Nothing can run your business like a well-oiled machine than having improved processes in place. This then affects your productivity and, consequently, the profits generated. How do you start improving your process? In this episode, Eric Anderton brings someone whose experience runs deep in developing and executing processes in construction. He sits down with Whitney Hill, the co-founder and CEO of SnapADU, an accessory dwelling unit (ADU, guest house, granny flat, casita) construction company serving San Diego. Here, Whitney sheds light on the importance of processes, offering great tips and strategies to help you improve them. She also highlights some of the struggles many businesses encounter along the way—from resistance towards documenting to the cycle of communication. Find solutions to overcome these roadblocks to success. Join Whitney in this great conversation to gain insights on improving and executing new processes.

A recession happens on a micro or macro basis. Everyone should prepare because a recession will strike when it strikes. In this episode, we will help you to be ready for it. Todd Dawalt, Founder of Construction Leading Edge, talks with Eric Anderton to discuss how you can recession-proof your business. Companies will be able to get through this recession by taking some practical steps. Make sure that you're ready for the recession! Tune in to this insightful episode and gain tremendous value from Todd.

Link to Eric's Book, Construction Genius: Effective, Hands-On, Practical, Simple, No-BS Leadership, Strategy, Sales, and Marketing Advice for Construction Companies: https://www.amazon.com/Construction-Genius-Effective-Hands-Leadership/dp/B0BHTRDY1T/

Nobody wants to set their business up for failure. Although a few startups can successfully raise their outside capital, most end up bootstrapping to survive. In this episode, James Benham, author of Be Your Own VC, describes how bootstrapping principles led his tech company to a multimillion-dollar exit. He also shares some insights on the indicators that business owners should look out for to make changes in their businesses. There are so many takeaways from this conversation. Find the end of your rainbow and tune in with James Benham.

The construction industry is undergoing a market shift, and it’s now become necessary for businesses to adapt to these changes. Antonia Botero shares a lesson on how you can pivot through dynamic strategic planning and disciplined project management to sustain and maintain your business in the downs and in the ups. Antonia is an Architect, professional project manager, and owner of boutique project management and business consulting firm MADDPROJECT. In this episode, she chats with host Eric Anderton about different strategies construction company owners need to use to optimize their teams and take their businesses through economic shifts in the marketplace. Antonia speaks about tapping into your team’s expertise and the relationships that you have external to your organization to identify the right projects with the right clients in the right locations. Listen to their conversation and get valuable practical wisdom for your construction business.

In the construction business, the engine of your economy is the technology that allows you to get the work done. With the constant risk of hacking, phishing, and fraud, your tools must always be protected by proper cybersecurity measures. If you fail to protect your data in today's easy-to-access digital world, your business could be taken down even with one swift online attack.

Join Eric Anderton as he talks to Nick Espinosa, Founder and Chief Security Fanatic of Security Fanatics. Discover why your construction business needs the highest level of cybersecurity right now. Find out how IT and cybersecurity are different, the best ways to protect your business through silos, and how to assess online risks without delay. Discover all you need to know about cybersecurity and keep your data safe at all costs!

Running your construction business like a Navy SEAL team is a great way to be successful. The principles and tactics of teamwork and leadership all apply and transfer over. You need to create a company culture that is aligned with everyone at the business. In the Navy, once you have a mission, you have to push forward so you can complete that mission. It's the same thing in the construction industry. There must be a reason why you're doing what you're doing. Join Eric Anderton as he talks to the President of Radix, Peter Worhunsky and the Chief Leadership Officer of Radix, and former Navy SEAL, Jeremy Beal. Discover how they implement SEAL team training, culture, and principles in the construction industry. Find out new tactics so you can grow your construction business today!

The construction industry is all about building relationships. To manage an effective team who can handle projects of any scope, you must know how to solve your people problems. Eric Anderton shares this bonus episode where he joins as guest at the Bred to Build Podcast. In this conversation, he shares his many interactions with construction companies to discuss how to hone effective leaders. Eric talks about the best approach to improving your recruitment process to find suitable people for your available positions. He also explains how to solve the field-to-office disconnect, maintain consistent team communication, and bridge the gap with project and people leaders.

Construction is essentially preindustrial, and today's guest is working on rationalizing and industrializing the construction process. The Boxabl mission is to lower the cost of homeownership for everyone significantly. Obsessively designed to the highest quality, strength, and sustainability standards to last for generations. Paolo Tiramani, CEO of Boxabl, shares his wisdom on how Boxabl seeks to change construction. He discusses the roadblocks and how Boxabl overcomes these elements, roadblocking industrialization. Learn more from Paolo as he walks us through lowering our homeownership cost.

Mergers and acquisitions are by far the fastest way to achieve tremendous business growth and reach. Instead of spending years cultivating organic growth, you can acquire another company that is similar or aligns with your own. But since this process promises huge profits in the long run, it also possesses some serious pitfalls as well. Eric Anderton sits down with Ryan Goral, Founder of G-Spire Group, to present the ideal step-by-step guide that leads to a smooth-sailing mergers and acquisitions process. Ryan explains the right way to pick a target company, design a comprehensive prep plan, and integrate workplace cultures. He also talks about human emotions and the dangers they can bring to an M&A deal if not handled well.

Today’s construction industry might be a bit under innovated or not as technologically open as they should already be in the new digital age. Why is that? And why is it crucial to change this? Today, Adrian Hatch shares the crucial things contractors should let tech companies know about construction, and how to actually get them to give contractors their much-needed technology solutions. Adrian is an entrepreneur and construction technology expert that currently applies his passion in the AEC industry with mixed reality as CEO of IMAJION, a startup bringing telepresent communication to construction and solving practical problems with MR (mixed reality). Tune in and learn the most effective tools in construction and how contractors can help companies outgrow the biggest misconceptions in construction technology!