Meet Brandon Reece and Chris Nordyke from Floodlight Consulting and Head, Heart and Boots Podcast. Brandon and Chris are in many ways a mirror image of Eric and Larry and share an amazing business partnership. In this episode, the boys go deep on the many issues faced by entrepreneurs and how to manage living on the razors edge of being a business owner. This show was chock full of knowledge bombs from Brandon and Chris and a very raw look at what it looks like behind the scenes to be in business for yourself.

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This episode it brought to you by Super Tech University.  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training.

See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nation Podcast Facebook page.

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C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor, Michelle Blevins, has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

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Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons training your team in soft skills. When you invest in your team and teach them soft skills, your team can make you more profit. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info.

Click here for a discount: https://supertechu.com/register/podcastoffer/.

Here is an entrepreneur's story you will relate to.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor Michelle Blevins has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

Jim Prom, long time General Contractor and Soft Wash guru, Spray Away SoftWash, visited the show this week to talk about an often misunderstood art and science, estimating. To insure you are making enough money to grow a thriving business, any company has to have a good handle on proper estimating techniques.

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING
This episode it brought to you by Super Tech University.  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training.

See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nation Podcast Facebook page.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor, Michelle Blevins, has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

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Super Tech University
Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons training your team in soft skills. When you invest in your team and teach them soft skills, your team can make you more profit. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info.

Click here for a discount: https://supertechu.com/register/podcastoffer/.

Here is an entrepreneur's story you will relate to.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor Michelle Blevins has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

Today Eric and Larry had on Rich Malachy of the Fedd Group and Malachy Parts and Service. Rich's passion for building a better industry for those you service restaurant equipment came through loud and clear on this episode. Rich and the guys talk about creating "Gold Collar" technicians, fighting off the big boys as private equity money creates behemoth companies to compete with, and how creating an association of vendors, suppliers, and service companies can make for a better industry for all involved.

This was an amazing episode and should not be missed by anyone, regardless of what industry they work in.

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING
This episode it brought to you by Super Tech University.  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training.

See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nation Podcast Facebook page.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor, Michelle Blevins, has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

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Super Tech University
Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons training your team in soft skills. When you invest in your team and teach them soft skills, your team can make you more profit. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info.

Click here for a discount: https://supertechu.com/register/podcastoffer/.

Here is an entrepreneur's story you will relate to.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor Michelle Blevins has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

 In this episode Eric and Larry sit down with business coach Santiago Arango of Phenomenal Products to talk about what makes for a good coach and also a good student.

We all know coaches in our respective industries whom take clients from "zero to hero" with their input. Some companies and owners thrive under the guidance of a coach, while others always seem to flounder. What separates the companies that make big changes from the ones that seem to never make the progress they desire.

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This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com.  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training.

See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nation Podcast Facebook page.

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For Information on Building Systems for Your service company, Al Levi's 7 Power Contractor is the place to go. Get discounts on packages using our Blue Collar Nation code:
www.7powercontractor.com/bcn

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Super Tech University
Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons training your team in soft skills. When you invest in your team and teach them soft skills, your team can make you more profit. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info.

Click here for a discount: https://supertechu.com/register/podcastoffer/.

Here is an entrepreneur's story you will relate to.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor Michelle Blevins has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

We had our good friend Larry Cooper on the show this week to talk about all the nasty stuff we never like to think about, but need to as home service professionals. We also talk about the upcoming Experience trade show in Cincinnati April 6-8, 2022.

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING
This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com.  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training.

See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nation Podcast Facebook page.

Sponsor:
For Information on Building Systems for Your service company, Al Levi's 7 Power Contractor is the place to go. Get discounts on packages using our Blue Collar Nation code:
www.7powercontractor.com/bcn

TITLE SPONSOR:
Super Tech University
Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons training your team in soft skills. When you invest in your team and teach them soft skills, your team can make you more profit. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info.

Click here for a discount: https://supertechu.com/register/podcastoffer/.

Here is an entrepreneur's story you will relate to.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor Michelle Blevins has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

All of us in the home services dream of one day locking down 7 figure contracts with multi-national corporations. The problem is most companies don't even know where to begin when trying to find out how to get these contracts. Today Eric and Larry have on Chris Allen. Chris has been a purchasing agent for services for many years at several worldwide corporations. Listen to Chris as he lays out the do's and dont's of getting big contracts.

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING
This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com.  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training.

See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nation Podcast Facebook page.

Sponsor:
For Information on Building Systems for Your service company, Al Levi's 7 Power Contractor is the place to go. Get discounts on packages using our Blue Collar Nation code:
www.7powercontractor.com/bcn

TITLE SPONSOR:
Super Tech University
Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons training your team in soft skills. When you invest in your team and teach them soft skills, your team can make you more profit. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info.

Click here for a discount: https://supertechu.com/register/podcastoffer/.

Here is an entrepreneur's story you will relate to.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor Michelle Blevins has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

Millennials and Generation Z will be making up the bulk of our future technicians in all trades. As the trades evolve and change, the way in which techs are trained will need to evolve, too. Larry and Eric sit down for an in-depth conversation with Lisa Warner and Cheryl McRae of AMP Creative to go deep on what the future of training will need to look like to engage and get younger people excited about a career in the trades.

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING
This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com.  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training.

See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nation Podcast Facebook page.

Sponsor:
For Information on Building Systems for Your service company, Al Levi's 7 Power Contractor is the place to go. Get discounts on packages using our Blue Collar Nation code:
www.7powercontractor.com/bcn

TITLE SPONSOR:
Super Tech University
Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons training your team in soft skills. When you invest in your team and teach them soft skills, your team can make you more profit. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info.

Click here for a discount: https://supertechu.com/register/podcastoffer/.

Here is an entrepreneur's story you will relate to.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor Michelle Blevins has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

This week the boys are running the show without a guest. With the recent passing of Eric's father, he talks about his Dad's strong work ethic and just putting your head down and making it happen.  The boys also share what the mission, vision, and goals are for the newly rebranded company Super Tech University.

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING
This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com.  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training.

See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nation Podcast Facebook page.

Sponsor:
For Information on Building Systems for Your service company, Al Levi's 7 Power Contractor is the place to go. Get discounts on packages using our Blue Collar Nation code:
www.7powercontractor.com/bcn

TITLE SPONSOR:
Super Tech University
Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons training your team in soft skills. When you invest in your team and teach them soft skills, your team can make you more profit. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info.

Click here for a discount: https://supertechu.com/register/podcastoffer/.

Here is an entrepreneur's story you will relate to.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor Michelle Blevins has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

Want to learn about a little known and lucrative business or add on service for your home services business? Listen to how our good friend, Jim McDonough, of Veterans Cleaning Solutions created a thriving business using a little used add on service to propel his business revenues and profits.

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING
This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com.  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training.

See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nation Podcast Facebook page.

Sponsor:
For Information on Building Systems for Your service company, Al Levi's 7 Power Contractor is the place to go. Get discounts on packages using our Blue Collar Nation code:
www.7powercontractor.com/bcn

TITLE SPONSOR:
Super Tech University
Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons training your team in soft skills. When you invest in your team and teach them soft skills, your team can make you more profit. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info.

Click here for a discount: https://supertechu.com/register/podcastoffer/.

Here is an entrepreneur's story you will relate to.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor Michelle Blevins has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.

Eric and Larry had the pleasure of restoration industry expert and author Rachel Stewart, 𝗖𝗘𝗢/𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗫𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲. Rachel is a thought leader in the industry and has great insights for all home services industries. 

Rachel also has a podcast, Restore Your Power to Succeed you will love.

TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING
This episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com.  Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service, and communicating with clients.  Morning Tech Meeting has video lessons that can be sent directly to your tech's phones for training.

See other great podcasts we enjoy on our Blue Collar Nation Podcast Facebook page.

Sponsor:
For Information on Building Systems for Your service company, Al Levi's 7 Power Contractor is the place to go. Get discounts on packages using our Blue Collar Nation code:
www.7powercontractor.com/bcn

TITLE SPONSOR:
Super Tech University
Dramatically improve your team's performance with a system of short daily video lessons training your team in soft skills. When you invest in your team and teach them soft skills, your team can make you more profit. Go to https://supertechu.com/ for more info.

Click here for a discount: https://supertechu.com/register/podcastoffer/.

Here is an entrepreneur's story you will relate to.

SPONSOR: C&R Magazine
C&R magazine is the leading periodical in the Cleaning and Restoration industry. Owner and editor Michelle Blevins has brought printed copies back from the dead to increase reader experience. Go to www.candrmagazine.com to get your free copy sent directly to your home or business.