Have a blast listening to my friend and mentor George Hedley of Hard Hat Biz.

You will not be disappointed! 

NOTE: this was on another Podcast I started that I rolled into 

Stop Working Broke.

In this brutally honest episode of Operation Entrepreneur Freedom, Chad Murray pulls back the curtain on the toughest season of his business life. After nearly three decades in business and coaching hundreds of entrepreneurs, Chad shares how ignoring his own advice almost bankrupted him — again.

He talks openly about shutting down an 18-year market, hiring a COO to dismantle his company, and the emotional toll of making hard but overdue decisions. He also reveals the painful impact of relationships, imposter syndrome, and anxiety — and how he's finding clarity through it all.

Plus, you’ll hear two powerful comeback stories from history — the collapse and rebirth of Henry Heinz’s empire and the unexpected resurrection of Polaroid.

Want to know how Chad built a $4M company and coached others to $12M?
Get his book Operation Entrepreneur Freedom for free:
👉 https://chadsacademy.com/mybook

Silence Is Where the Money Is – 4 Sales Stories That Prove It

Most salespeople are afraid of silence. They rush to fill the gap… and kill the deal. In this video, I’m sharing 4 real-life sales stories where silence either made the sale—or cost someone thousands.

You’ll learn:

• How silence creates buying pressure (without being pushy)
• The critical mistake sales reps make when they talk too much
• What to do after you drop your price or proposal
• Why the best closers let silence do the heavy lifting

If you sell in home services—or lead a team that does—this will sharpen how you close deals starting today.

📲 Get more sales tips and business growth tools at https://www.ChadMurray.biz
Or text “Scaling” to 972-877-3585 for private coaching and insights.

Welcome to Operation Entrepreneur Freedom — the podcast that helps home service business owners design a business that runs (and grows) without them.

In this episode, host Chad Murray reveals why most service businesses stall at $1-2M and what you can do to break through fast. Spoiler: It starts with sales — but not in the way you're used to.

You’ll learn:

• Why your current salespeople are holding you back
• How separating sales from production unlocks scalable growth
• Real-life stories from McDonald’s, Rolls-Royce, Airbnb, and more
• How Chad replaced his top salesperson and grew 70% in one month
• Why mindset and belief are more powerful than your current process
• How to document and train a repeatable sales process that scales

Whether you're a window washer, painter, plumber, or cleaning service — this episode will help you rethink how sales should work in a 7-figure business.

👉 Want to double your business in 90 days? Join Chad’s new sales coaching group:
 📅 Book a call at www.chadmurray.biz

💥 Only 10 founding members will be accepted. First come, first scaled.

📌 Subscribe now and catch the next episode of Operation Entrepreneur Freedom.

In this episode of Operation Entrepreneur Freedom, Chad sits down with sales legend Curt Tueffert, a seasoned pro who’s trained and managed sales teams pushing past $100 million in revenue. This no-fluff conversation is packed with real-world strategies for service business owners who are ready to build a true sales machine—and finally step out of the chaos.

From building trust-based sales processes, to turning techs into closers (and when not to), to creating systems that sharpen your team like a Kobe Bryant morning workout… this is the masterclass on sales leadership every $1M+ service business owner needs.

🔑 Topics we cover:

• Why osmosis is NOT a training plan
• How to identify sales pros vs. rocks 
• The “Crooked Z” DISC profile that crushes in home services
• Sales management under and over $2M in revenue
• Sales guys as lead generators (yes, really)
• What to do with that entitled rep who just drops off the keys

💬 This one is raw, real, and straight from the trenches. If you’re trying to scale your sales team, you can’t afford to miss this.
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🎯 Want more?
Grab my book Operation Entrepreneur Freedom – the blueprint to designing a business that runs (and grows) without you.
👉 Visit https://www.ChadMurray.biz
📲 Text SCALING to 972-877-3585 for real-time business scaling tips

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🎤 Guest Info:
Curt Tueffert | Sales Strategist | www.peaksalesstrategy.com
Get in touch with Curt for sales coaching, training, and assessments.

In this episode, we dive into the brutal truth: your marketing stinks because you’re too cheap to play with the big boys. Stop whining about bad leads and start learning how to fix your ad strategy.

🔥 Here’s what we cover:

How to calculate your ROAS (Return on Ad Spend)

Why being burned by a crappy agency is NO excuse to stay stuck

The real reason you don’t scale—you don’t know your numbers

If you're a home service business owner tired of playing small, this episode is your wake-up call.

💥 Guest expert Jacob Salem joins me to help you take control, fix the mistakes, and build a lead-gen machine that prints money. No fluff. Just results.

👇 Watch now and start acting like a real business owner.

📲 Text "Scaling" to 972-877-3585 to get business scaling tips straight to your phone.
🌐 Learn more at https://www.ChadMurray.biz

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Pay or Get Sued: How I Learned Payroll Law the Hard Way 💸⚖️
You don’t know what you don’t know—until you’re in court. In this episode, Chad Murray shares the gut-wrenching story of how a single payroll mistake triggered a lawsuit that nearly wrecked his business. Learn the legal landmines of paying employees (hourly, salary, commission, and performance pay), the truth about overtime law, and how to avoid getting crushed by labor attorneys.

Whether you're a service business owner or just trying to figure out how to compensate your team without breaking the law (or the bank), this is a must-watch. Learn from Chad’s painful (and expensive) lessons so you don’t end up writing fat checks to former employees and legal fees.

✅ What counts as overtime
 ✅ The truth about commission and performance pay
 ✅ Legal pay structures that protect YOU
 ✅ How to avoid whistleblower retaliation
 ✅ What your attorney won’t tell you unless they specialize in employment law

👉 Want help fixing your payroll and protecting your business? Scan the QR code at the end of this video or visit www.ChadMurray.biz to book a free call.

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What happens to your business if you're gone tomorrow?

In this raw and brutally honest episode, Chad Murray shares two moments he nearly died—and the two wildly different outcomes for his business. In 2006, his appendix ruptured… and his business went bankrupt. In 2021, his lungs failed from COVID… but his business hit $100K weeks without him.

This is the tale of building a business that’s dependent on YOU... versus one that runs without you.

💥 The truth is: Most service businesses are one injury, one illness, or one burnout away from total collapse. Chad learned the hard way—and now helps business owners build scalable systems so they never go through what he did.

⚠️ If your business can't operate without you, this video could save your future.

👉 Book a free session
📘 Get the book: Operation Entrepreneur Freedom on Amazon
🎯 Follow for more mindset, sales, and systems coaching that scales

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This might be the rawest, realest, and most action-packed sales episode we’ve done in a long time.

Chad Murray sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, and “Call The Damn Leads” founder Drewbie Wilson, who breaks down why most businesses are leaving millions on the table—because they simply don’t pick up the phone. From growing up hustling, traveling the country in an RV with his family, and building a brand that’s become a movement, Drewbie brings fire from the trenches.

🔥 You’ll learn:
-𝗪𝗵𝘆 "𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀" 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻—𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆
-𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 -𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀!
-𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆
-𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟯 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 -𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗮𝗿𝗲
-𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺

Plus, Chad opens up about revamping his own almost $5M company’s sales process and the mindset shifts required to go from chaos to cashflow.

👊 If you want to stop struggling with lazy follow-up, bad hires, and inconsistent sales… this episode is your blueprint to get UNSTUCK and SCALE.

🔗 Learn more about Drewbie

📞 Book a free coaching call with Chad

🙌 If this episode hit home, share it, tag us, and call your damn leads.

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🚀 In this episode of Outside the Business Box, Chad Murray sits down with Bryan Clayton — the founder of GreenPal (the “Uber for Lawn Care”) and former CEO of a $10M landscaping company he scaled and successfully exited.

Bryan shares real, in-the-trenches lessons about:

• How he scaled his landscaping company from a $20 lawn job to over $10 million in annual revenue
• The challenges of transitioning from running crews to running a business
• His biggest mistakes (including a $600K Department of Labor fine 👀)
• Why most service business owners stay stuck in "self-employed land"
• How he landed major commercial clients like McDonald's and Taco Bell
• The brutal reality of building a tech company after selling his service business
• Actionable tips for scaling, cash flow, hiring, sales, and exiting your company

👉 Whether you run a home service business, a painting company, a chimney company, or dream of building tech — Bryan’s story is packed with no-fluff advice you can use today.

💬 Drop a comment: What was your biggest takeaway from Bryan’s story?

🔗 Learn more about GreenPal: https://www.yourgreenpal.com
📚 Check out Chad’s book: Operation Entrepreneurial Freedom on Amazon!
🎯 For business coaching help: Visit https://www.chadmurray.biz

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