free Breakthrough Academy budgeting tool here: https://trybta.com/68v     Have you ever wanted to better understand how to use QuickBooks effectively but haven’t had the time...

Get your free guide to Chris Voss' Top Negotiation Tips for Contractors here: https://trybta.com/DLEP179   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP179   Check out Chris Voss' new documentary, Tactical Empathy, here: https://www.amazon.com/Tactical-Empathy-Chris-Voss/dp/B0D83LHHZT    Today’s episode frickin’ rocks.   The one and only Chris Voss, world-renowned F...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:  https://trybta.com/PCEP178     Get Allan Dib's new book, Lean Marketing, here: https://leanmarketing.com/books/leanmarketing     “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. The trouble is I don't know which half.”   Ever heard that saying?   That classic quote from John Wanamaker dates back over a hundred years ago. And, sadly, even with...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:  https://trybta.com/PCEP177 Get a complimentary SEO audit from Choquer Creative here: https://cal.com/brycechoquer/seo-audit  Did you get your website built because you knew you needed one? Or did you have it thoughtfully designed and optimized to get you leads? The truth is that 9/10 of your competition's websites are poorly designed and under...

Get access to Benji and Mike's favorite mindfulness practices here: https://trybta.com/PCDLEP176 To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP176   Did you know the average employee loses 600 hours a year due to distractions? That’s a lot of untapped potential. And a lot of anxious people. Our guest on the show today is Mike Lee, a best-selling author and globally r...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:  https://trybta.com/PCEP175   To learn more about Ryan and Brush Strokes, click here: https://brushstrokesga.com/   Today’s episode is your daily dose of inspiration.    Ryan Gill, Breakthrough Academy Member and owner of Brush Strokes Quality Painting in Georgia, has quite the story. He’s battled addiction, struggled with his mental health, an...

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:  https://trybta.com/PCEP174   Get your free budget tool here: https://trybta.com/DLEP174   We all know the standard KPIs we need to track the success of a business. Dollars sold. Dollars produced. Gross profit. Net profit.    The only problem with these all-important metrics is that they are LAGGING indicators.   We find out about their perform...

Get your free strategic planning tool here: https://trybta.com/DLEP173   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP173   Buying and selling contracting businesses is no easy feat.   Compared to buying or selling a home, the whole system is needlessly confusing and incredibly dated. It involves pen-and-paper processes, uninformed sellers, and brokerage-owned listi...