Kid Contractor Podcast with Caleb Auman

Ep 12. Dealing with Negativity and Growing Your Company and Yourself. Interview w/ Blake Albertson Mar 17, 2021

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24-year-old Blake Albertson and I talk about dealing with the naysayers and negativity in your life and how we block that out. Also why you should ask lots of questions and be willing to risk looking the fool in order to learn and become the master. Blake runs B & B lawncare with two crews and a 30k subscriber YouTube channel along with other popular social media channels.

B&B Lawn Care on YouTube

Ep 11. Running a Difficult Site and Boosting Profit... Interview with Josh Sutton Mar 15, 2021

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Josh Sutton of Sutton Outdoor (and even Brittany Auman joins in) as we talk about running two challenging jobs at once. We also discuss how speed kills when returning bids and proposals, better accounting, and using the profit first method. In addition, we cover ways we could be boosting our profit margins.

@techniseal

@laserscaper

Ep 10. Interview with "The Lawn Care Rookie" Naylor Taliaferro! Mar 12, 2021

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in this podcast with "The Lawn Care Rookie," Naylor Taliaferro, we discussed how he made the jump from retail to starting his own lawn care business as well as other professional ventures as well as what machines are helping him boost production in his lawn care business how he sources part-time help as his primary workforce

@lcrmedia

Ep 09. Group Hardscape discussion on Trends in Hardscape in 2021 Mar 10, 2021

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We discuss trends in the hardscape and green industry with Phil and Kent Bahler of Pavetool and Josh Jones owner of Mass Hardscaper. Enjoy our conversation about Pavers, Tools Technology, and more!

www.pavetool.com

www.masshardscapes.com

Ep 08. Business Lessons learned and Who NOT to work for! Mar 08, 2021

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In this episode, we speak with Paul from Paul's General Landscaping and Christian of Christians lawncare, both based in Miami Florida. We talk about the 12-foot rule Paul developed. We also discussed how they determine who they do NOT want to work for. This is a great episode with lessons that apply to anyone at any level of business.

@miamilandscaper

@cristianslawncare

Ep 07. Hardscape & Business Philosophies with Mass Hardscaper Mar 05, 2021

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In this episode, we discuss with Josh Jones, the Mass Hardscaper, how larger machines increase productivity and where and how Josh finds employees. We also discuss our business philosophies and running a hardscape and landscape construction business.

@mass_hardscaper

Ep 06. Making Sacrifices for a Better Future! Mar 03, 2021

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This is a great episode with Shawn Spencer from Spencer Lawn Care where we dive deep into some things he has not spoken about much in the past we have a great conversation about delegating tasks in your company and being able to step away from it. We talk about their philosophy on how to grow and finance a growing company as well as building a large and successful YouTube channel and dealing with the positive and negative that come with social media channels.

@spencerlawncare

Ep 05. Hardscape Innovation Techniques and Tools with Phil Bahler of Pavetool Mar 01, 2021

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Tools + Systems = efficiency. We discuss items that improve business productivity and efficiency with tools and equipment. Phil discusses his philosophies regarding getting product from "pallet to pavement" we also discuss toolbox talks and talking to your team and how they can benefit and grow with the company and its success. Enjoy!

www.pavetool.com

Ep 04. Strong Work Ethic and Two Careers... a Balancing Act. Feb 26, 2021

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Caleb talks with North Carolina State Trooper and owner of Mitchell's Lawncare Llc. Mitchell Gordy. We discuss the challenges of scaling up a business and the process of scaling down a company. We even talk about what workout routines you should do and what to do if you get pulled over by a Law Enforcement Officer. Enjoy and drive carefully!