Trades Talk Podcast
Trades Talk Podcast is a captivating and dynamic program that is led by Justin White. He’ll delve into the triumphs of various trade industries, showcasing the successes of those who have made a significant impact.
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Joe Langton: The Electrician Who Built the Largest Robotic Mowing Operation in America (opens the original)
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This week on Trades Talk, Justin White sits down with Joe Langton, CEO of Langton Group and founder of Automated Outdoor Solutions (AOS). Joe went from 11 years as a union electrician to running a 186-employee full service landscape, snow, and construction operation, and along the way built one of the largest robotic mowing fleets in the country (roughly $7 million in deployed robots across residential, commercial, and golf). Joe is one of the loudest, most tactical voices in landscape automatio
Weekly update 65: the Kress 60-inch Voyager demo (opens the original)
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The future of landscaping is already here, and it starts with the 60-inch Voyager that maps faster, stripes cleaner, and frees crews to do higher-value work. If you lead a landscape company, care about automation, or are trying to make AI actually useful in the field, this is the episode you need right now. Justin White takes you inside a live Kress Voyager demo and shows what changes when robotic mowing stops being a novelty and starts becoming an operating advantage. You’ll hear how manual mod
David Meltzer on Why 80% of Your Work Is Losing You Money (opens the original)
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This week on Trades Talk, Justin White sits down with David Meltzer, legendary entrepreneur, speaker, and former CEO of the most notable sports agency in the world. David lost more than one hundred million dollars and went bankrupt, then built it all back with two coaches, a set of non-negotiables, and a mission to help over one billion people be happy. His message to the trades is direct: most contractors lose money on eighty percent of their work because they never get comfortable charging wha
Weekly Update #64: Why Now Is the Best Time Ever to Be a Founder (opens the original)
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On this Weekly Update of Trades Talk, Justin White runs the show like a newsroom, rapid firing the biggest headlines hitting the trades and the wildest month yet in artificial intelligence. From a two billion dollar garage door exit to an Anthropic researcher sounding the alarm, there is a lot to unpack. It is part industry briefing, part gut check on where the smartest operators are placing their bets heading into 2027. In this episode: Why Tommy Mello's reported $2 billion A1 Garage Door exit
Jack Jostes: The Follow-Up System That Turns Old Bids Into Booked Jobs (opens the original)
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This week on Trades Talk, Justin White sits down with Jack Jostes, founder and CEO of Ramblin Jackson, the snow and landscape exclusive marketing agency, host of The Landscaper’s Guide podcast, and author of the new book The Landscaper’s Guide to Direct Response Sales and Marketing. After 17 years building marketing systems inside the green industry, Jack lands on one core belief: the company that actually follows up is the company that wins. Jack and Justin get tactical on why most contractors
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