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Jesse McGrath: The Business Was Never the End Goal (opens the original)
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Ten years ago, Jesse McGrath had a backpack, a pair of cowboy boots, and nowhere to live. Today, he owns Compass Cleanup & Excavation—but building a bigger company was never the finish line. Jesse built the business to get something back that money can’t replace: time with his kids, his wife, and his dad. Along the way, that meant learning some expensive lessons, including a cleanup job that cost him roughly $30,000 , figuring out which customers actually fit his company, and realizing that more
Mitchell Roberts: From a Domino’s Parking Lot to a Business That Runs Without Him (opens the original)
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Mitchell Roberts was sitting in a Domino’s parking lot, broke and wondering how he’d make his truck payment. A few years later, his lawn and landscape company did $160,000 in a single month. But the number Mitchell cares about now isn’t revenue. It’s how long the business can run without him. Mitchell started mowing lawns when he was nine and kept the business alive while working on power lines. When his only mowing employee quit in 2021, he had to decide whether to keep one foot in each world o
Jerod Condit: Building the Business Before He Needed It (opens the original)
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Jerod Condit didn’t wait until retirement to figure out what came next. He started seven years early. Now he’s preparing to leave the military with a land clearing business that already runs jobs without him. After more than 22 years in the military, Jerod is closing in on retirement. But Ironwood Land Solution wasn’t something he threw together at the last minute. He spent years building it on weekends, leave days, and whatever time he could find around his military career and family. What star
JR Laborie: Why He’d Rather Work 3 Days Than Chase 7 Days of Revenue (opens the original)
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He hired more guys, bought more equipment, and got busier. He was also miserable. So JR Laborie started cutting—and his profit got better. JR built Laborie Land Works from one skid steer into land clearing, excavation, underground utilities, and hydro excavation. But instead of chasing a bigger company, he eventually stripped away low-profit work, lowered his overhead, and built around the jobs he actually wanted. Today, JR keeps room in his schedule for high-profit emergency utility work, usual
Matt Study: Build a Business That Fits Your Life—Not One That Owns It (opens the original)
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Most contractors build a business… then spend years trying to escape it. Matt Study says that's backwards. If your company can't survive while you're gone, you don't own a business—you own a job. Matt Study of Sapphire Construction Services has grown from running a mini excavator to managing commercial civil projects, but this episode isn't about getting bigger. It's about building a company that supports the life you actually want to live. Ryan and Matt dig into the trap many contractors fall i
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