We pay tribute to Terry Dearborn, an icon in the chimney industry and we start mini series on leadership styles.  The first style that we discuss is the Unpredictable Leadership style.  These types of leaders create hesitant employees.  They don't know how the leader will react to issues.  They can be super happy or fly off the handle depending on their mood.  They also tend to not see projects all the way through so the consistency can also be unpredictable....and as we know "consistency is everything"    

John Meredith is our guest this week.  He is the founder and CEO of SaverSystems and Mark's closest mentor.  John has built one of the strongest brands in the coatings industry and he has done it while remaining a humble yet strong leader.  John talks about how he looks for the soft skills in leadership and uses intuition to guide his daily actions in business.  

This weeks episode is with entrepreneur Kimble Bosworth.  She runs a fantastic promotional marketing business and has a really great outlook on how to run a business.  This episode has some really great takeaways!

In this episode Mark interviews serial entrepreneur Darin Bibeau.  Darin served in the  a special forces and then took that training and focus into the business world.  He has started several different types of business's from fabrication, to restaurants to fitness gyms.  He has a great philosophy on running his businesses through the guidance of his core values.  If you want to know how fast moving entrepreneurs think, you won't want to miss this episode. 

On this weeks episode, Mark talks to entrepreneur Jake Loeffler.  Jake started off working on Wall Street but found more satisfaction in Blue Collar businesses His latest business is an Amazon based business that has no employees but fierce competition.   Jake will tell the listeners how he started the Amazon business from sourcing a product to protecting it from copy cats on Amazon.

The guest this week is Stacy Files  She is a mother of 4 and a Certified Chimney Sweep in Charleston South Carolina.  Stacy talks about her journey to become a chimney sweep as well as what its like in the day in the life of one of only a very few female chimney sweeps in the US.  

Also, come join us in Nashville August 8-9 for the Blue Collar Gold University Summit  

 https://markstoner.com/bcgu-summit/ 

Mark talks about the heath effects of over hustling.  Also, In today's competitive market place you compete for customers and talented employees.  The single best weapon to help beat your competition in both categories is your focus on education.  a better educated staff will out perform your competitors and will help you run a smoother operation.   

We welcome you to attend The Blue Collar Gold Summit that will be held in Nashville on August 8-9 for more information go to   https://markstoner.com/bcgu-summit/  

This is a bit of a rant about dumb stuff and especially dumb business policies that hinder the customer experience.  Also, real dumb laws that are on the books in certain states  Enjoy  

Blue Collar University Summit is August 8-9  To fond out more information or to attend go to www.markstoner.com/bcgu-summit/

Mark interviews Chimney Master Andreas Gaetner on the podcast today.  He discusses the differences in the trade and their businesses between the United States and Germany.  The education of chimney sweeps in Germany is taken much more seriously than in the United States and they discuss the strict requirements of being a chimney sweep in Germany.  

We announce our first ever Blue Collar Gold Summit August 8-9 in Nashville TN   More details and links to come!  Today the podcast has its first ever guest Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Stoner.  We talk about hiring vets (www.pwc.com/vets) and how to employe and lead them in your business  

Tim also talks about leadership in military and civilian life.  We hope you enjoy