Rocket Your Business for Trade Contractors

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio, Aaron Moore  from PPD joins us to share how his company planned big leaps in growth, moving from residential to commercial work and breaking through barriers in small business growth in a very short time. Aaron reminds us that cash and credit management is imperative to planned growth, and leadership from one growth phase to the next requires a different m...

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio, Brandon Lewis talks with us about why winter 2022 is feeling a lot like the first "soft start to Spring" that contractors may have faced in a long time. With shortages in supply and labor, contractors are pushing projects into late winter and will have very little respite before a jumpstart in the spring. Businesses are going to have to hire bett...

Hot tabs and Notifications are new at Estimate Rocket! Fred Kulik, the Customer Success lead at Estimate Rocket, joins us to talk about how the software's newest features can help contractors seize the moment when customers are most interested in your proposals so you can strike while the iron is hot and close more deals.

Tom Reber of The Contractor Fight joins us on Estimate Rocket Radio to talk about how he has been helping contractors across industries win the contractor fight! We chat about sales and profit goals, sales planning, and...not stealing from your family! Tom unpackages what it means to set high standards and expect great things of yourself. But it won't happen without the right mindset. Learn m...

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio we interview the head of Estimate Rocket himself, Tom Droste. We discuss the type of profit planning that avoids the accidental business journey that so many companies find themselves on. Mapping a sales and profit plan to make the journey to the top doesn't have to be haphazard and helter-skelter! Making real, intelligent money can be systematic and.....

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio we talk with Emily Howard of American Painting Contractor (APC) about the upcoming, annual Tech Fest. This event offers a chance for contractors to learn about technology options and integrations that are new to the painting industry, and compare and contrast services offered by vendors. Attendees will also have plenty of opportunities to chat with other co...

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio Nick Slavik of Ask A Painter joins us to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of profit planning for the coming year. Nick is extremely open and transparent about the struggle that not a lot of business owners want to tackle as systematically as Nick's team is attempting to do: job costing throughout the year to walk the razor's edge of prof...

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio Rachel Garmers from Walls By Design joins us to talk about how her company found her in unlikely circumstances and how she applied her deep sales experiences into estimating and sales in a trades business. Rachel understands how the sales process ought to work in ANY company, and she brings her universal understanding of sales to a conversation about advert...

What is it that sets some companies so extraordinarily above the others that they practically define a new genre because they've blown the old categories to Kingdom Come? Manual (Manny) Navarrete joins us from Priority Painting Services to talk about what he learned from managing a Chick Fil A that translates into helping him separate his company and give customers a unique experience. He dra...

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio we talk with the always thought-provoking Brandon Lewis of the Painters Academy. Brandon helps his clients build sales and marketing systems that plug in the right numbers to set the right goals in planning. He doesn't pull any punches when he exposes weak strategies that cause contractors to waste their time! Brandon always shoots straight with people...

On this episode we are joined by Ryan Amato of Ryan Amato painting to talk about Sales Planning and Making Big Turns that impact the coming year. What do you do when you realize that your company should completely rearrange it's priorities and seek bread and butter from other sources? Ryan shares how he decided his company needed to make a big turn, and how he inspired buy-in from his employe...

The Vision Conference is here to help you with Sales and Profit Planning for 2021 and 2022! Tom Droste , co-founder and CEO at Estimate Rocket, joins us for this special Estimate Rocket Radio episode to talk about what to expect at the Vision Conference that extends from October 21, 2021 into February of 2022. The ten sessions will be hosted two times a month and will help you collect numbers and...

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio, we conclude our How to RIVAL series of podcasts with a discussion with Bevin Hernandez, our lead developer and marketing director, on the topic of working hard for the money! Every business owner is in a profit gym of their own making, and they work every bit as hard for financial profit as someone going into a gym or health club works to get physically fi...

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio we talk with Development Director Bevin Hernandez about operational efficiency and effectiveness, and we discuss how an authentic central strategy is often opposed to a pursuit of mere efficiency. If you don't accept the trade-offs of a focused strategy, a drop-off is soon to follow as you reach what is called the "productivity frontier." You...

On this episode of of Estimate Rocket Radio we are joined by the great and powerful Nick Slavik of Ask A Painter and Nick Slavik Painting and Restoration! We talk about specific strategies and tactics for increasing sales in the coming year, and how to build the type of team to sell $1MM of business. Nick has algorithims for everything, and he breaks down $1MM in sales to accommodate 1 sales perso...

The Estimate Rocket Team tackles the hype game, how to succeed in a busy market, what the consequences of too much (or not enough) hype are, and overall some marketing tips for busy entrepreneurs. Register for RIVAL today to get more great content: http://www.estimaterocket.com/rival

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio we talk to Bevin Hernandez and Tom Droste about the pros and cons of using opinionated offerings to become a stronger RIVAL in the marketplace. Opinionated software is a well-known path in the development world that sets a product vision and moves in specific direction. The limitations of opinionated software and hardware causes some entrepreneurs to shy aw...

The Estimate Rocket team talks about whether it's better to be the tortoise or the hare in business, how to have a balance between speed and strategy, burnout culture, and dealing with the unprecedented demand in the service industry. Want more great content? Level up your game with RIVAL!

Bevin Hernandez, Lead Software Developer and Director of Product at Estimate Rocket speaks about how Estimate Rocket is rivaling in the highly competitive landscape of SaaS software, including the evolution that Estimate Rocket is going through as a company. 

On this episode of Estimate Rocket Radio, Nancy Batista-Caswell, award-winning and acclaimed owner of the restaurants Oak + Rowen in Boston and Brine in Newburyport, MA joins us to talk about leadership through challenging times. We discuss the impact of COVID on different industries, leadership that starts in the trenches and builds a working knowledge of the mechanics of a business, and "ma...

Jim Kaloutas of Kaloutas Painting talks with us about how a flexible growth mindset allows you to channel the right kind of stress into successful habits that keeping you heading toward challenges and not away from them. Included in his workshop will be a discussion about what to do when you reach the ceiling of complexity in your business, including steps to build the confidence, competence, and...

Corrie Leister of Inspired By U talks with us about how relationships and connections help business owners keep the stress low and the success high.  Having a strong network of people around you that inspires you can help you reduce the bad stress while channeling the good stress into a new vision and passion for creative solutions. Corrie will discuss methods to cultivate healthy family relations...

Corwin Smith, from Transcend Growth Partners and certified Scaling Up Coach , joins Kathy & Chris in an episode talking about growing your company, time management, and why working harder isn't the answer. 

Tom Droste, CEO and founder of Estimate Rocket and Chris Shank, Education Manager talk about techniques for dealing with stress as a business owner crew, how stress differs from anxiety, how it affects your business and how to stay out of the spiral of doom.

We are so pleased to share with you one of our newest team members, Chris Shank. Chris recently worked for the Painting Contractors Association (PCA), and as soon as he became a free agent, we knew we needed him on the team at Estimate Rocket. Kathy and Chris talk about their long working relationship, how Chris is going to bring knowledge and expertise to the Estimate Rocket Community, and how Es...