Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast

Alex Bridgeman will be joining us for today’s podcast, discussing how to run a full-time SMB podcast. And, boy, does he know his stuff.Alex is from Portland, Oregon, and currently resides in Nebraska. He has a past as a research analyst at a wealth management firm where he spent time researching microcaps. During his senior year of college, he decided to start his own SMB podcast "Think Like an Owner."Eventually, he was able to leave his previous job to work more heavily on running the podcast. You’ll get to learn about the podcast business model, his print publication of "The Operators Handbook," and the transition to working on a podcast full-time. Enjoy!Check out Owned and Operated Weekly Insights: a newsletter where John discusses topics ranging from recruiting and marketing to the growth of your home service business.  Subscribe to the newsletter here.Contact us:Youtube: @OwnedandOperatedPodcastX: @ownedoperatedcowww.ownedandoperated.cominfo@ownedandoperated.comSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&O John's YouTube Channel Weekly Newsletter Leave a Review John Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC📌 Disclaimer:Some links may include UTM parameters for tracking. Episodes may feature paid sponsors, but all opinions are our own. Always do your own research before making business decisions.

Cassi Niekamp will be joining us for today's podcast, discussing how, seven months ago, she bought a fencing company called Bowden Fencing based in Columbus, Ohio. We’ll be looking into all of the details of this acquisition and how it’s gone so far.Bowden is 3 years old and had done roughly $750,000 in revenue prior to Cassi coming in. Since then, she’s hired more employees and worked towards helping them build up the company's future.She’ll break down topics such as how to market a fencing company, how she fills positions, and how they've been dealing with the huge and overwhelming demand they’re facing. Enjoy!Check out Owned and Operated Weekly Insights: a newsletter where John discusses topics ranging from recruiting and marketing to the growth of your home service business.  Subscribe to the newsletter here.Contact us:Youtube: @OwnedandOperatedPodcastX: @ownedoperatedcowww.ownedandoperated.cominfo@ownedandoperated.comSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&O John's YouTube Channel Weekly Newsletter Leave a Review John Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC📌 Disclaimer:Some links may include UTM parameters for tracking. Episodes may feature paid sponsors, but all opinions are our own. Always do your own research before making business decisions.

Today we have Mills Snell here with us, discussing the steps of how to start a commercial roofing business. Mills has a background in multiple industries and you’ll get to hear all about the path that has led him to where he stands now.He started his career in the M&A world as the owner of an advisory firm in Columbia, South Carolina. Since then he has worked in financial planning, permanent equity, and real estate.However, his most recent business endeavor has been becoming the owner of a commercial construction company that works heavily in roofing. He closed this deal in April of 2021, 10 months after coming across the business. The details of this will be our primary focus in this episode.On today’s podcast, you’ll get to hear him discuss his experience of running this company as he approaches the end of his first year of ownership. He’ll help give you insight into what this type of acquisition looks like and any challenges you may face during it. Check out Owned and Operated Weekly Insights: a newsletter where John discusses topics ranging from recruiting and marketing to the growth of your home service business.  Subscribe to the newsletter here.Contact us:Youtube: @OwnedandOperatedPodcastX: @ownedoperatedcowww.ownedandoperated.cominfo@ownedandoperated.comSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&O John's YouTube Channel Weekly Newsletter Leave a Review John Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC📌 Disclaimer:Some links may include UTM parameters for tracking. Episodes may feature paid sponsors, but all opinions are our own. Always do your own research before making business decisions.

Today we have Mike Botkin of the Central Florida Home Service space. Mike is the founder and CEO of the Benchmark Group, a buyer of SMB service businesses. The Benchmark Group is a group that acquires home service businesses. They are the largest provider of residential maintenance in central Florida but are transitioning the company to more commercial maintenance and traditional landscaping as well.He discusses the challenges faced with acquiring an absentee business and talent recruitment tactics that he uses when needing to fill a position. You’ll learn about his opinions on industry experience and why that isn’t always the primary indicator of potential.On today’s pod, he and John will discuss where the Benchmark Group is at now and what direction he envisions it going in the future. Enjoy!Check out Owned and Operated Weekly Insights: a newsletter where John discusses topics ranging from recruiting and marketing to the growth of your home service business.  Subscribe to the newsletter here.Contact us:Youtube: @OwnedandOperatedPodcastX: @ownedoperatedcowww.ownedandoperated.cominfo@ownedandoperated.comSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&O John's YouTube Channel Weekly Newsletter Leave a Review John Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC📌 Disclaimer:Some links may include UTM parameters for tracking. Episodes may feature paid sponsors, but all opinions are our own. Always do your own research before making business decisions.

Today we have Aizik Zimerman, talking all about his journey on how to become a home service millionaire.  Aizik has a history in Small business, investment banking, operations, acquisitions, and startups.John and Aizik have started a program called Servstart, which funds entrepreneurs who want to buy or start their businesses. On this episode, they discuss some of the details of Servstart as well as some of the exciting up-and-coming developments that you as listeners get to look forward to as we learn and talk more about investing in entrepreneurs and small businesses.Check out Owned and Operated Weekly Insights: a newsletter where John discusses topics ranging from recruiting and marketing to the growth of your home service business.  Subscribe to the newsletter here.Contact us:Youtube: @OwnedandOperatedPodcastX: @ownedoperatedcowww.ownedandoperated.cominfo@ownedandoperated.comSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&O John's YouTube Channel Weekly Newsletter Leave a Review John Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC📌 Disclaimer:Some links may include UTM parameters for tracking. Episodes may feature paid sponsors, but all opinions are our own. Always do your own research before making business decisions.

Ryan Young runs several businesses, he’s built his Real Estate Brokerage into one of the top three brokerages in Ohio and he runs a business called Flash House which is an instant offer Real Estate tech platform that offers Home sellers instant quotes on the price of their home and executes on those same deals.Flash House acquires over 150 homes every year, but what’s even more exciting is hearing Ryan’s thoughts on the business behind real estate, for example, Ryan can do some cool things with all of the data he’s building as he runs his businesses.In this episode, you’ll learn how to create a significant market advantage, even in an industry as traditional as Real Estate.Check out Owned and Operated Weekly Insights: a newsletter where John discusses topics ranging from recruiting and marketing to the growth of your home service business.  Subscribe to the newsletter here.Contact us:Youtube: @OwnedandOperatedPodcastX: @ownedoperatedcowww.ownedandoperated.cominfo@ownedandoperated.comSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&O John's YouTube Channel Weekly Newsletter Leave a Review John Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC📌 Disclaimer:Some links may include UTM parameters for tracking. Episodes may feature paid sponsors, but all opinions are our own. Always do your own research before making business decisions.

Over the last four years, Reg has been buying and rolling up foundries and metal casting facilities. But before that, he felt like a corporate drone, trudging through his day-to-day work life and found his escape and new journey through ETA.Reg is our first guest who has bought and owns businesses in multiple states. The problems associated with a national operation are unique - and today on the pod, John and Brandon grill Reg, trying to understand where he’s been successful and how we might replicate that same success.Check out Owned and Operated Weekly Insights: a newsletter where John discusses topics ranging from recruiting and marketing to the growth of your home service business.  Subscribe to the newsletter here.Contact us:Youtube: @OwnedandOperatedPodcast|X: @ownedoperatedcowww.ownedandoperated.cominfo@ownedandoperated.comSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&O John's YouTube Channel Weekly Newsletter Leave a Review John Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC📌 Disclaimer:Some links may include UTM parameters for tracking. Episodes may feature paid sponsors, but all opinions are our own. Always do your own research before making business decisions.

Today we have Johnny - otherwise known as Squeegeegod on Twitter, Johnny and his business partner Sergio started Orange Window Cleaning 4 years ago and they are on pace to do $700,000 just cleaning windows this year.We love businesses like Johnny’s. They’re very easy to start, but growing them can be a big challenge. We brought on Johnny to give you the step by step details into how he started and how he’s grown over the past several years.If you’re interested in a business that’s easy to start where you can profit immediately, you’ll love this episode.Enjoy!Check out Owned and Operated Weekly Insights: a newsletter where John discusses topics ranging from recruiting and marketing to the growth of your home service business.  Subscribe to the newsletter here.Contact us:Youtube: @OwnedandOperatedPodcastX: @ownedoperatedcowww.ownedandoperated.cominfo@ownedandoperated.comSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&O John's YouTube Channel Weekly Newsletter Leave a Review John Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC📌 Disclaimer:Some links may include UTM parameters for tracking. Episodes may feature paid sponsors, but all opinions are our own. Always do your own research before making business decisions.

In this episode John discusses his history getting started in the trades, his journey learning about finance and acquisitions, to buying 5 businesses and owning a $5MM Plumbing and HVAC business.If you're interested to hear a story about how anyone can buy a business and run it successfully despite the ups and downs, this episode is a must listen!Enjoy!Check out Owned and Operated Weekly Insights: a newsletter where John discusses topics ranging from recruiting and marketing to the growth of your home service business.  Subscribe to the newsletter here.Contact us:Youtube: @OwnedandOperatedPodcastX: @ownedoperatedcowww.ownedandoperated.cominfo@ownedandoperated.comSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&O John's YouTube Channel Weekly Newsletter Leave a Review John Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC📌 Disclaimer:Some links may include UTM parameters for tracking. Episodes may feature paid sponsors, but all opinions are our own. Always do your own research before making business decisions.

Steve Ressler knows how to sell your company to the government and has successfully exited every time. He has since been focused on search fund investing, investing in over 20 different companies on a national and international level. At Wilson Companies, we are looking at investing in small businesses and in this particular episode, we go deep into the search fund model and how we - as a small business - can use it as a growth and diversification strategy. If you have ever thought about raising or investing in search funds and small businesses, this episode is unbelievable.‍Check out Owned and Operated Weekly Insights: a newsletter where John discusses topics ranging from recruiting and marketing to the growth of your home service business.  Subscribe to the newsletter here.Contact us:Youtube: @OwnedandOperatedPodcastX: @ownedoperatedcowww.ownedandoperated.cominfo@ownedandoperated.comSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&O John's YouTube Channel Weekly Newsletter Leave a Review John Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC📌 Disclaimer:Some links may include UTM parameters for tracking. Episodes may feature paid sponsors, but all opinions are our own. Always do your own research before making business decisions.