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Hosted by Chad Prinkey and Matt Verderamo, The Well Built Podcast delivers unfiltered, high-impact conversations on the most pressing topics in the construction industry.
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How Contractors Can Add 3 Points of Gross Profit in 12 Months (opens the original)
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What would 3 additional points of gross profit do to your bottom line? More than you might think. In this episode, Chad Prinkey and Matt Verderamo break down the practical levers contractors can pull to improve gross profit without simply chasing more revenue. Using a $100M contractor as an example, moving from 20% to 23% gross profit — while holding revenue and overhead constant — takes pre-tax net profit from $10M to $13M. That’s a 30% increase in net profit from a three-point improvement in G
2% Decoded with Glen Yates (opens the original)
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What does it take to grow a specialty contractor from one field crew into a company with national reach—without losing the culture, accountability, and operational consistency that made the business successful in the first place?In this episode of 2% Decoded, Well Built CEO Chad Prinkey sits down with Glen Yates, CEO of Colt Builders, to unpack Colt’s growth from a roughly $1.7 million business with one field team in 2011 into a national commercial wood-framing contractor built around local lead
How to Build a Construction Employee Development Program That Works (opens the original)
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Most construction companies don't have an employee development program. They have a few classes, some ride-alongs, and a lot of “watch the experienced person and figure it out.” That works—until the company grows. In this episode of The Well Built Podcast, Chad Prinkey and Matt Verderamo break down what a real employee development system looks like for contractors: how to structure training around outcomes, how to combine classroom learning with practice and field coaching, and how to develop pe
2% Decoded with Aaron Shapiro (opens the original)
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Get the book: https://a.co/d/02xXUBIx Subscribe to newsletter: https://www.wellbuiltconsulting.com/well-built-newsletter-registration Talk with us: https://www.wellbuiltconsulting.com/contact What does it take to build a construction company that lasts for generations? In this episode of 2% Decoded, Matt Verderamo sits down with Aaron Shapiro of Shapiro & Duncan, a third-generation mechanical contractor celebrating 50 years in business. Aaron shares how the company’s people-first culture, commit
2% Decoded with Noah Lyden (opens the original)
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In this episode of 2% Decoded, Matt Verderamo sits down with Noah Lyden, CEO of Lywood Electric, for a real conversation about leadership, trust, hard work, and what it takes to build a contractor that can handle the complicated work others say cannot be done. Noah shares the story of growing up in the electrical trade, stepping into leadership at a young age, building a mission-driven company, and creating a team culture where people are trusted to own their work. From heavy industrial and comm
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