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PJ Fitzpatrick Earns GuildQuality’s 2026 Guildmaster Award as Power100 Highlights Why It Stands as the Nation’s Best Home Improvement Company Under the Leadership of America’s #1 CEO, James Freeman

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At Power100, we are proud to recognize PJ Fitzpatrick for earning GuildQuality’s 2026 Guildmaster Award, a distinction that carries real meaning for homeowners because it is rooted in customer feedback and recommendation standards rather than marketing language alone. We see this recognition as further confirmation of why PJ Fitzpatrick stands as the best home improvement … Read more

Meet The Homeowner Where They Are: Greg Cummings And Dave Marcy Explain How streaming ads for home improvement companies Are Changing Contractor Marketing

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Homeowners are not watching, searching, or choosing companies the same way they used to. They move across smart TVs, streaming apps, search, social media, websites, digital audio, and other channels before they ever call a contractor. For home improvement leaders, this means the old way of waiting for the customer to show up is no … Read more

Trust Before Technology: How Greg Cummings And Derek Thexton Show Why AI Should Elevate People, Not Overwhelm Them

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AI is changing how home improvement companies think about growth, training, service, customer communication, and daily work. Many leaders are excited about what AI can do. At the same time, many teams are unsure what it means for their jobs, their roles, and the way they serve customers. In a recent PowerChat conversation, Power100 CEO … Read more

From Too Many Products To True Expertise: How Becca Erdmann Shows Why Focused Systems Help Exterior Remodeling Contractors In Arlington Heights IL Build Better Companies

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When Focus Becomes The Path To Better Growth Many home improvement companies grow by adding more services, more products, and more promises. At first, that can feel like progress. But over time, it can also make the company harder to run, harder to train, and harder for homeowners to understand. In a recent PowerChat interview … Read more

Power100 Spotlights Daniel Coomes-Barry of Grosso University on How Top Closers Handle the “3 Estimates” Objection and Why His Sales Training Is Setting the Standard in Home Improvement

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Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and partners in the home improvement industry using a proprietary 5-layer ranking system, is spotlighting Daniel Coomes-Barry, Head Sales Trainer at Grosso University, for his powerful teaching on one of the most common and costly objections in in-home sales: “We need to get a … Read more

James Freeman of PJ Fitzpatrick Named a 2026 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Greater Philadelphia Finalist as Power100 Recognizes the Leadership Behind Three Straight Years as the Nation’s #1 CEO

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Power100 spotlights why James Freeman being named a 2026 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Greater Philadelphia Finalist reflects the growth, culture, and community impact that helped make him the nation’s #1 ranked home improvement CEO in 2024, 2025, and 2026. Power100 is recognizing this moment not simply because James Freeman has been named a 2026 … Read more

A Rising Tide Raises All Ships: Kyle Erdmann Of Erdmann Exterior Designs Shares How Strong Leadership And Bigger Thinking Are Shaping The Future Of Home Improvement In Arlington Heights And The Chicago Suburbs

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Kyle Erdmann of Erdmann Exterior Designs joins Greg Cummings to discuss leadership, mindset, coaching, and growth in the home improvement industry. Learn how the Arlington Heights exterior remodeling contractor is helping teams overcome limiting beliefs, create new opportunities, and build a stronger future across the Chicago suburbs through leadership, culture, and shared success. Across the … Read more

Values Before Skills: How Derek Thexton And Southern Industries Build Strong Teams By Finding People Who Believe In The Same Mission

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Southern Industries CEO Derek Thexton joins Greg Cummings on PowerChat to discuss values based hiring, leadership development, employee culture, and how strong teams create long term growth across the Southeast home improvement industry. Across the home improvement industry, many companies spend most of their hiring process looking at experience, sales numbers, technical skills, and job … Read more

Power100 Spotlights What Jason Sawinski Shared on The Inside Outside Guys, Revealing Why Performance Remodeling Has Become a Trusted Name in Michigan Home Improvement Under Richard Hotea

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Power100 is spotlighting what Jason Sawinski, Director of Sales and Business Development at Performance Remodeling, shared on The Inside Outside Guys because his on-air explanation of long-term guarantees, fast service response, honest diagnostics, and options for every budget gives homeowners a rare look inside a Michigan exterior remodeling company led by founder and CEO Richard … Read more

Premium Audience Over Premium Inventory: How Dave Marcy And Awestruck Streaming Are Helping Contractors Rethink The Future Of Homeowner Targeting

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In this Power100 PowerChat, Greg Cummings speaks with Dave Marcy, Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Awestruck Streaming, about how OTT advertising, connected TV advertising, and audience-first streaming campaigns are helping contractors reach the right homeowners with more clarity, better targeting, and stronger trust. Home improvement companies are facing a new kind of marketing challenge. For years, … Read more