HeyJaredBetween 2 Bridges - Audio
An interview podcast bridging the gap between industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and business operators, sharing insights and life experiences.
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Ep.147 - Due Upon Receipt (opens the original)
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Getting paid shouldn’t be the hardest part of doing business, but sometimes it sure feels that way. This week, Jerry and Joe talk about chasing invoices, late payments, sponsorship requests, and why supporting local businesses needs to be a two-way street. Joe wraps up a contracting job and learns a few things about payment terms along the way, while Jerry discovers there are apparently a dozen wrong ways to drop your kid off at school. They also get into back-to-school chaos, coaching youth foo
Ep.146 - The Pursuit of @#$%-You Money (opens the original)
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The guys kick things off with a simple request for every courteous driver out there: stop trying to direct traffic and just drive your car. From left-lane campers and zipper merges to Pennsylvania’s new distracted-driving law, they make the case that sometimes trying to be nice behind the wheel just makes everything worse. Then the conversation turns to business. With Flexsource winding down, Joe talks about simplifying operations, putting more focus back into the dry cleaners, and reinvesting m
Ep.145 - You CAN Buy Time (opens the original)
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This week on Between 2 Bridges, Jerry and Joe talk about what your time is actually worth and why sometimes spending money is the smartest way to get more of it back. From laundry and the “wedding gown theory” to finding new opportunities, protecting quality as a business grows, and making things right when your company screws up, the conversation gets into what it really means to run a small business every day. Then Jerry’s new role coaching youth football leads into lessons about teamwork, tou
Ep.144 Matt Plocki - Pitt Specialty Supply, Friendly Wholesale, Penn Fixture - An Empire in Businesses Nobody Thinks About (opens the original)
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Matt Plocki has spent more than two decades building an empire in the businesses most people never think about. From Pitt Specialty Supply and Penn Fixture to Friendly Wholesale, real estate, and a long history of acquisitions, Matt has built his career around finding opportunity in the essential products and services that quietly keep other businesses running. In this episode, Matt joins Jerry and Joe to talk about starting his first business as a kid, buying and growing established companies,
Ep.143 - Steve Rowe - Retired Teacher / Author - Good Kids Don’t Happen by Accident (opens the original)
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After 27 years in the classroom, retired Riverview teacher Steve Rowe has learned a thing or two about what it takes to raise good kids. Steve joins Jerry and Joe to talk about how parenting and education have changed, the impact of screens and social media, teaching accountability and leadership, and why being present still matters more than anything else. They also discuss Steve’s new project, Good Kids Don’t Happen by Accident, a forthcoming book built from nearly three decades of lessons lea
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