This week on Trades Talk, Justin White sits down with Ben Hansen, founder of Profit Doctor. Ben is a 5x Inc. 5000 founder who scaled his own staffing business from zero to $13 million with 100 employees, and now helps 7 and 8 figure CEOs stop the financial bleeding and become "overpaid entrepreneurs."

Justin opens up about K&D's own profit story: $2.5M of net profit on $20M in revenue at the end of 2024, a $650K loss in Q1 2025, and the climb back to a 3-5% net margin on $25M today. Ben walks through the exact prescription to fix it.

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Ben's biggest takeaway is simple. You cannot sell your way out of a profit problem. Profitability comes from intentional decisions on your calendar, not from more revenue.

If you are a trades CEO running on 0-5 percent net margin, working harder every year, and wondering why the money is not showing up, this one is a wake-up call and a playbook in the same hour.

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