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'THE BUILDERS LADDER'

Hosted by Marti Amos and Owen Chambers. Get the latest insights and interviews on what’s working right now for residential building companies.

[ON SITE] Why Carrying A Full-Time Crew Will DESTROY Your Cash Flow | Michael Day

Michael Day of Elite Contracting Services explains how he runs a highly profitable custom home building company with a lean team of five. By acting as a paper contractor and subcontracting all labor and estimating, he drastically reduces his financial risk and overhead. Michael breaks down his exact cost-plus pricing ...

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From Survival Mode to Scaling: What Changed for Marvel Concept Building? (With Chris & Hugo)

Gareth sits down with Chris (Founder) and Hugo (Carpenter/Site Manager) of Marvel Concept Building. Chris shares his raw story of ...

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Winning First vs. Going to War: Is Your Pre-Construction Costing You Millions? (With Arch)

Owen sits down with Arch, a 33.5-year military veteran (Marine Aviation & MARSOC) and founder of a commercial and residential ...

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Australia

What Saved This Builder? Hiring “Dead Wood” vs. Brave Leadership (With Simone)

Crystal sits down with Simone (Majority Shareholder) and Brooke (Operations Manager) from Core Refurbishments, a company specializing only in retirement ...

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Double Your Close Rate With These Sales, Pricing, & Variation Fixes (With Ben Milgate)

Owen sits down with Ben Milgate, a carpenter of 18 years who has successfully transitioned into running his own building ...

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From Limiting Beliefs to Leading a Team

John Beshay sits down with brothers James Culbert (Director) and Luke Culbert (Site Manager/2IC) of Culbert Constructions. With 17 years ...

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Fixing Your Builder Hiring Process

Owen sits down with Suman Cherry, founder of Cherry Talent Group, a recruiting firm specializing in the construction industry, particularly ...

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Australia

From Tradesperson to Proactive Leader

Gareth sits down with Michael Pilcher of Michael Pilcher Builder, a custom home builder in Central Victoria. Michael shares his ...

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The $5M Scaling Bottleneck

Owen sits down with Alex Havkin of Havcon, a builder scaling his business from $4.5M to over $5M annually. Alex ...

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From Corporate to Construction: Lessons in Leadership

David’s journey didn’t begin on a job site, it started in the boardroom. After years leading corporate teams, he made ...

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How a Builder Scaled by Letting Go of Control

Rudy Marroquin, owner of Atlas Custom Homes, joins Owen to share how he built a thriving building company that no ...

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Australia

What Builders Learn the Hard Way

Daniel’s journey is one every builder should hear. He started as a plumber, then moved into building and eventually scaled ...

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New Zealand

Protect Your Margins with THESE Pricing Tips

In this episode, Marti sits down with Darryn, founder of Quantity Solutions, to dig into one of the biggest challenges ...

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Australia

From Burnout to Breakthrough: How Builders Escape the 7-Day Grind

In this episode, Owen sits down with Pantelis, a residential builder who went from feeling like a failure—working seven days ...

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From Overworked & Underpaid to Locking in $1.2M Build

A growing residential builder shares the uncomfortable truths that forced an identity shift from “on the tools” to business leader. ...

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He Quit Working 80 Hours a Week… And Built a $75M Empire

In this episode of The Builder’s Ladder, Owen is joined by Coach Shane to spotlight one of TPB’s members, Rudy ...

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