Meet Blake Berke, the COO of a large construction company that helps with small businesses to get out of the day-to-day operations of their business. In this episode, Blake goes deep into understanding the transition from a job owner to a business owner. Many people with specific trades and skills struggle when they go into growth phases with their business because they only know “the craft” and don’t understand how to run a business.

We talk about scaling business, the relationship between Visionary and Integrator, making exceptions in business and much more.

Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction

1:45 Who is Blake Berke

2:34 When you go from a job to a business owner in the same industry

4:16 Blake’s background growing up

5:05 How Blake pursued being a CPA

7:04 About Blake’s business

9:44 Understanding your visionary traits

10:13 How Blake works as an integrator with a visionary

16:52 Scaling your business and making it valuable

21:41 Making exceptions in your business and how it can run you out of business

28:07 How Blake’s core values impacts the business

35:16 The process of scaling and increasing prices

37:03 How visionaries think and working with your integrator to implement ideas

42:08 The process of implementing ideas

45:20 Has Blake always felt comfortable as an integrator in business

51:02 Blake experience in sports

52:58 When should a business implement Traction

57:34 Keeping up with operational expenses and maintaining pricing

1:03:12 Blake’s book recommendation - Atomic Habits

1:04:10 What habits does Blake implement in his life?

1:06:57 How to connect with Blake