The Wealthy Contractor

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com On today’s episode, we’re talking with Scott Berman of Florida Window & Door. Scott’s business completed over 4,000 jobs in 2019, which as you know is no small feat. Beginning with his sales department, Scott built a robust company culture and designed his processes and best practices around that model. He also lear...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com On today’s episode, we’re lucky to be speaking with a legend in the home improvement industry: Bill McGraw of Quality Home Products in Texas. Bill’s story is fascinating. He started off as a salesperson and then just a few years later he bought into a market. A relatively short time after that, he basically bought out t...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com On today’s podcast, we’re talking with Patrick Readyhough, Owner of Pond Roofing & Exteriors. Patrick has been in the home remodeling and construction industry for over 20 years.   His journey began in college running painting crews to help pay for his tuition. In 2010, he joined forces with successful company owner...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com In this episode, we’re talking with Dave Harrison, professor, consultant, and speaker. And, by the way, unknowingly (until recently) he played a major role in the early success of gFour Marketing. As a serial entrepreneur, Dave started a number of companies, but he eventually landed in the corporate world. And quite by...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . According to recent industry research, many contractors have reported record sales in 2019 but did NOT report record profits! So what gives?  So why is it that it is quite common for home improvement companies to knock it out of the park with sales and often NOT maintain and grow profits? That's what we'll exp...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com On this week’s podcast, I’m doing something a little different. Instead of talking with a home improvement contractor, I’m talking with Marc Levesque, co-founder of Webrunner Media. His company does just one thing – it helps contractors generate leads. Marc began selling a technology that helped agencies manage media bu...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com On today’s podcast, we’re talking with Deren Scott Monday from Kitchen & Bath CRATE in Modesto, California. Deren’s business is a bit different from the other guests we’ve talked with. Deren and his wife were in one of those members-only big box stores and began joking about the fact that the store sold nearly every...

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For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com This week’s guest is Frank Farmer, President and CEO of American Metal Roofs in Flint, MI.  Frank grew up in an extremely impoverished family with the unlikely dream of becoming a physician. Right before he graduated Michigan State University, he realized that being a physician wasn’t practical for him. He knew someone...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com On this episode of The Wealthy Contractor Podcast we’re talking with Megan McGuire, Marketing and Sales Director at Weather Seal of West Michigan. Megan got her start in marketing when she was just 17 years old as a telemarketer for vacation memberships. Now an expert at outbound home improvement marketing, she’s been a...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com On today’s episode, we’re talking with partners Bryan Miller and John Gwaltney of Outback Deck, Inc. located in Woodstock, GA.  Bryan has been in the construction industry for over 25 years, and 10 years ago he came out of a franchise business to join forces with John (who was a competitor) to launch Outback Deck. Toget...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com On this week’s podcast, we’re talking with another return guest, Bob Quillen, of award-winning Quillen Brothers Windows in Ohio. Bob’s story is an interesting one, from his humble beginnings growing up in a family on welfare, to a stint in the Marine Corps, to the overwhelming success he enjoys today. He describes his v...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com On today's episode, we're talking with the founder of Bathroom Buddy Remodeling, John Huxtable. After spending years in sales and marketing producing TV commercials, John became interested in the home improvement industry. He joined forces with his younger brother to open a home remodeling business that would ta...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . On today’s episode, we’re talking with Rick Wuest, owner of Thompson Creek Windows Company, a family-owned business in the mid-Atlantic region. Rick started working with his father who owned a B2B window manufacturing business. After buying his father out in 2000, he did his research, soaked up all the information he...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . You’ve heard me say it on the podcast over and over… business is hard enough, don’t try and do everything on your own. Find people that can help you get where you want to go. Nearly every successful business owner I know has used the power of other people’s experience and knowledge to grow their business. Too many ent...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . On this week’s podcast, we’re welcoming back Justin Bartley, owner of Next Door and Windows, a company he started in the Chicago area in 2002. Like most entrepreneurs, Justin worked long hours and very rarely took real time off. He has heard me say that your business exists to give you MORE LIFE, not less. And, part o...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . Today I’m switching things up a bit. Instead of a regular podcast with a special guest, I’m sharing a webinar I recently did regarding how to get leads during the summer. In fact, the information can be used at any time of year when business slows down, including who you need to target first when that happens. The mes...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . On today’s episode of The Wealthy Contractor Podcast, we’re talking with John Quint of Quint-Pro Siding & Windows, LLC in Plano TX. The topic of this podcast is reviews, reviews, reviews, and John has mastered the art of earning them and collecting them. And in today’s competitive marketplace, this has become key...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . On today’s podcast is Brian Diamond of Quality Home Exteriors based in Omaha Nebraska. Brian is a second-generation home-improvement entrepreneur.  Starting his company in 2013, his customer-centered approach earned Brian the industry nod of “Remodeling Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2017, and Quality Home Exteriors a...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . On today’s podcast is “Big” Steve Rennenkamp, owner of award-winning Energy Swing Windows in Murrysville, PA. Also a student of Dan Kennedy, Steve developed his own product and successfully brought it to market. He’s one of the smartest guys I know when it comes to developing relationships with customers, creating rav...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . On this episode of The Wealthy Contractor Podcast is Dave Azer, VP at Jacuzzi Walk-In Tub. Dave was one of our speakers at Accelerate Live 2019 and is one of the hardest working people I know in the home improvement business. He’s an expert at growing companies and is in the trenches with contractors every single day...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . On this episode of The Wealthy Contractor Podcast is Victor Smolyanov, owner of Victor’s Roofing in southeast Michigan. When Victor climbed onto his first roof at age 13, he was instantly hooked. His father, Vladimir, was a roofer and put Victor to work to encourage him to take school more seriously and pursue a colle...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . On this episode of The Wealthy Contractor Podcast is Ken Sherman of Sentry Windows and Doors, located in Canada. (His company is currently being rebranded as Brookstone Home Exteriors.) Ken’s journey into home improvement began late in 2014 when he opened his first business to improve the perception of the industry. H...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com . On this episode of The Wealthy Contractor Podcast is Larry Janesky of Contractor Nation, whose mission it is to equip contractors in the home improvement industry with the resources and support they need to deliver positive results to customers, employees, and stakeholders.  Larry’s journey into home improvement began...

For more FREE Wealthy Contractor resources go to www. TheWealthyContractor.com. Today’s episode features a return guest, Mike Michalowicz. By his 35th birthday, Mike had founded and sold two multi-million-dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor…and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. So, he started all over again, driven to find better ways to...