EPISODE 209: Here's what you're going to get out of this construction podcast episode:

- Things to stop doing if you want to recruit and hire young people.

- What do most people get wrong about the skilled labor situation?

- What is CREW Collaborative?

- How the Build My Future event is different from other career fairs.

- What ISN'T working when it comes to attracting young people?

- What are some out of the box approaches Brandon recommends?

- Why you need to stop letting people tell your stories and some advice on how you can get started.

- Keys to retaining employees once they come on board.

Resources mentioned in this construction podcast episode:

GoSite: Take Control of Customer Reviews - https://www.gosite.com/podcast

Approval: Get Paid Faster Based on Project Milestones - https://www.withapproval.com

Construction Financial Masterclass: Master the financial side of the business - https://buildermasterclass.com/cfo

3 Questions to Help You Get Paid for Estimates: https://buildermasterclass.com/script

How to connect with Brandon Patterson:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonmpatterson/

Iowa Skilled Trades - www.iowaskilledtrades.com

Crew Collaborative -  https://crewcollab.org/

EPISODE 208: What you'll get out of this construction podcast episode:

- The Art Of Delegation: How To Get Out Of Your Own Way

- Addition Through Subtraction: How To Compound Your Results

- Cost-Plus vs. Fixed-Cost projects.

- The top one or two root cause problems builders and remodelers should focus on.

- Putting systems and processes in place.

- The problem with free estimates

Resources mentioned in this construction podcast episode:

Fieldchat: Messaging built for construction teams - https://get.fieldchat.com/edge

GoSite: Take Control of Customer Reviews - https://www.gosite.com/podcast

Construction Financial Masterclass: Master the financial side of the business - https://buildermasterclass.com/cfo

3 Questions to Help You Get Paid for Estimates: https://buildermasterclass.com/script

How to connect with Bryan Kaplan:

Bryan's website - https://constructionconsulting.co/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/constructionconsulting.co

EPISODE 207: What you'll get out of this construction podcast episode:

- Kristin Larson's top priorities as a CEO of Southwest Industrial Electric.

- The keys to growing from 10 employees to 50, and the failure cycle she had to stop.

- The few things on her financial dashboard she uses to keep tabs on her business.

- A mindset shift that is common to most successful construction business owners.

- How Southwest Electric uses games to achieve targets.

- Communicating to a resolution with family members.

- The system they SimPro for managing projects and maintenance work.

- A situation where they made a mistake with a client, and how they dealt with it. totally honest with a customer when we make a mistake.

Resources mentioned in this construction podcast episode:

Fieldchat: Messaging built for construction teams - https://get.fieldchat.com/edge

GoSite: Take Control of Customer Reviews - https://www.gosite.com/podcast

Construction Financial Masterclass: Master the financial side of the business - https://buildermasterclass.com/cfo

3 Questions to Help You Get Paid for Estimates: https://buildermasterclass.com/script

How to connect with Kristin Larson:

Company website - https://www.southwestelectric.com/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-larson-718106b7/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/southwestindustrialelectric/

EPISODE 206: What you'll get out of this construction podcast episode:

• What does Spencer Powell mean when he says to become "the Red Bull of the construction space."
• How the "script has flipped" when it comes to sales and marketing.
• Marketing activities that are mistakes and wastes of time.
• What a marketing funnel is, and the keys to a good one.
• Why did Spencer write an open letter to Houzz?
• Where you should focus efforts and resources to get the most bang for your marketing buck.
• How to get started creating content for your website and social media.
• A genius strategy for building referral partner relationships.
• The "Do More of What's Working" philosophy.
• The difference between the design of your website and the performance of your website. 
• Spencer's new book - The Remodeler Marketing Blueprint

Resources mentioned in this construction podcast episode:

Fieldchat: Messaging built for construction teams - https://get.fieldchat.com/edge

GoSite: Take Control of Customer Reviews - https://www.gosite.com/podcast

3 Questions to Help You Get Paid for Estimates: https://buildermasterclass.com/script

The Remodeler Marketing Blueprint Book - https://remodelermarketingblueprint.com

How to connect with Spencer Powell:

Builder Funnel website - https://www.builderfunnel.com

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerwpowell/

EPISODE 205: 64% of construction companies fail in the first five years, usually because of cash flow problems.

In this construction podcast episode you'll learn about:

• 8 mistakes construction business owners make when trying to solve their cash flow problems.
• What "Right to Left" operation looks like, and how it solved cash flow problems for one business.
• Some of the most common side effects of cash flow struggles.

Details on The Construction Financial Masterclass - https://buildermasterclass.com/cfo

What will you learn in this Masterclass:

1. Optimize your bookkeeping setup.

2. How to analyze your financial statements.

3. Pricing your work for profit

4. Maximizing your cash flow

Get all the details on the Construction Financial Masterclass at https://buildermasterclass.com/cfo