HeyJaredContractors’ Stories Podcast
Contractors’ Stories is a deep dive into the lives of home service contractors from all walks of life. Learn what makes successful business owners tick in the home service world.
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🎙️ Faith, Family & Furnaces: Inside Shafer’s Values-Driven Growth with Nathan Shafer (opens the original)
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Contractors' Stories 🎙️: Nathan Shafer — Building a Multi-Trade Business on Faith, Family & Values 🛠️❤️ In this episode, we sit down with Nathan Shafer of Shafer Heating, Cooling, Electrical, and Plumbing to talk about what it really takes to build a lasting home services company. Nathan shares how faith 🙏, family 👨👩👧👦, and a clear set of company values shape everyday decisions at Shafer — and how those principles have created a culture rooted in service and integrity ✅, not just policy binde
🎙️ From Immigrant Entrepreneur to HVAC Business Exit: The Teo Bogdan Story 🏠📈 (opens the original)
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🎙️ From Immigrant Entrepreneur to HVAC Business Exit: The Teo Bogdan Story 🏠📈 On this episode of Contractors’ Stories Podcast, Jim Klauck sits down with Teo Bogdan, a Romanian immigrant who took a small HVAC company and transformed it into a more profitable, system-driven business—ultimately exiting the company in 2026. Teo shares his remarkable journey from engineering and real estate into the home service industry, including the mistakes he made, the lessons he learned, and the operational cha
🎙️ Lincoln Heating & Air’s Family Journey to $10M (opens the original)
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Contractors' Stories Podcast Episode: Kenneth Quirk — Lincoln Heating & Air 🔥❄️ In this episode, host Jim Klauck sits down with Kenneth Quirk, General Manager of Lincoln Heating & Air in Reno, Nevada, to trace the company's journey from a family business started in 1993 🏠 to a $10 million operation 📈 serving the greater Reno/Sparks area. Kenneth shares the highs and hard-won lessons behind that growth — the tough seasons, the turning points, and what it took to scale while staying true to the va
📻 The Lost Art of Radio: Why Direct Response Still Wins 🏠 - Tommy Mello & Jim Klauck (opens the original)
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📻 The Lost Art of Radio: Why Direct Response Still Wins 🏠 Everyone's chasing clicks on Google and Yelp 💻 — but is digital really where the money is? In this episode, Tommy Mello sits down with Jim Klauck, a veteran radio pitchman 🎙️, to make the case for a channel most home service businesses have written off: direct response radio. Jim breaks down why infomercial-style radio shows still outperform digital ads for HVAC 🔧, roofing 🏗️, and other home service companies — and what it takes to actual
Unleashing Small Business Success: Michael E. Gerber's Proven Path (opens the original)
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In this episode, Jim welcomes Michael E. Gerber, the renowned small business guru and author of the E-Myth series, to discuss his groundbreaking insights into small business success. With over 34 books to his name, Michael delves into the critical elements that can transform a struggling business into a thriving enterprise. Michael shares the inspiring story of Ken Goodrich, an HVAC contractor who turned his business around by religiously applying the principles from "The E-Myth Revisited." Mich
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