Blue Collar Ballers
By Faiez Rana
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Episodes: 40
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Blue Collar Ballers is the podcast about real entrepreneurs building 7- and 8-figure businesses with their hands—from roofers and plumbers to painters, pest pros, and landscapers. We go beyond Silicon Valley hype to share tactical growth strategies, operational playbooks, and leadership lessons from those turning grit into generational wealth. Whether you're in the trades or just respect the grind, these are the stories behind America’s most essential businesses.
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35 Years, 4 Sons, $3M in HVAC — and One Loss That Changed Everything | Sheryl Knight's Aire Serv of the Woodlands Story
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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From 80% Residential to 75% Commercial | Tyler Taunton on Steering Texas Roof Repair's Commercial Pivot
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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From Sailing the Pacific to $5M | How Matthew Mahoney Rebuilt Limestone Moving
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May 25, 2026 |
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$1M Cleaning Business and Never Met a Cleaner or Client | Patrick Murphy on Building Cascade Home Cleaning 100% Remotely
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May 15, 2026 |
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From $1.2M to $30M in 9 Years | Trey McWilliams on Scaling His Family HVAC Business in East Texas
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May 08, 2026 |
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$0 to $11.5M in Four Years | How Philip Crutchfield Is Scaling Three Home Service Franchises Under One Roof
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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From College Dropout to $3.7M in Fencing | How Nate Austin Grew a Premium Fence Brand in Texas
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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His Customer Couldn't Remember His Name - So He Spent $78K To Fix It | Will Sarver, Boxer Buddies Moving
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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He Built His Own Exit Plan — Then Had His Biggest Year Ever | Tony Batista | Floors 2 Luv
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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From One Van with His Dad to Building a Handyman Empire | Tim Leary on Scaling Handys & Champion Service Partners
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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From Single Mom to Master Plumber | How Jillian Pittman Went from Digging Trenches to Running a $2.7M Company
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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From Cleaning Toilets to 500 Employees | How Todd Wolf Built Total Cleaning to $15M Across 6 States
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Turn Reviews & Networking Into Jobs: How Adriana Filled 3 Painting Crews Without Lead Vendors
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Stop Driving to Every Estimate: The Live Video “Cheat Code” for Home Service Owners w/ James Hatfield
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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From Zero to Six Territories in One Year | How Jared Chapple Is Scaling Pink’s Windows in Atlanta
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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From Couch Surfing to $20M+ in 4 Years | How Jordan White Built an 8-Figure Roofing Company by Age 26
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Why Most Electrical Contractors Get Stuck at $1M — and How Magnify Electric Broke Through to $3M
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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How a Former D1 Athlete Built Two Franchises That Run Without Her | Mary Guarino on Building Enterprise Value & Owner Freedom
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Building America’s #1 Turf Brand with Tim Lovett: The Unit Economics, Playbook & Vision Behind Waterloo Turf
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Three Exits Later: 30 Years of Franchising Lessons with Rick Maffezzoli
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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From Colombia to a 7-Figure Landscaping Company: Angelica Negrete’s Story of Reinvention and Rising as a Woman in the Trades.
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Tony Hulbert on Building Horsepower Brands to $275M — The All-In Mindset, Kaizen Leadership, and AI-Powered Home Services
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Glitter, Grit, and Grease: How Ashleigh Barcuch Built a 7-Figure Auto Shop That's Changing the Culture of Car Repair
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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From the Barrio to a $30M Roofing Empire | Randy Hurtado, COO of DT Companies & Good Contractors List
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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From Banker to Blue Collar CEO: How Greg Bruns Bought Allied Hydro Mulch and Built Texas’s Go-To Erosion Control Company
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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How to Buy a Business with an SBA Loan | Matthias Smith, Pioneer Capital Advisory
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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From Corporate America to Blue Collar Operator | How Eric Cunningham Bought A 25 Year Old Plumbing Business
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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From Sobriety to $200M+ Solar CEO | How Bret Biggart Rebuilt His Life and Business
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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From Single Mom to Franchise Powerhouse: How Miss Dafna Is Building Her Pink's Windows Empire with Courage & Community
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Leadership, Delegation & Retaining Great Talent in the Trades with Coach Dan Dowdy
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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From Mowing Lawns to $10M Remodeling CEO by 25 | The Unfiltered Truth of Buying a Business with Reid Rupp
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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From Pro Baseball to Coaching 1,000+ Sales Teams: How Ryan Groth Transformed the Way Contractors Sell
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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From Jurassic Park to Franchise Empire: How Andy Fuller Scaled Mosquito Hunters to 150+ Locations
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May 23, 2025 |
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6 Hidden Deal-Killers to Avoid Before You Exit (with Business Attorney Mitch Zoll)
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May 16, 2025 |
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$0 to $40MM in 12 Months: How Steve Huber Built $2B Sales Teams in Roofing & Solar
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May 08, 2025 |
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From Lawyer to $10M+ Trades SaaS | How Marc Visent Is Solving Contractings Most Common Profit Leaks
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May 01, 2025 |
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From Marine to Main Street | How Anna Bought a 78 Year Old HVAC Business
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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From Gas Station Clerk to $12.5M in 4 Years | How Joel Bell built an 8-figure roofing business by 25
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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From ER Nurse to $6M Plumbing Outfit
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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From Prison to Pastor to $50M Roofing CEO
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Apr 02, 2025 |