The Builders Ladder: Business Growth Strategies for Residential Construction Businesses
By The Professional Builder
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Welcome to The Builders Ladder, for residential builders and construction business owners who want to fast-track their results, scale their construction company, and create a systemized, profitable construction business.
If you’re ready to free up your time, increase profit, and build a high-performing team, you’re in the right place.
Your host, Marti Amos, has worked with over 5,000 building companies globally over the last 19+ years through builder coaching and proven business systems. His mission? To help you climb the builder’s ladder and run a predictable, high-margin construction business.
Tune in to hear from industry experts and discover step-by-step strategies to become a strategic building business owner - and ultimately, achieve true wealth, time freedom, and financial freedom through your residential construction business.
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Epi 182: Why "Free Quotes" Are Killing Your Profit (And How To Fix It)
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Epi 181: Why Being A Woman In Construction Is An Advantage (With Sarah Lowe)
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Epi 180: From "Ready To Quit" To 10 Staff: The Turnaround Blueprint (With Tyrone)
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Epi 179: From 2 to 10 Employees: How Ben & Lindsey Scaled in 6 Months
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Epi 178: Husband & Wife Teams: The Rule That Saved Our Marriage & Business (With Kylie Gardner)
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Epi 177: Stuck at $1.2M? Stop Leaking Profit In The "Gaps" (With Glenn Stevenson)
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Epi 176: Why Your "Busy" Construction Business Isn't Making Money (With Dylan Mansell)
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Epi 175: From Survival Mode to Scaling: What Changed for Marvel Concept Building? (With Chris & Hugo)
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Epi 174: Winning First vs. Going to War: Is Your Pre-Construction Costing You Millions? (With Arch)
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Epi 173: What Saved This Builder? Hiring "Dead Wood" vs. Brave Leadership (With Simone)
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Epi 172: Double Your Close Rate With These Sales, Pricing, & Variation Fixes (With Ben Milgate)
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Epi 171: From Limiting Beliefs to Leading a Team
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Epi 170: Fixing Your Builder Hiring Process
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Epi 169: From Tradesperson to Proactive Leader
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Epi 168: The $5M Scaling Bottleneck
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Ep 167: From Corporate to Construction: Lessons in Leadership
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Epi 166: How a Builder Scaled by Letting Go of Control
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Epi 165: What Builders Learn the Hard Way
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Epi 164: Protect Your Margins with THESE Pricing Tips
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Epi 163: From Burnout to Breakthrough: How Builders Escape the 7-Day Grind
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Epi 162: From Overworked & Underpaid to Locking in $1.2M Build
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Epi 161: He Quit Working 80 Hours a Week… And Built a $75M Empire
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Epi 160: What actually happens at our Builders Summit & Why We're Investing Millions in Member Events
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Epi 159: If You Walked Away Tomorrow, Your Business Dies: How to Build an Asset Worth 3-4X Your Profit
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Epi 158: Stop Treating Sales Like a Lottery: The Professional Process That Eliminates Price Competition
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Epi 157: Stop Waiting for the Phone to Ring: The Four Questions That Make Clients Choose You Before Meeting You
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Epi 156: Spending 20+ Hours Pricing Jobs for Free? The Systematic Process That Guarantees 20%+ Margins
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Epi: 155: I Can't Get 20% Margins in My Market: Why This Excuse Is Costing You $100K+ Per Year
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Epi 154: The Team Scorecard System That Creates Accountability Without Micromanaging
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Epi 153: The Builder Who Can't Take Vacation: Personal Leadership Problems Disguised as Business Issues
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Epi 152: Sometimes You Gotta Get People Off the Damn Bus: The Same Page Plan That Changes Everything
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Epi 151: Top 5% vs Bottom 25% of Building company owners: The 30-Hour Weekly Difference with Marti
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Epi 150: You Can't Scale Chaos or Lack of Profits": How 3,000+ Builders Escaped the Prison They Built
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Epi 149: People Don't Leave Jobs, They Leave Bosses" (Part 4): The Same Page Plan That Retains Top Talent
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Epi 148: Projects Finishing Ahead of Schedule: The Hiring Framework That 10X'd This Texas Builder
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Epi 147: Stop Keeping Everything In Your Head (Part 3): The Visual Framework That Transforms Chaos Into Systems
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Epi 146: From Builder to Business Owner" (Part 2): Calculate Your Real Hourly Rate and Delegate Everything Below it
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Epi 145: I Had $347K in Debt and 1,400 Clients: The Business Model That Nearly Destroyed Me
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Epi 144: I See 500+ Builder P&Ls Per Year: The Brutal Financial Truth About Construction Companies
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Epi 143: Delegate To Elevate: The 3 Questions That Transform Overwhelmed Owners Into Leaders (Part One)
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May 30, 2025 |
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Epi 142: Build A Construction Team That Actually Wants to Show Up Monday Morning
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May 26, 2025 |
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Epi 141: Stop Competing On Price: How Elite Builders Use Marketing to Command Premium Margins
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May 22, 2025 |
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Epi 140: Your Next Million-Dollar Contract Could Come From A Competitor: The Power of Builder Networks
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May 21, 2025 |
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Your Business Is Bleeding To Death: The Brutal Mindset Shift Elite Builders Must Make
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May 16, 2025 |
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The Sales Process Every Construction Business Owner Needs to Master
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May 12, 2025 |
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Why Successful Builders Focus On Margin (The Numbers You MUST Know)
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May 08, 2025 |
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4 Business Systems That Transformed This Michigan Trade Company in Just One Quarter
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May 05, 2025 |
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NEW AI Hiring Tool For Construction Businesses (Use This To Hire The RIGHT People)
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May 01, 2025 |
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Construction Business Sales Tips: Close MORE LEADS With This Process
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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STOP Losing Money On Change Orders & Variations - Use The ACES Framework Instead
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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MARKETING Blueprint For CONSTRUCTION BUSINESSES: How To Attract High-Paying Clients
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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How Residential Building Companies Balance Profitability AND Craftsmanship
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Four Ways To Increase Profits In Your CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS (The "FOUR Levers" You Must Pull)
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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The Hidden Power Of The FOREMAN: 90% of CONSTRUCTION BUSINESSES Miss This
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Why 70% of Builders Have Their Profit and Loss Set Up Wrong
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Never Quote Construction Jobs Without These “P&G Costs” | With David Baker
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Install This Productivity System Into Your Residential Building Company And Get More Done In 2025
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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How to Break Into Luxury Construction in 2025 (A Blueprint For Residential Construction Companies)
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Why More Jobs Don't Equal More Profit: A Residential Builders Guide To Growing PROFITABLY
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Cost Plus vs Fixed Price Contracts: What’s Best For Your Construction Business? (With Stephen Mallinger)
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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From $3M to $9M: Strategies For Growth And Operations with Brynn Wilson & Marti Amos
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Why Traditional Mental Health Advice FAILS Building Business Owners (And What Works)
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Why This Award-Winning Builder Only Takes 2 Projects At A Time (His Profit-Driven Approach Revealed) with Stephen Mallinger
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Grow Your Construction Business In 2025 With These Content, Marketing, And Scaling Strategies
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Make The Hard Decisions Now Or Watch Your Best Team Members Walk Away
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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The 6 Stages Of Growth Of A Profitable Building Company
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Health Secrets Every Construction Business Owner Must Know (For Peak Mental & Physical Performance)
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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2025 Marketing Gameplan: The Builder's Guide to Better Leads in 2025
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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The Power Of Automation & Delegation In Your Construction Business
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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10 Things Construction Business Owners Must Do For Year-End Planning
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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What Most Builders Don't Know About Property Development
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Leadership Secrets Of A Multi-Million Dollar Building Business
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Get Angry Clients Back On Your Side With This PROVEN Strategy (Tips For Building Company Owners)
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Who to Hire and What to Pay to Keep Your Building Company Profitable
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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5 Steps to Transform Your Building Business: Insights from TPB’s Leadership Training
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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3 Steps to Diagnose, Fix, and Accelerate Your Building Business in 90 Days
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Take the next step to sell your construction business for maximum profit | Marti & Owen break down the exact steps for successfully selling, structuring a team buy-in, or cutting back your hours without sacrificing growth
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Episode Revist - The Profitable Way to Grow Your Construction Business (with David Baker of RapidQS)
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Marketing machine master class | Prepare to grow your building business in a market with less work - Owen Chambers
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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People don’t leave jobs they chase opportunities | Building a culture of growth and ownership with Owen and Ricki Cotter from Topline Carpenters
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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The number one change you can make to your website to improve conversions and build trust | Creating a how we work video for your residential building company with Owen, Marti and Vinnie
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Optimise your virtual storefront (website) | Auditing your websites live with Owen, Marti and Vinnie
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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“Thanks for the quote.... let me think about it” | 1:1 whiteboard session with TPB General Manager Owen
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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TPB X Bizvideo | Understanding the difference between being a builder to becoming a business owner - Marti & Owen + Corne & Andre Lategan from Bizvideo
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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The TPB Builders Summit | 5 Years of Business Insights in 2 Days: Fast track your success and aggressively grow your business - Marti, Karla & Vinnie
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Create a simple & effective social media presence (for builders who are scared of social media) | With a strategy, you can learn from other people's mistakes and get there in half the time - Marti
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Turn Cold Prospects Into Warm Clients | There is no silver bullet to this, there is small things along the entire pipeline of the journey - Owen
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Part 2 of 2 Q&A: Must-Know Financial Literacy & Business Strategies For $2M+ Construction Companies
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Part 1 of 2 Q&A: Must-Know Financial Literacy & Business Strategies For $2M+ Construction Companies
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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From Chaos to Control: Building a Fast-Growing Construction Company
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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The Profitable Builders Summit Debrief: Key Takeaways for Growth & Success
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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From AI Tools to Sold-Out Pipelines: Q2 Recap with The Professional Builder
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Mark Up vs Margin Pricing: This Mistake Costs Builders Thousands
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Fixing Profits Before Growth: Why Scaling Chaos Doesn't Work
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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4 Stages for Building a Winning Team: Recruitment, Hiring, Onboarding & Management
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May 30, 2024 |
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The 4 Profit Multipliers for Successful 6 & 7 Figure Business Exits
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May 23, 2024 |
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Margins, Markups & The Golden Pricing Ratio: How Jonathan Started Pricing For Profit
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May 16, 2024 |
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The Essential Systems This Builder Used to Reclaim 70 Hours/Week
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May 09, 2024 |
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Essential Safety Practices to Protect Your Team & Your Business (with Vanessa Lambert of HazardCo)
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May 02, 2024 |
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How Justin Reclaimed 40 Hours per Week
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Apr 25, 2024 |