His Sale Number Was Fixed Before the Deal Ever Started

The Turn: Blue Collar to Billions · Aug 25, 2026 · 29m · transcript

Growth can be a silent killer if the systems underneath it crack. When a business scales too quickly, top-line revenue might skyrocket, but profit margins and operational standards can easily collapse into chaos if the foundation isn't set. In our second episode with Cory Brymer, who bootstrapped a fiber optics infrastructure company from zero to $50 million, we unpack the brutal reality of managing hyper-growth and eventually exiting on his own terms.

We get into the specific mechanics of scaling a blue-collar workforce, starting with the exact labor-hour metrics Cory used to forecast…