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The LIFT Your Shop podcast is a place to get insights from some of the most respected and outstanding auto repair industry experts around the nation.
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72 - How This 2,000 SQ-FT Auto Shop Does $460k A Month (opens the original)
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What if the biggest thing holding your auto repair shop back isn’t your building, your bay count, or even your pricing—but the way you serve the customer? In this episode of the LIFT Your Shop Podcast , Kelsey sits down with Charlie Zlatkos of Pleasant Car Care and Auto Hospitality Group to talk about how a hospitality-first approach has helped transform the way his shops operate and grow. Charlie shares his journey from working in gas station repair shops to building a highly successful automot
71 - LIFT Your Shop Podcast with Greg Bunch (opens the original)
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What does it really take to grow from technician to shop owner — and eventually build a successful multi-location auto repair business? In this episode of the LIFT Your Shop Podcast , Kelsey sits down with Greg Bunch , owner of Aspen Auto Clinic and CEO of Transformers Institute, to talk about the lessons he’s learned over 25 years in the automotive industry. Greg shares how he went from buying a $250 Volkswagen Bug and learning to fix cars himself to building his first shop out of his garage —
70 - How Losing My Second Shop Built My 4 Shop Empire With Joe Valind (opens the original)
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What happens when expanding to a second auto repair shop goes completely wrong? In this episode of the Lift Your Shop Podcast , Kelsey Outram sits down with Joe Valind of Auto Safety Center , a four-location auto repair business in the Greater Milwaukee area, to talk about the successes — and failures — that shaped his journey from technician to multi-shop owner. Joe's story didn't follow a perfect path. He started as a high school apprentice at the same shop he would eventually own, working his
69 - From 2 Bays To A 3 Million Dollar Shop (opens the original)
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What does it actually take to grow an auto repair shop from a tiny two-bay operation into a $3M+ business? In this episode of the Lift Your Shop Podcast , Kelsey Outram sits down with Ryan Cerny of Stoiched Automotive in Appleton, Wisconsin to talk about his journey from technician to shop owner — and the numbers, systems, and decisions that helped him steadily scale his business. Ryan started small, leasing a 1,500-square-foot corner of a tractor-trailer shop for just $695 a month while working
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