The Art of Construction

Chris Doyle, President and CEO of Billd, joins us for episode 196 of Art of Construction.  The construction industry often has a money problem. The longstanding financial issue for contractors in our industry arises from the period of time between when they submit an invoice for a completed project and the eventual payment of that invoice. In the weeks – or even months – of that waiting period, th...

Salla Eckhardt, Director of Transformation Services at Microsoft, joins us for episode 195 of Art of Construction.  Salla is an innovation leader and an industry change agent directing Microsoft's entrance into the world of construction. Her main focus is advocating for the industry-wide adoption of the Digital Building Lifecycle, an overall framework she's developed that encompasses the entire bu...

Casey Clark and Jaime Rowe, CEO and Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors, join us for episode 194 of Art of Construction.  This is the sixth and final episode of the awesome Deep Dive Series we've had the pleasure of doing with Cultivate Advisors. Over these past five episodes, we've had the honor of speaking with owners and entrepreneurs from all over the construction industry and hearing their...

Jean Brownhill, CEO & Founder of Sweeten, joins us for Art of Construction episode 193.  Sweeten is a digital matchmaking service, such as Match or Tinder, but for linking up homeowners with contractors. Jean is a trained architect who founded Sweeten after a personal home renovation project that was much harder than expected. After seeing the disorganized chaos around how general contractors...

Graham Desert, Chief Visionary Officer and Managing Partner of Roofing101, and Jaime Rowe, Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors, join us for episode 192 of Art of Construction.  To explore the final stage in Cultivate Advisor's Entrepreneurial Journey, we talked to Graham about his new role in his rapidly growing roofing business. Thanks to his vision and leadership, Roofing101 has grown tremend...

Danny Kerr, Director of Assessment / Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Breakthrough Academy joins us for episode 191 of Art of Construction.  Breakthrough Academy trains contractors to develop systems and teams that grow their business. At a young age, Danny managed his own trade business as a painting contractor, and after much success decided to pass along the value he’d created in his business...

Jenna Bayer, Owner of Jenna Bayer Garden Design, and Jaime Rowe, Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors join us for episode 190 of Art of Construction and episode 4 of our Deep Dive Series with Cultivate Advisors! So far in this series, we've gone over the first three stages of the Entrepreneurial Journey: the Hustler, the Experimenter and the Visionary. We've taken a journey through the beginning...

Spencer Powell, President of Builder Funnel and Host of Builder Funnel Radio, joins us for episode 189 of Art of Construction. Spencer's family has been in the building industry for 110 years. With that background, he took an interest he developed in digital marketing and decided to help contractors leverage the power of the internet to grow their business. Spencer's company, Builder Funnel brings...

Jeff Toren, Owner at Kitchen Tune-Up, and Jaime Rowe, Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors join us for episode 188 of Art of Construction and episode 3 of our Deep Dive Series with Cultivate Advisors! So far in this series, we've gone over the first two stages of the Entrepreneurial Journey: The Hustler & The Experimenter. We heard from Nicole Delmage on how she started her own architecture...

Nicole Delmage, Co-Owner at Merj Architecture, and Jaime Rowe, Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors, join us for episode 187 of Art of Construction and episode 2 of our Deep Dive Series with Cultivate Advisors! In episode 1 of this series we heard from Co-Founder Casey Clark about his journey in starting Cultivate Advisors and building it up to a renowned national advisory firm. We also met advi...

Dr. Ray Levitt, Operating Partner at Blackhorn Ventures, joins us for episode 186 of Art of Construction.  Blackhorn Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in companies that are redefining industrial resource efficiency. Out of all the fields they could have chosen, Blackhorn picked construction as one of it's main focus areas. They picked construction as an industry to focus on because t...

Casey Clark and Jaime Rowe, Co-Founder, CEO & Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors, joins us for episode 185 of Art of Construction. There is a time to work ON your business, and a time to work IN your business. As entrepreneurs and owners in the construction industry, we are constantly torn between what we should be handling ourselves and what can be delegated to others. When something was...

Judy Goldman, Founder and CEO of Front Range Design Center (FRDC) and Owner of Design Studio Interior Solutions joins us for episode 184 of Art of Construction.  Judy had a long career in banking before coming into the AEC industry. After her banking endeavors Judy purchased a design studio, and as she became involved in construction, quickly realized what a disaster so much of our industry is. As...

Kate Bailey, Founder & President / CEO of Annabel Media and TARRA, joins us for episode 183 of Art of Construction.  It is a crazy time for everyone. In recent months, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic fallout has turned many, if not all of our lives upside down. This can be a time of great confusion and uncertainty for many. And with all the added stress it can be easy to go dark o...

Dominik Mryczko and Magda Cedro-Czubaj, Chief Business Development Officer and Chief of Marketing for Oknoplast, and Jakub Razniak, Owner of Craftwood Doors & Windows join us on this episode 182 of Art of Construction.  Oknoplast is a leading manufacturer of PVC windows and doors based in Poland. They have been on top of the European market for many years now, and recently made the decision to...

Eric Goranson, certified kitchen designer and radio show & podcast host, and Matt Daigle, CEO & Founder at Rise, join us on this episode 181 of Art of Construction. This is our fifth and final episode recorded live from the Rise booth at IBS 2020, where we did a Deep Dive Series with industry experts to uncover their vision for sustainability in the building industry. On Eric's show Around...

Douglas Asano, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Huber Engineered Woods, & Matt Daigle, CEO & Founder at Rise join us on this episode 180 of Art of Construction. This is our fourth episode recorded live from the Rise booth at IBS 2020, where we did a Deep Dive Series with industry experts to uncover their vision for sustainability in the building industry. This time we were joined b...

Kevin Priddy, President and CEO at PlanHub, joins us on this episode 179 of Art of Construction. Kevin has been in construction for over two decades, and was originally a concrete general contractor and subcontractor. During his time running a concrete business, Kevin struggled with the tedious bidding process of construction and decided to seek out a better way. This led to the creation of PlanHu...

Todd Gamboa, President of Building Trust LLC, and Matt Daigle, CEO & Founder at Rise, join us on this episode 178 of Art of Construction. On this third episode in our series on sustainability recorded live from the Rise booth at IBS 2020 we spoke with Todd Gamboa. Todd has been in the building industry for more than 30 years, managing private and public homebuilding companies. As a building sc...

Vicki Suiter, Owner of Suiter Business Builders, joins us on this episode 177 of Art of Construction. For more than two decades, Business Consultant, Coach, Author and National Speaker Vicki Suiter has taught hundreds of contractors - both business owners and managers - how to inspire and motivate teams to produce consistent results. She recently authored a book entitled The Profit Bleed,  written...

Scott Jenkins, President & COO at MGO Systems, and Matt Daigle, CEO & Founder at Rise, join us on this episode 176 of Art of Construction. On this second episode in our series recorded live from the Rise booth at IBS 2020 we spoke with Scott Jenkins, who recently joined MGO Systems as President and COO to build on his many years working in prefab construction. MGO systems produces Magnesiu...

Robin Brown, Executive Director at the Grand Junction Economic Partnership,  joins us on this episode 175 of Art of Construction. The Grand Junction Economic Partnership (GJEP) is the official economic development agency for Colorado’s Grand Valley. Executive Director Robin Brown's job is to increase capital investment and primary job opportunities in the region. Robin joined us at a home industry...

Ellen Bensky and Steve Nonis, CEO, CFO and Principals at Turner Fleischer Architects , as well as Senior Designer/Technologist and Digital Practice Lead Nebojsa Milutinovic and Kristian Pal join us on this episode 174 of Art of Construction.  On this third and final episode of our series on real-time rendering and virtual reality brought to you by Enscape, Devon and Matt spoke with the team over a...

Alaina Money-Garman, Founder and CEO of Garman Homes, and Matt Daigle, Founder and CEO of Rise, join us on this episode 173 of Art of Construction. This episode was recorded live from the Rise booth at IBS 2020, where we did a Deep Dive Series with industry experts to uncover their vision for sustainability in the building industry. ​Co-hosting this series with Devon is Rise Founder & CEO Matt...

Sean McCreanor, Co-Founder and CEO of Assignar, joins us on this episode 172 of Art of Construction. Assignar is an end-to-end operations platform for construction sub-contractors and self-perform GCs. Assignar helps grow revenue, productivity, efficiency as well as gaining visibility and eliminates paperwork. Their clients operate in road, rail, civil, commercial, mining, oil & gas, infrastru...