Design Development

Expanding ARCO National New England from two employees in 2018 to 22 in 2022 while growing the business from $10 million in revenue to $300 million in revenue – and having a ton of fun while doing it.George Green wanted to be an engineer from a young age, and I grew up around heavy equipment since my dad managed a gas company’s equipment fleet, so working for a design-build construction firm was the perfect fit.Thank you so much for listening and thank you for joining the Design Development community. Don't forget to subscribe to hear about the latest episodes dropping every Wednesday. If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend.Our goal is to help people in the industry identify opportunities for growth by sharing the journey of top performers. There is no one path. Success isn't a straight line. There is something to learn from everyone's story. Let's go!Leave your thoughts in the comment and reach out if you want to be valuable guest on the show!Design Development Podcast!Follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram & YouTubeFind out more at https://h-o.engineering/podcasts/

Mark Zweig is a decorated entrepreneur. He founded the Zweig Group, a three-time Inc. 500/5000 fastest-growing company. Throughout his career at Zweig Group, Mark has worked with several thousand CEOs and managers of AEC firms throughout the US as well as foreign countries and helped them with every problem from strategic planning, to ownership and leadership transition, to mergers and acquisitions, marketing, and more. He has written several thousand articles and authored several books, with a new book coming out shortly entitled.Check out his book "Confessions of an Entrepreneur." He still writes his weekly editorial for The Zweig Letter, read by owners and managers of AEC firms worldwide, and has done so for more than 30 years. He is also a leading contributor to the "Walton Insights" blog on The Walton College website. He is additionally a regular contributor to The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. He has given hundreds of talks at a wide variety of national, state, and local events, sometimes to crowds as large as 2000 people.Additionally, Mark has been a founder or co-founder of several other private companies besides Zweig Group and Mark Zweig, Inc., including a reading clinic, baby products company, and a bike shop. He has served as an outside director or advisor on the BODs of at least a dozen private companies, ranging from $0 to $200 million in revenue. He has also served on three university boards for two different universities, the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce Board, and he is currently on the Board of Directors of Miyamoto Relief, a non-profit that provides a wide range of projects in third-world countries struck by natural disasters.I am sure you will enjoy the fun conversation with a 13-time author and serial entrepreneur in residence at the University of Arkansas. And not only is he a decorated entrepreneur, but this guy is just so fun to talk to and to share some laughs with.Thank you so much for listening and thank you for joining the Design Development community. Don't forget to subscribe to hear about the latest episodes dropping every Wednesday. If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend.Our goal is to help people in the industry identify opportunities for growth by sharing the journey of top performers. There is no one path. Success isn't a straight line. There is something to learn from everyone's story. Let's go!Leave your thoughts in the comment and reach out if you want to be valuable guest on the show!Design Development Podcast!Follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram & YouTubeFind out more at https://h-o.engineering/podcasts/

Mass timber is the hottest topic in design and development today. Who better than Jean-Marc Dubois from Nordic Structures to bring that conversation straight to you! He's a passionate leader. He knows everything there is to know about mass timber. He's a great connector of people. Nordic structures is one major supplier of mass timber. You're going to learn about sustainable forest harvesting in the mass timber supply chain and the importance of bringing in someone like Nordic structures as a mass timber partner at the conception of development. This episode will get you to think about how to leverage mass timber in the developments from day one!Welcome to the Design Development Podcast, your hub of learning from top professionals in real estate, development, design, and construction. I'm your host, Rens Hayes, founding partner of H+O, lifelong learner, and I'm obsessed with high-powered organizations and the leaders that guide them. Welcome, if this is your first time listening.  And if you're a returning listener, I can't thank you enough. Thank you for joining us.Thank you so much for listening and thank you for joining the Design Development community. Don't forget to subscribe to hear about the latest episodes dropping every Wednesday. If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend.Our goal is to help people in the industry identify opportunities for growth by sharing the journey of top performers. There is no one path. Success isn't a straight line. There is something to learn from everyone's story. Let's go!Leave your thoughts in the comment and reach out if you want to be valuable guest on the show!Design Development Podcast!Follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram & YouTubeFind out more at https://h-o.engineering/podcasts/

Michael DiMella is a partner at Charles Gate Realty Group. Mike's Story is so incredible. He was an entrepreneur from day one, practically straight out of college. He and his partner, Vineberg, went right to work for themselves at a real estate brokerage firm. They learned many lessons from the 2008 recession. They realized the risk in that business, which helped them build an INC 5000 fastest-growing company today. They're an integrated real estate firm. You'll learn a lot more about leadership, growing a company partnership, and the importance of marketing in multifamily lease-ups.Welcome to the Design Development Podcast, your hub of learning from top professionals in real estate, development, design, and construction. I'm your host, Rens Hayes, founding partner of H+O, lifelong learner, and I'm obsessed with high-powered organizations and the leaders that guide them. Welcome, if this is your first time listening.  And if you're a returning listener, I can't thank you enough. Thank you for joining us.Thank you so much for listening and thank you for joining the Design Development community. Don't forget to subscribe to hear about the latest episodes dropping every Wednesday. If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend.Our goal is to help people in the industry identify opportunities for growth by sharing the journey of top performers. There is no one path. Success isn't a straight line. There is something to learn from everyone's story. Let's go!Leave your thoughts in the comment and reach out if you want to be valuable guest on the show!Design Development Podcast!Follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram & YouTubeFind out more at https://h-o.engineering/podcasts/

Michael Procopio, the outspoken CEO of The Procopio Company, is a family-led business they launched in 1950. That means they've been around for over 70 years. They're into construction and real estate development. Mike and his brothers, Greg and Mark, took over the business in 2016, and they grew it from simple single-family developments to over $300 million in multifamily development in 2022. Mike is really tuned in to critical leadership and business practices. He's an avid learner lifelong learner. You're going to learn more about business transition, ownership, transition, family-led businesses, real estate development, construction, and everything in between. I hope you enjoy it.Feel free to reach out to him on LinkedInWelcome to the Design Development Podcast, your hub of learning from top professionals in real estate, development, design, and construction. I'm your host, Rens Hayes, founding partner of H+O, lifelong learner, and I'm obsessed with high-powered organizations and the leaders that guide them. Welcome, if this is your first time listening.  And if you're a returning listener, I can't thank you enough. Thank you for joining us.Thank you so much for listening and thank you for joining the Design Development community. Don't forget to subscribe to hear about the latest episodes dropping every Wednesday. If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend.Our goal is to help people in the industry identify opportunities for growth by sharing the journey of top performers. There is no one path. Success isn't a straight line. There is something to learn from everyone's story. Let's go!Leave your thoughts in the comment and reach out if you want to be valuable guest on the show!Design Development Podcast!Follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram & YouTubeFind out more at https://h-o.engineering/podcasts/