He Lost His Dad at 26: Business, Family & What Really Matters | Jacob Bourque

Mostly Middle Tennessee Business Podcast · Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 42m

Jacob Bourque joins Jim McCarthy for a conversation that begins with logistics, cold calling and building a referral-based business — and eventually becomes something far more personal.

Jacob talks about spending years making cold calls, learning how genuine relationships create long-term customers, specialty tax strategies and why there may be no such thing as truly passive income.

Then the conversation turns to losing his father unexpectedly at 26.

Jacob shares the moments when he still wishes he could pick up the phone and call his dad, why he once dialed the old number just to see what…