Rob Ladabouche joins Brandon Smith to break down the real barriers holding trades and home service businesses back from scaling. From mindset shifts to systems, SOPs, and delegation, this episode gets brutally honest about why being great at your trade isn’t enough. If you’re stuck doing everything yourself and feeling the bottleneck, this conversation will change how you think about growth.

🎯 What You'll Learn:

• Understand why most trades businesses hit a growth ceiling—and how to break through it

• Learn how to delegate without losing quality or control

• Discover which systems matter at each stage of revenue growth

• Use simple SOPs to protect standards as your team grows

• Identify the real bottlenecks in your business (it’s not always what you think)

• Stop being the single point of failure in your company

• Build a team culture that actually scales without burning you out

🔑 Key Topics Covered:
✅ Systems vs. skill in trades businesses
✅ SOPs and playbooks that actually get used
✅ Hiring and onboarding the right people
✅ Delegation and executive assistants
✅ Marketing beyond word-of-mouth
✅ Culture, values, and accountability
✅ Identifying business bottlenecks

👤 Featured Guest:
Rob Ladabouche – Founder | Stacked Systems

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