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The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses
The podcast for contractors who want to build better businesses. Hosted by Nick Peret, founder of Better Boss and JobTread Certified Implementation Partner, The Contractor's Edge brings you real conversations with contractors, software founders, and industry experts on the systems, sales, tech, numbers, and scale strategies that take your business from chaos to complete control. New episodes weekly. No fluff. No theory. Just the edge you need. Better starts now.
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Episodes
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#27 - Why Construction is the Best Career Choice Now (And How I Realized It) w/ Brandon Smith
In today’s video, I sit down with Brandon Smith in Vancouver, CEO of New Visions Projects and founder of Trade Up Coaching, to talk about his journey from a…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#26 - Why Most Contractors Fail at Scaling (And What to Do Instead) | Zach Heinold
In today’s video, I talk with Zach Heinold of Heinold Homes and Renovations about building a contractor business with purpose, strong leadership, and steady…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#25 - How to Scale Your Custom Home Business with AI w/ John Colgate
In today’s video, I talk with John Colgate, founder and CEO of Affinity Homes in Washington, about building a client-first luxury custom home company and using…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#24 - Rule of Three, Delegation, and AI Tools w/ Manny De Lara
In today’s video, I talk with Manny De Lara, founder of Live Oak Studio outside Austin, Texas, about his path from working in his family’s landscape business…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#23 - Contractor Marketing That Works! : SEO vs Google Ads, AI Content & Video Ads (w/ Adam McChesney)
On The Contractor’s Edge podcast, host Nick interviews Adam McChesney, founder of Builders of Authority, about scalable marketing for contractors. Adam shares…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#22 - This Pro Snowboarder Turned Builder Estimates Jobs in 5 Minutes | Ian Price, Forest St. Builders
Ian Price won seven amateur national titles, spent eight years on the Burton World Cup team, and closed it out in 2002 with US and Japanese national titles…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#21 - The Ultimate Contractor Content Strategy - YouTube, Facebook Groups, Hooks, Thumbnails & AI Tools
Nick hosts The Contractor’s Edge podcast with guest Chad Lubinski to share how contractors can use content to grow credibility, leads, and community by acting…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#20 - Building the AI-Powered Operating System for Your Contracting Business | Grant Fuellenbach
Building the AI-Powered Operating System for Your Contracting Business | Grant Fuellenbach Most contractors are trying to buy AI before they've built the…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#19 - 75% of Construction Jobs Go Over Budget — Here's Why
75% of construction projects go over budget or over schedule. Ryan Brown gets hired to make sure yours isn't one of them. Ryan is the owner of Ry Michael Group…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#18 - How Claude and JobTread Are Reshaping Contracting
On The Contractor’s Edge, the host talks with Chris Treese (Olympus Outdoors) and Johnny Buck (13 Stripes Construction) about using AI in…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#17 - How They Turned Setbacks into Success | Bella Builders
On The Contractors Edge podcast, the host interviews Dallas, Wes, and Paul of Bella Builders about how their partnership formed and what drives their custom…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#16 - Contractors, This Is Why You're Stuck (& How to Break Free)
On The Contractor’s Edge podcast, the host interviews Philip Sessions of Refined VA, a JobTread implementation partner, about using consistent content to build…
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#15 - Five Reasons Contractors QUIT AI (Don't Be One of Them)
In this solo episode of Contractor’s Edge, Nick argues that AI is a major competitive advantage for contractors when used with discipline and strong business…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#14 - Better Boss Founder Nick Peret on Systemizing Contractors with JobTread
At JobTread Connect, the hosts interview Nick Perret of Better Boss about his trades background, marketing degree, and early career at Milwaukee Tool before…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#13 - He Sailed 49 Countries Before Building a Construction Empire in Hawaii
On The Contractors Edge Podcast, host Nick interviews Eric Ernisse, founder and CEO of Coastal View Construction in Hawaii, about how adversity and personal…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#12 - AI Superpowers for Contractors - Claude Skills, JobTread Extensions & JT Power Tools
On The Contractors Edge podcast, the host interviews Nathan Zee Pepmiller, an operations manager in a Minnesota contracting business and creator of JT Power…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#11 - The Secret to Balancing Marriage and Construction Work w/ Jordan Rychlik
On this episode of Contractor’s Edge, host Nick interviews Jordan Rychlik of WES TEX Construction and Remodeling about transitioning from five years as a…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#10 - We Built AI Agents That Run Contractor Businesses While You Sleep w/ DATAx
Today we interview Peter Rainey and Elliot Whitstruck of DataX about using AI, automations, and integrations to help contractors running JobTread. They discuss…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#9 - Home Builder Marketing that WORKS w/ Nicholas Cormier
Today Nick hosts Nicholas Cormier of Home Builder Marketers, an agency that has generated over $268M in revenue for builders. They discuss why builders don’t…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#8 - Romey.ai + JobTread - The AI Agent Every Contractor Needs
On The Contractor’s Edge, Nick interviews longtime collaborator and developer Ryan Roman about the evolution from deterministic automation to AI agents that…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#7 - Contractor Accounting That Actually Helps You Scale w/ Erin Andrews
On The Contractor’s Edge, the host interviews Erin Andrews, CEO of Level Accounting, about building better contractor businesses through proactive monthly…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#6 - The Reason Most Contractors Stay Stuck w/ Jake Mauldin
In this Contractor’s Edge episode, Nick interviews Jake Mauldin, founder/CEO of Rising Creek Custom Homes, about Jake’s background in construction from…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#5 - Scaling a Construction Company, Connecting AI Safely, & Building Better Processes - Eric Fortenberry, JobTread Founder
Eric recounts being asked to help a five-year-old construction company stuck at a scaling “glass ceiling” due to chaotic, manual paper-and-spreadsheet…
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#4 - JobTread's AI Update Will Change EVERYTHING!
Nick hosts a recap from a JobTread town hall announcing a new AI connection integrated directly into JobTread accounts via MCP, noting strong interest and…
The Contractor’s Edge Podcast - Build Better Businesses#3 - The Secret to Building a Business That Runs ITSELF w/ Steve Rozenberg
Nick interviews Steve Rozenberg, an international Boeing 777 pilot and entrepreneur, about building businesses through systems, clarity, and humility…
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#2 - The “North Star” Every Contractor Needs w/ Chris Moore
On the Contractors Edge podcast, Nick interviews Chris Moore, founder of Senior Remodeling Experts and author of “Age Out Loud,” about mastery, mindset, and…
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#1 - Why I Built This Podcast for Contractors — And What's Coming Next
We are back and better than ever. I'm Nick Peret, founder of Better Boss and your JobTread Certified Implementation Partner, and this is the very first episode…