Jacob Meltzer is the owner and operator of Keep It Cut, a chain of men's hair salons that specializes in offering Unlimited Haircut Memberships. Throughout his life, he has dedicated himself to student leadership development and property management and then transitioned to running his personal business full-time, showcasing his role as a serial entrepreneur. In this episode, we talked about service industries, customer experiences, scaling strategies, memberships......
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 343
Chris Lee is the founder of SolGen Power, a premier solar installer and provider recently recognized by Bennett Financial Times as the sixth fastest-growing privately held company in the nation. He is also the host of a Top 30 Business Show, “The Founder Podcast,” and a member of the Forbes Business Council. In this episode, we talked about door-to-door marketing, building enterprise value, exit strategies, work-life balance...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 342
Josh Latimer is the Co-Founder of HonorAndFire.com and the CEO of KidWarPlan.com. He and his wife Ashlee are absentee owners of a multi-million dollar SaaS software company and own equity in 7 other successful ventures ranging from local home services, commercial real estate, marketing, and video production. Josh has spoken on over 100 stages and created over 100 millionaires by working directly with small business owners. He is also the host of the Quick Talk Podcast. In this episode, we talked...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 341
Josh Jerge is the founder and CEO of Smart Roof Inc., a residential and commercial roofing company that has generated over $100 million in revenue in just eight years. He is an entrepreneur, investor, and athlete who credits his success to significant investments in the fields of coaching, training, and team building. In this episode, we talked about setting prices, sales strategies, clear financials, technicians...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 340
Todd Herman is an author, speaker, and coach focused on mental toughness, leadership, and peak performance who’s been featured on NFL Films, Fox Sports, PBS, Entrepreneur, and the Today Show. His training programs have been delivered to over 2,000,000 people and have won numerous awards, including the 'Global Leadership & Skill Development Program of the Year' twice. He is the best-selling author of The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life, which has been trans...
Jan 12, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 339
David Ian Wood is the Founder of Focus.ceo, one of the world’s largest coaching businesses. He has trained high-performing entrepreneurs, executives, and even prison inmates around the globe, becoming #1 on Google for “life coaching.” David is also the author of Get Paid For Who You Are, with a foreword by Jack Canfield of Chicken Soup fame, and is the host of the “Tough Conversations Podcast.” In this episode, we talked about lead generation, marketing, business focus...
Jan 05, 2024•50 min•Ep. 338
Jody Underhill is a Senior Partner at RapidHirePro.com, a leading Recruiting Agency that solely focuses on the Home Service Industry. He is also the current Director of Green Elephant Agency and the Director of Operations for Appointment Nerds. On top of working with various business experts, Jody has successfully helped over 150 businesses in terms of developing better marketing strategies. In this episode, we talked about advertisements, core values, hiring strategies…...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 337
Tommy Mello is the author of Home Service Millionaire and the founder of A1 Garage Doors, a $200 million-plus home service business with over 700 employees in 19 states. Through HomeServiceMillionaire.com and the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy shares his experience and insights to help fellow entrepreneurs scale their businesses. In this special episode of the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy answers your biggest questions about business expansions, booking rates, recruitment and retention...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 336
John Akhoian is the Founder and CEO of Rooter Hero, a plumbing repair and installation service company. As an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer services industry, he relies on old-fashioned marketing techniques to promote his business, which now has several locations across California and Arizona. John is also the author of “99 Millionaires,” “The Secret to Real Wealth,” and “Values First: Principle-Driven Leadership”. In this episode, we ...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 335
Frank DiMarco is the Chief Executive Officer of Service Champions Group. Prior to taking over the company, he was Service Champions’ Chief Operating Officer from 2018 and brings over 30 years of operational experience in the home services industry, including serving as Vice President of Operations with Horizons Services and Regional Manager with Goodman. Over the years, he has brought foresight, integrity, and tenacity in delivering customers the absolute best home service experience. In this ep...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 334
Joel Weldon is a seasoned professional speaker with a remarkable career spanning over four decades. He is an executive speech coach and keynote speaker at Joel Weldon’s Ultimate Speaking System and “Success Comes In Cans,” a custom corporate seminar for sales and leadership coaching. Impressively, Joel is a recipient of the coveted Communication & Leadership Award and The Golden Gavel, the highest honor in the speaking profession, reserved for only the most outstanding communicators. In this epi...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 333
Tommy Mello is the author of Home Service Millionaire and the founder of A1 Garage Doors, a $200 million-plus home service business with over 700 employees in 19 states. Through HomeServiceMillionaire.com and the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy shares his experience and insights to help fellow entrepreneurs scale their businesses. In this special episode of the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy answers your biggest questions about buying or selling companies, hiring technicians, recording fi...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 332
Dan Martell is the founder and CEO of SaaS Academy. He is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and coach who has helped thousands of entrepreneurs worldwide build successful businesses. He is passionate about helping entrepreneurs achieve their goals and has consequently developed a range of resources to support them, including his podcast, "The Growth Stacking Show," and his best-selling book, “Buy Back Your Time.” In this episode, we talked about negotiation, time management, coaching…...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 331
Keegan Hodges is the co-CEO of Best Home Services and a board member at Apex Service Partners, a leading national provider of air conditioning, plumbing, and electrical services. Keegan was honored with the Business Ambassador Award, presented by Gov. Rick Scott, and has achieved a remarkable feat by winning the Carrier Corporation President's Award for six consecutive years. In this episode, we talked about private equity, acquisitions, integrations...
Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 330
Omar Zenhom is the co-founder and CEO of WebinarNinja, as well as the host of the popular podcast The $100 MBA Show, which consistently ranks among the best business podcasts in over 30 countries, with over 190 million downloads. From brick-and-mortar to e-commerce to SaaS, Omar learned the art of entrepreneurship from real-world successes and failures, ultimately dropping out of Wharton’s MBA program to build and manage his own companies. In this episode, we talked about webinars, podcasting, c...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 329
Tommy Mello is the author of Home Service Millionaire and the founder of A1 Garage Doors, a $200 million-plus home service business with over 700 employees in 19 states. Through HomeServiceMillionaire.com and the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy shares his experience and insights to help fellow entrepreneurs scale their businesses. In this special episode of the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy answers your biggest questions about the performance pay models, franchising strategies, lead gene...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 328
Jeremie Brecheisen is the Managing Director of Gallup's CHRO Roundtable, where he advises executives and senior leaders on their culture and performance. He is an experienced public speaker, having presented at many public conferences in the fields of HR, Technology, and FinTech, among others. Overall, he has served as a keynote speaker at international conventions with audiences of over 30,000 and live-streaming audiences of more than 10,000 people. In this episode, we talked about human resour...
Oct 20, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 327
Wade Langston Swikle is the founder and CEO of 2 College Brothers Moving, Storage and Franchising, He is also the founder of Smarter Moving Solutions LLC and the co-founder of Moving Titan Retreats, a mastermind retreat that brings together ambitious moving company owners worldwide to uplift the moving industry. Wade started his moving company with $600 and a pickup truck at the age of 21 while a student at the University of Florida over 11 years ago. From there, he grew the company to a multi-m...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 326
Chris Yano is the CEO of RYNO Strategic Solutions and has been leading the company since 2008. He is an experienced business owner, investor, and philanthropist with a heart for the trades and a successful history working in the home services digital marketing and advertising industry. Chris is also the host of the popular “To The Point Home Services Podcast,” which offers marketing solutions to help more companies grow. In this episode, we talked about customer relationships, private equity, le...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 325
Tommy Mello is the author of Home Service Millionaire and the founder of A1 Garage Doors, a $200 million-plus home service business with over 700 employees in 19 states. Through HomeServiceMillionaire.com and the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy shares his experience and insights to help fellow entrepreneurs scale their businesses. In this special episode of the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy answers your biggest questions about the performance pay model, team building, management strategi...
Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 324
Diamond Dallas Page is a pro wrestling icon, movie star, global entertainer, inspirational speaker, and worldwide fitness guru. He gained fame in the world of wrestling during the 1990s and early 2000s, primarily in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Today, he is changing lives with his global DDPY Fitness brand while continuing to entertain millions. He’s moved from a headliner in the ring to headlining documentaries, movies, and action series o...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 323
Keith Mercurio is currently the Senior Director of Executive Success at ServiceTitan and is the Founder/CEO of Ethical Influence Global. For more than seven years, he was the Director of Training for Nexstar Network, wherein he built and refined over 20 transformational training programs, oversaw the development of a 15-person training staff, conducted over 120 events per year, and trained 7,000 people annually. In this episode, we talked about coaching, public speaking tips, relationships…...
Sep 15, 2023•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 322
Colonel Martha McSally is an American politician and former military pilot who served as a United States senator for Arizona from 2019 to 2020. Martha is a real-life Top-Gun lady, pioneering combat-proven leader, inspirational speaker, and a celebrated author of the book “Dare to Fly." She is also an expert on building excellent teams founded on camaraderie, trust, and the ability to perform under pressure when the stakes are incredibly high. Now, she takes these lessons from the cockpit and the...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 321
Sean Michael Crane is the founder and CEO of Unstoppable #365MFR, an Elite Self-Mastery Program for Men looking to maximize their results in all aspects of life. He is the host of the Unstoppable Mindset Podcast found on YouTube and all major platforms. Sean is also the best-selling author of his memoir “Prison Of Your Own, Break Free Of Limitations And Unlock Your True Potential,” which describes his journey from a hopeless adolescent, depressed and addicted to drugs and alcohol to a man living...
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 320
Brian Burton is the current VP of Sales for One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning of Southeast PA where he trains the next generation of professionals in the trades on how to sell the right way. He formerly trained technicians for the Benjamin Franklin Plumbing and Mister Sparky Electric on how to identify and present solutions to homeowners strategically. Additionally, he is the host of the “Waste No Day” Podcast, a podcast devoted to challenging, encouraging, advising, and highlighting the men...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 319
Tommy Mello is the author of Home Service Millionaire and the founder of A1 Garage Doors, a $200 million-plus home service business with over 700 employees in 19 states. Through HomeServiceMillionaire.com and the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy shares his experience and insights to help fellow entrepreneurs scale their businesses. In this special episode of the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy answers your biggest questions about onboarding, employee discipline, advertising, insurance, oper...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 318
Joe Polish is the Founder of Genius Network®, one of the highest-level groups in the world for successful entrepreneurs, where he has helped build thousands of businesses and generated hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients. He is the host of three sales and marketing podcasts including iLoveMarketing.com, 10xTalk.com, and GeniusNetwork.com. Joe has also been featured in Fortune and Forbes for curating the annual Genius Network Event and the 100k Group. In this episode, we talked about ...
Aug 11, 2023•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 317
Lee Haight is the CEO and owner of RRCA (Roofing & Reconstruction Contractors of America, LLC), a renowned company specializing in commercial roofing restoration services, and is the leader of one of America's top 25 roofing companies. He has trained over 3000 people in the last three years at SkyDiamonds University, the first online university for roofing contractors. Lee also founded The Blue Collar Empire - a network created to help all home service contractors acquire talent, get customers, ...
Aug 04, 2023•38 min•Ep. 316
Tom Peregrino is the President of Service Nation, the US's largest home service best practice organization. He has over 25 years of experience in the home service industry. Tom first started out in sales in the mid-1990s and then eventually owned and operated his own company, Daffan Cooling and Heating. In 2021 he sold his company and joined Service Nation to create Alliance Premier, a large-scale coaching and training platform. In this episode, we talked about KPIs, recruitment strategies, cont...
Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 315
Ian McCarthy is the CEO of the Blue Claw Group and president of the National Basketball League of Canada. Having a diverse professional background that includes accounting, landscaping, and basketball, he has an impressive knack for understanding the financial intricacies of running successful businesses. Known for his unique insights into company metrics and the art of navigating financial nuances, he has grown his landscaping business into a multi-million dollar company. In this episode, we ta...
Jul 21, 2023•57 min•Ep. 314
