Episodes
Building Consensus | Episode 133: Simply The Best with Matt Risinger (Part 2)
Episode 133
We continue our post-tacos discussion with the one and only Matt Risinger trying to determine the best materials for the house. In Part Two we address the numerous factors to consider in selecting the components in your wall assembly and work our way up to the roof.
Building Consensus | Episode 132: Simply The Best with Matt Risinger (Part 1)
Episode 132
The fellas bring in Mister Build Show himself, the one and only Matt Risinger, to discuss their preferred building materials and strategies. In this Part one of Two our hosts and guest discuss the numerous factors to consider in selecting your foundation type, material, floor system and subfloor. Some products are, while others are not Simply the Best.
Building Consensus | Episode 131: Give It Away, Give It Away Now with Jake Bruton
Episode 131
The industry has known for some time that we shouldn't be giving away our expertise, but while many claim to charge for all their time estimating projects and meeting perspective clients, few explain the nuance of when and how. Jake joins the hosts to get granular on those details and how to execute them.
Building Consensus | Episode 129: Showing Your Work with Jake Bruton
Episode 129
When perspective clients ask for references it’s easy to share a few email addresses or phone numbers from people who would say nice things. What’s more challenging is navigating the request of those potential clients for us to allow them access to our past clients homes.
Building Consensus | Episode 128: BS* Bubble or BS& Buffet with Peter Yost
Episode 128
While all the smarties discuss permeance and absorption most of our industry remains vexed by basic flashing details. Peter Yost pulls us out of the BS* Bubble and invites us to not just sample, but to enjoy complete meals from the buffet.
Building Consensus | Episode 127: Guts and Numbers with Bryan Uhler
Episode 127
The construction decisions Builders face are hard enough, but when you add the challenge of viewing them through the lens of cost accounting it can feel insurmountable. Pioneer Builders owner Bryan Uhler peels back a couple layers on the numbers onion for us.
Building Consensus | Episode 125: The Best of Times & Worst of Times with Matt Risinger
Episode 125
We get the big boss man in to discuss what the best part of being the boss is and by comparison- what the worst parts are. The idea that we as business owners get to wake up and decide if we’ll take the week off or spend our day getting rich is pure fantasy. But how bad is it really - and just how great can it be?
Building Consensus | Episode 124: Holiday Bonus - Dumb and Dumber
Episode 124
Trying to determine the dumbest things we still do in our industry and what we should be doing instead. From the dangerous things we do resultant from extreme commitment to schedule, with your profitability tied to speed and productivity to offering free bids and fixed pricing based on cost per square foot, this is a quick assessment of bad practices.
Building Consensus | Episode 123: In-house vs. Outhouse
Episode 123
Brandon and Travis discuss why their respective firms would choose to self-perform some work with their in-house team versus subcontracting the work to others. Certainly, there’s a place for both, but in a time when there's more work than any of us can handle, why slow down the schedule and limit profitability by self-performing?
Building Consensus | Episode 122: Game Changers
Episode 122
After a short surprise unboxing to kick things off the guys try to sort what the moments of their careers were that marked the most notable changes in their path forward. The affordable thermal imagers, the ultra-lightweight hand tools, Robertson and Torx tips, and the technology from Blackberry’s and Nextel to tablets carrying today’s cutting edge software. It’s about identifying the things that allowed us to get here in an effort to allow others to level up faster.