291. How To Implement AI Without Losing Your Mind [For Contractors] - Tyler Folkman

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   S6 · E294 · 14 Oct 2026 · 40 minNew

   294. Subcontractors or Employees: What’s The Better Model? - Jacob Toler

   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP294 Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL294 On the surface, a subcontractor model seems like a good idea. That’s what Red Branch Construction business owner Jacob Toler thought. Higher margin, lower overhead. It worked great for him, until it didn’t. His reputation was unremarkable. His margins were thinning out. Lack of accountability almost toppled the business. And so, Jacob made a massive change that took him from negative profit to a healthy 8.5% net…

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   S6 · E293 · 7 Oct 2026 · 59 min

   293. Why Do So Many Contractors Hate Their Business? - Spencer Sheinin

   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP293 Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL293 Learn more about Spencer and Entreprenutcases: https://entreprenutcases.com/  Talk to enough contractors and you hear the same sentence. "This isn't fun anymore." Sometimes it comes from the guy who is grinding to make payroll. But just as often it comes from the guy whose business is finally working, who has the trucks and the team and the margin, and who feels absolutely nothing about any of it. Spencer Sheinin…

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   S6 · E292 · 30 Sep 2026 · 44 min

   292. How To Build A Company Brain With NotebookLM - Grant Fuellenbach

   Get a copy of our AI Guide For Contractors and learn the 4 highest leverage AI workflows for trades businesses: https://trybta.com/DL292 Get Grant’s free Claude skills for your business here: https://skillmatch.zite.so/ Most contractors are drowning in AI options. New tools every week. New features buried inside the tools you already pay for. No clear answer on which ones are worth your time. Grant Fuellenbach implements project management systems for contracting companies at GoFirst Consulting, and he uses AI to do it faster. He also hosts the Beyond the Bid podcast. So we asked him a…

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   S6 · E290 · 16 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

   290. What Happens When You Sell To Private Equity? - Tyler Goodhue

   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP290 Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL290 There's a lot of noise about selling to private equity in the trades right now. Some of you may even be considering this as your exit strategy. But how much do you REALLY understand what’s involved in arguably one of the biggest decisions of your life? Our guest today Tyler Goodhue has been involved in the acquisition of over 200 businesses, primarily in the trades, and he's here to discuss the part nobody talks about…

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   S6 · E289 · 9 Sep 2026 · 49 min

   289. How To Dominate AI Search Results (For Home Services) - Phil Risher

   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP289 Get a free contractor Lead Source Attribution template and example here: https://trybta.com/DL289 While contractors and construction business owners are busy scrambling to get our websites ready for AI search, Phil Risher is asking a much bigger question: Will your website even matter in 3 years? Phil is a digital marketing specialist who works exclusively with contractors. He's been watching in real time as AI search puts an end to everything we thought we knew about modern marketing. Traffic is dwindling. SEO is…

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   S6 · E288 · 2 Sep 2026 · 56 min

   288. The REAL Impact Of AI in Construction [And How To Prepare] - DJ Carroll

   To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP288 When ChatGPT released in 2022, we all knew the start of a new era in tech was coming. But we couldn't possibly comprehend just how much our industry was about to change. Although robotics are a few years away from replacing field labor, pretty much every other area of a contracting business has been totally disrupted. Today, I've brought on DJ Carroll, a former contractor known for scaling home service companies through disciplined AI and automation, to share his opinions on where the industry is now, where it's…

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   S6 · E287 · 26 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

   287. How To Run Projects Like a $34M Contractor - Caleb George, Scott Kelley, Jordan Coolidge

   To get the Project Management resource bundle, click here: https://trybta.com/DL287 To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP287 Caleb George produces $34M in projects with just three project managers. Scott Kelley’s team can run a million dollar project without asking him a single question. What do these two builders have in common? Exceptional project management systems. In this roundtable discussion, I sat down with Caleb George of Chris George Custom Homes, Scott Kelley of Evolution Design Build, and Jordan Coolidge from Buildertrend to break down the…

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   S6 · E286 · 19 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

   286. $7M Playbook: Build A Profitable Landscaping Company - Riley Rivers

   To learn more about becoming a Member, click here: https://trybta.com/EP286  Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL286 At just 30 years old, Riley Rivers owns a $7M dollar landscaping business, pulling in $120K in profit every month. Multiple divisions. Massive contracts. Complex operations. And he does it all in less than 40 hours a week. In this episode, I'm talking to Riley to find out how he built his company, including the key decisions he made as he scaled. If you're ready to step out of the day-to-day and become a real CEO,…