Contractor Cents

By Ruth King

Discover ideas, tactics, news, and information that matters to your contracting business and you. Increase productivity, profitability, customer and employee satisfaction.... more

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Contractor Cents episodes:

July 13, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 434 - The Delegation Mindset: How to Let Go and Grow
Do you get frustrated when your team members can’t read your mind? How
about when you get the feeling “If it needs to be done right, I have to do it
myself?” Or, maybe you can’t grow because you don’t like to delegate?
Skye Warren, Founder of the Unconventional Organisation, gives you the
three biggest reasons owners struggle to delegate and how to eliminate that
struggle.
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16min
July 06, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 433 - Profit Is Oxygen: Start Running Your Business That Way
Revenue is ego. Net profit is oxygen. Stop thinking revenue and start
thinking net operating profit….oxygen is that important.
My guest, Jackie Sponsler, Director of Onboarding and master Business
Advisor for CEO Warrior gives you how to look at cash flow, profits, and
more so you can truly focus on oxygen.
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19min
June 29, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 432 - Still Mad About Your Tax Bill? Do These 6 Things
It’s the June and probably many of you are still complaining about how much
you paid in taxes and vow to never do that again. What if you had six things
to do today to legally reduce your taxes?
Mike Milligan Certified Financial Planner and , founder of 1. Oak Financial
gives you some strategies that can help you now.
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18min
June 22, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 431 - Buying a Building? Buying a Business? Here’s Another Funding Option
What do you do if need funding for your business? Maybe to purchase your
building, to buy out a partner or funding so your children can purchase your
business and you can walk away…or maybe some other reason. Many times
you turn to your banker. An SBA loan may also be an option for you.
Dillion Caraway, Senior Loan Officer at Live Oak Bank, the #1 SBA 7(a) loan
funder in the United States, gives you some options when you need funding
for real estate, to purchase a business, and more.
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19min
June 15, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 430 - What AI Should NEVER Do in Accounts Receivabl
AI is being touted by some as the answer to everything. Thankfully robots
can’t braze…yet! How is AI impacting our industry as it relates to Accounts
Receivable? What should you have it do? What should it NEVER do?
My guest, George Kurdin, co-founder and CEO of Monk, answers these
questions and more.
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17min
June 08, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 429 - The Secret to Better Conversations and More Sales
What if you knew exactly what words you should use with your managers and prospective customers to help them understand what you are talking about? What if there was a simple tool to make communications easier? Close more sales because the salesperson knows how to build trust? There’s a new, simple way to do this. Leon Morales, CPA and Chief Energy Officer at DNA Behavior tells you how this new app, GODNA.ai, helps you communicate better.
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17min
June 01, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 428 - The Hiring Formula That Delivers Better Employees
How do you find skilled labor? What if you found a source where you
experienced a 90% success rate in finding that labor? What if you had a
profiling template to help choose the right people for the right jobs?
What would all of this do for your business?
My guest, Paul Sanneman, is the founder and Contractor Staffing Source.
He’ll explain how you can achieve a 90% success rate in finding labor.
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19min
May 25, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 427 - The Hidden Emotional Cost of Selling a Business
Thinking about selling your business in the future? There is an emotional
roller coaster associated with the sales process and what happens after the
sale. Matt Michel and Brandon Jacob, two long time industry experts, just
published "The Business Exit Rollercoaster" which is about the emotional side of selling a business. It's based on nearly 100 interviews with business owners who sold, investment bankers, M&A advisors, and buyers.
Buy The Business Exit Rollercoaster book here: https://amzn.to/4tvdBRr
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21min
May 18, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 426 - Why Projects Go Sideways Even With a Great Schedule
Just because you have a schedule doesn’t mean that you have profitability
and predictability. You might have built a detailed project schedule yet
still experience margin erosion, resource conflicts, cash-flow surprises, and
reactive decision-making. The issue isn’t scheduling; it’s a lack of planning
discipline at the leadership level.
My guest today, David Hernandez, head of North American Operations for
Elecosoft, gives you some methods to avoid these issues.
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Ruth King
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18min
May 11, 2026 Contractor Cents - Episode 425 - More Leads. More Jobs. Less Effort
What if you could convert more leads, calls, and estimates into booked jobs
automatically? My guest today, Ryan Fenn, CEO of Chiirp, promises that AI
can help you do this. Chiirp prides itself on being and I quote “The most bad
ass AI lead conversion system in the trades.
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Ruth King
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Podcast Produced by
Nick Uttam
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19min

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How many episodes does Contractor Cents have?

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