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Be Greedy, Hire Military: Why Onboarding Veterans Is a Savvy Business Move

Hiring military veterans is often framed as a charitable act, but Jim Lose, CEO at The Military Veteran, argues it is actually one of the smartest business decisions a trade company can make. With over 25 years of experience in…

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Recently Added Be Greedy, Hire Military: Why Onboarding Veterans Is a Savvy Business Move 22:21

Be Greedy, Hire Military: Why Onboarding Veterans Is a Savvy Business Move

Nov 10, 2026
Recently Added Building Systems: The Key to a 23-Year-Old’s Multi-Million Dollar Roofing Business 25:14

Building Systems: The Key to a 23-Year-Old’s Multi-Million Dollar Roofing Business

Nov 3, 2026
Recently Added Why Operational Organization Is Your Best Exit Strategy 24:06

Why Operational Organization Is Your Best Exit Strategy

Oct 27, 2026
Two Hats, One Platform: How a Commercial Contractor Runs Everything From $500 Service Calls to $1 Million Projects 29:23

Two Hats, One Platform: How a Commercial Contractor Runs Everything From $500 Service Calls to $1 Million Projects

Oct 20, 2026
Flashback Episode – Maximizing Your EBITDA for a Private Equity Partnership 47:11

Flashback Episode – Maximizing Your EBITDA for a Private Equity Partnership

Oct 13, 2026
Life After Live Events: How to Turn Post-Conference Energy into Real Profits 48:26

Life After Live Events: How to Turn Post-Conference Energy into Real Profits

Oct 6, 2026
Capturing the 80%: How SmartAC’s Gen-2 Targets Non-Membership Homeowners 21:58

Capturing the 80%: How SmartAC’s Gen-2 Targets Non-Membership Homeowners

Sep 29, 2026
Calling it Quits: The Real Cost of Family Business Ownership 25:53

Calling it Quits: The Real Cost of Family Business Ownership

Sep 22, 2026
Healing the Hustle: A Guide to Confronting Burnout in the Trades 40:32

Healing the Hustle: A Guide to Confronting Burnout in the Trades

Sep 15, 2026
All Within My Hands: Metallica’s Mission to Close the Skilled Labor Gap in the Trades 33:20

All Within My Hands: Metallica’s Mission to Close the Skilled Labor Gap in the Trades

Sep 8, 2026
Australian State of the Trades Report 2026: Operational Realities for Aussie Contractors 35:44

Australian State of the Trades Report 2026: Operational Realities for Aussie Contractors

Sep 1, 2026
Solving the Three Layers of Predictive Maintenance in Commercial Trades 30:11

Solving the Three Layers of Predictive Maintenance in Commercial Trades

Aug 25, 2026
Why Over-Engineered System Implementations Fail and Simple Data Scales 25:29

Why Over-Engineered System Implementations Fail and Simple Data Scales

Aug 18, 2026
The Three Pillars of Roofing Growth: Organic, Greenfield, and Acquisition 24:54

The Three Pillars of Roofing Growth: Organic, Greenfield, and Acquisition

Aug 11, 2026
Say “Yes” and Figure It Out: How to Turn Customer Needs Into Recurring Revenue 37:17

Say “Yes” and Figure It Out: How to Turn Customer Needs Into Recurring Revenue

Aug 4, 2026
Toolbox Rewind – The Best of Jackie Aubel – Inside ServiceTitan’s Referral and Brand Ambassador Programs 28:09

Toolbox Rewind – The Best of Jackie Aubel – Inside ServiceTitan’s Referral and Brand Ambassador Programs

Jul 28, 2026
Toolbox Rewind – The Best of Jackie Aubel – Simplify, Systemize, Scale: Lessons from Emergency Restoration Services 36:40

Toolbox Rewind – The Best of Jackie Aubel – Simplify, Systemize, Scale: Lessons from Emergency Restoration Services

Jul 21, 2026
Fuel, Fertilizer, Frustrations: How to Know Your Margins in June, Not December 33:53

Fuel, Fertilizer, Frustrations: How to Know Your Margins in June, Not December

Jul 14, 2026
Toolbox Rewind – The Best of Jackie Aubel – An American Dream: How the Trades Has The Power to Change Lives 51:42

Toolbox Rewind – The Best of Jackie Aubel – An American Dream: How the Trades Has The Power to Change Lives

Jul 7, 2026
Find Better Leads: How Property Data Helps Roofing Contractors Target Smarter 26:23

Find Better Leads: How Property Data Helps Roofing Contractors Target Smarter

Jun 30, 2026
Toolbox Rewind – The Best of Jackie Aubel – High-Performance Leadership: Get Your Team Rowing Together 36:28

Toolbox Rewind – The Best of Jackie Aubel – High-Performance Leadership: Get Your Team Rowing Together

Jun 23, 2026
Technology and Growth: Breaking Through the $5M Plateau 34:12

Technology and Growth: Breaking Through the $5M Plateau

Jun 16, 2026
Toolbox Takeover – Mastering ServiceTitan – Job Costing Masterclass: From Generics, Pricing, Purchasing, to Inventory 42:27

Toolbox Takeover – Mastering ServiceTitan – Job Costing Masterclass: From Generics, Pricing, Purchasing, to Inventory

Jun 9, 2026
Toolbox Takeover – Mastering ServiceTitan – Implementing ServiceTitan’s New Construction Workflows 38:02

Toolbox Takeover – Mastering ServiceTitan – Implementing ServiceTitan’s New Construction Workflows

Jun 2, 2026
SEO in the Age of AI: How to Stand Out in Search with Brand Trust 38:05

SEO in the Age of AI: How to Stand Out in Search with Brand Trust

May 26, 2026
Acquisition Strategy: Why the Playbook Matters More Than the Deal 42:30

Acquisition Strategy: Why the Playbook Matters More Than the Deal

May 19, 2026
Clarity in Action: How to Build Better Systems From Scratch 34:30

Clarity in Action: How to Build Better Systems From Scratch

May 12, 2026
What, Why, and How: Mapping Leadership Roles for Maximum Scalability 42:32

What, Why, and How: Mapping Leadership Roles for Maximum Scalability

May 5, 2026
Why Career Sponsorship is the Key to Advancing Talent 37:14

Why Career Sponsorship is the Key to Advancing Talent

Apr 28, 2026
Transforming Raw Data into Actionable Business Strategy 28:58

Transforming Raw Data into Actionable Business Strategy

Apr 21, 2026
A $48 Million Mission to Make the Garage Door Industry Sexy 31:29

A $48 Million Mission to Make the Garage Door Industry Sexy

Apr 14, 2026
Just Start AI: Future-Proofing Your Business with Artificial Intelligence 44:59

Just Start AI: Future-Proofing Your Business with Artificial Intelligence

Apr 7, 2026
The Vulnerable Leader: Overcoming Anxiety in Business Ownership 29:02

The Vulnerable Leader: Overcoming Anxiety in Business Ownership

Mar 31, 2026
Why Your Company Needs an In-House Apprenticeship Program 36:35

Why Your Company Needs an In-House Apprenticeship Program

Mar 24, 2026
AI in the Trades: Current State and Future Predictions 39:29

AI in the Trades: Current State and Future Predictions

Mar 17, 2026
How a Master Arborist Did a Half a Year’s Revenue in One Week 31:54

How a Master Arborist Did a Half a Year’s Revenue in One Week

Mar 10, 2026
Scaling a Service Empire From $9M to $160M 46:39

Scaling a Service Empire From $9M to $160M

Mar 3, 2026
How to Humanize AI and Automation in Your Landscaping Business 22:47

How to Humanize AI and Automation in Your Landscaping Business

Feb 24, 2026
Inside ServiceTitan’s Referral and Brand Ambassador Programs 28:09

Inside ServiceTitan’s Referral and Brand Ambassador Programs

Feb 17, 2026
The AI Superpower: Scaling Your Business with Zero Overhead 29:02

The AI Superpower: Scaling Your Business with Zero Overhead

Feb 10, 2026
How Technology Can Help Landscapers Simplify the Chaos 21:33

How Technology Can Help Landscapers Simplify the Chaos

Feb 3, 2026
From Customer to Owner: Banking on the Resilience of the Trades 44:34

From Customer to Owner: Banking on the Resilience of the Trades

Jan 27, 2026
De-Seasonalizing Your Business for Stability  and Profit 30:00

De-Seasonalizing Your Business for Stability and Profit

Jan 20, 2026
De-Influence Your Tech Stack: How the Smartest Contractors Avoid Tech FOMO 53:29

De-Influence Your Tech Stack: How the Smartest Contractors Avoid Tech FOMO

Jan 13, 2026
Clarity First, Patience Always: Inside the Making of an Aspire Super User 32:46

Clarity First, Patience Always: Inside the Making of an Aspire Super User

Jan 6, 2026
The Fractional CFO’s Blueprint for Trades Profit 25:57

The Fractional CFO’s Blueprint for Trades Profit

Dec 30, 2025
From Startup to Sale: Achieving Rapid Trades Growth in 3 Years 21:11

From Startup to Sale: Achieving Rapid Trades Growth in 3 Years

Dec 23, 2025
HARDI Insights: Controlling What You Can to Maximize HVAC Profit 35:36

HARDI Insights: Controlling What You Can to Maximize HVAC Profit

Dec 16, 2025
The Commercial Landscape Industry Report: Crack the Code on Growth in 2026 48:48

The Commercial Landscape Industry Report: Crack the Code on Growth in 2026

Dec 9, 2025
The E-Commerce Approach to Digital Marketing in the Trades 19:16

The E-Commerce Approach to Digital Marketing in the Trades

Dec 2, 2025
The Power of Franchising: You’re in Business for Yourself, Not By Yourself 35:54

The Power of Franchising: You’re in Business for Yourself, Not By Yourself

Nov 25, 2025
The Two-Year Pause: A Strategy for Sustainable Landscaping Business Growth 28:02

The Two-Year Pause: A Strategy for Sustainable Landscaping Business Growth

Nov 18, 2025
Pantheon 2025: Differentiate Your Brand With the 2025 Consumer Report 31:49

Pantheon 2025: Differentiate Your Brand With the 2025 Consumer Report

Nov 11, 2025
How ServiceTitan and AI Help Contractors Streamline, Save, and Scale 24:29

How ServiceTitan and AI Help Contractors Streamline, Save, and Scale

Nov 4, 2025
Landscaping Mergers and Acquisitions: What Buyers Really Look For 26:34

Landscaping Mergers and Acquisitions: What Buyers Really Look For

Oct 28, 2025
Pantheon 2025: Find Your Most Profitable Path of Least Resistance 34:25

Pantheon 2025: Find Your Most Profitable Path of Least Resistance

Oct 21, 2025
The ROI of a Good Name: Empathy in Business Management 41:47

The ROI of a Good Name: Empathy in Business Management

Oct 14, 2025
Pantheon 2025 Opening Presentation Featuring ServiceTitan CEO Ara Mahdessian 38:23

Pantheon 2025 Opening Presentation Featuring ServiceTitan CEO Ara Mahdessian

Oct 13, 2025
Grow Big, Stay Human: Lessons on Technology and Client Care 28:18

Grow Big, Stay Human: Lessons on Technology and Client Care

Oct 7, 2025
Pantheon 2025: The Roofers’ Playbook for Successful Tech Onboarding 31:54

Pantheon 2025: The Roofers’ Playbook for Successful Tech Onboarding

Sep 30, 2025
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