The Contracting Handbook: Builder & Trades Construction Podcast

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Bryan Kaplan founder of Construction Consulting out of Toronto, Ontario Jul 01, 2021

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The Contracting Handbook podcast discusses the behind the scenes running of a small contracting company. Your host, Mike Knoche, has been running his small contracting company for 16 years. Here he shares what worked for him, mistakes he made along the way, and his “aha” moments. It’s everything from starting up, working with employees, subcontractors, and client. He’ll get into proposals, contracts, marketing and much more. It won’t just be Mike’s perspective as he will talk to contractors from all over the world of any variety of size and structure because through his travels in the off season he’s come to see that contractors everywhere have similar business needs, struggles, and ideas in common. Contact Mike at info@thecontractinghandbook.com for questions, comments, or to be interviewed.

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Getting Organized 101: Daily Operations Jun 28, 2021

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Aron Jones of Big Dog Construction out of Grand Manan, New Brunswick (Part 2) Jun 25, 2021

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The Contracting Handbook podcast discusses the behind the scenes running of a small contracting company. Your host, Mike Knoche, has been running his small construction company for 16 years. Here he shares what worked for him, mistakes he made along the way, and his “aha” moments. It’s everything from starting up, working with employees, subcontractors, and client. He’ll get into proposals, contracts, marketing and much more. It won’t just be Mike’s perspective as he will talk to contractors from all over the world of any variety of size and structure because through his travels in the off season he’s come to see that contractors everywhere have similar business needs, struggles, and ideas in common. It's all about construction! Contact Mike at info@thecontractinghandbook.com for questions, comments, or to be interviewed.

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Guest: Aron Jones

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Host: Mike Knoche

Website: The Contracting Handbook

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Aron Jones of Big Dog Construction: Tradesmen to businessmen? Not so fast! Jun 24, 2021

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Guest: Aron Jones

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Host: Mike Knoche

Website: The Contracting Handbook

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The 4 Types of Human Time Wasters: Tirekickers, Lowballers, DIYer's, and the General Public Jun 21, 2021

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Tim Waring of Arden Vale Homes talks the client screening process Jun 17, 2021

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Learn from the Mistakes of Others Jun 14, 2021

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The Contracting Handbook podcast discusses the behind the scenes running of a small contracting company. Your host, Mike Knoche, has been successfully running his small contracting company for 16 years. Here he shares what worked for him, mistakes he made along the way, and his “aha” moments. It’s everything from starting up, working with employees, subcontractors, and client. He’ll get into proposals, contracts, marketing and much more. It won’t just be Mike’s perspective as he will talk to contractors from all over the US and the world because through his travels in the off season he’s come to see that contractors everywhere have similar business needs, struggles, and ideas in common. Contact Mike at info@thecontractinghandbook.com for questions, comments, or to be interviewed.

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Interview with Andrew Itnyre of Masters Roofing, Memphis, Tennessee Jun 10, 2021

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The Contracting Handbook podcast is all about the builders and skilled tradesmen and tradeswomen in the construction industry from all over the world. Here you’ll meet the tradespeople who took a leap of faith from working their craft to running the own construction company. You’ll meet people who left lucrative careers to enter the trades. For newcomers to running a construction business, there is a ton of advice on “how to” run your contracting company. For established contractors, you get to meet other industry leaders and get behind the scenes of their business and stay up to date with industry change. Mike Knoche, your host, keeps the conversation interesting. He’s been operating his contracting business for over 15 years in the oddly wonderful, Fairbanks, Alaska. Mike’s philosophy is “we are all experts in how we build where we live, but the business basics and business management are universal”. Join us for this global conversation on operating a construction company, mental health, cool projects, and construction industry progress.

Host: Mike Knoche

Website: The Contracting Handbook

Instagram: @thecontractinghandbook

Venmo: Mike-Knoche-1

info@thecontractinghandbook.com

Guest: Andrew Itnyre

IG: @mastersroofing.memphis

8 Ways to Gain and Maintain Company Credibility Jun 09, 2021

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Wearing Too Many Hats Jun 07, 2021

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