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Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
Owned and Operated is the podcast for home service entrepreneurs who want to build larger, more profitable businesses.
Hosted by John Wilson and Jack Carr, each episode features candid conversations with the founders, operators, investors, and industry leaders shaping the future of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, septic, roofing, restoration, and the wider home service industry.
From acquisitions and marketing to sales, leadership, hiring, finance, AI, and operational excellence, you'll hear…
Episodes
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#47 - Greg Moran on Working and 'The Founder's Journey' Podcast
Joining John on today’s podcast is Greg Moran. Greg currently runs his own podcast called "The Founder’s Journey." He started in the music industry and…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#46 - Hayden Slack and the Ups and Downs of Just Getting Started
On the podcast today, John welcomes Hayden Slack to the show. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he has worked in the Department of Defense and, in 2014, started…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#45 - Jon Matzner and the Anti-Franchise
On today’s podcast, John welcomes in, Jon Matzner. Jon is the CEO of Garage Excell. They are garage remodeling and organization specialists based out of…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#44 - Josh Schultz on Revolutionizing the Foundry Industry
Josh Schultz will be joining John for today’s podcast. Josh has a background in fields such as supply chain and finance but has ventured into the world of…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#43 - Lucas Lopatin and How to Create Anti-Unicorn SAAS
Today joining John on the pod will be Lucas Loptain. Lucas has created several companies and currently has a startup studio dedicated to creating…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#42 - Benton Moss and Finding Success in Real Estate
Benton Moss is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and formerly played professional baseball for 5 years. He married into a family actively involved in real estate…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#41 - Chris Edwards and How to Consult to Close Deals
Chris Edwards is a small business owner born and residing in Colorado. After college, he jumped into a finance position but eventually decided to switch out of…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#40 - Kylon and Teliah Gienger and Being SMB Swiss Army Knives
Today we will have a very exciting podcast as Kylon Gienger joins us along with his wife Teliah. This is the first time we’ll hear about a married couple’s…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#39 - Elliott Holland on Being the Quality Earnings King
We are very excited to have Elliot Holland joining us for this week’s podcast. Originally from Ann Arbor Michigan, Elliot is a reformed engineer turned…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#38 - Justin Burris on How to Buy Companies With OPM
Justin Burris will be joining John for today's podcast episode. Justin is a co-founder of “Majority Search” a company that partners with operators to both buy…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#37 - Jake Wakely and How to Start A Moving Company Business
Today's Guest star for the podcast is Jake Wakely. With him, John will jump into a discussion about something we’ve never covered before: the moving industry…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#36 - HoldCo Conference Coming to Cleveland !!!
Today, Kelcey Lehrich and John will be jumping into an interesting conversation. This will revolve around a conference happening in Cleveland and how it came…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#35 - The SMB Land Besties Strike Back
The SMBesties are back! Once again Kelcey Lehrich and Reg Zeller will be joining John to discuss some popular topics in the SMB universe. They will dive into a…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#34 - Stephen Olmon and How to Build 50 Businesses by 2050
On this week's podcast, we’ll have Stephen Olmon joining us. Stephen has an interesting business model and an ambitious goal of aiming to own 50 businesses by…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#33 - Chris Bakke and How to Manage the Talent Space
Joining John for the podcast this week is Chris Bakke. Chris has worked for companies in the past such as Zillow and Indeed and co-founded the company…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#32 - Peter Lehrman and Navigating Changes in Marketplace Dynamics
Joining us today will be the one and only, Peter Lehrman. He and John will be discussing how to build up a marketplace, and how buyers are changing over to…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#31 - Reg Zeller & Kelcey Lehrich on Dominating SMB Land
We have a surprise for you all as we have not one, but two crowd favorites returning. Today, John is joined by both Reg Zeller and Kelcey Lehrich to talk SMB…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#30 - Alex Bridgeman on How to Run a Full-Time SMB Podcast
Alex Bridgeman will be joining us for today’s podcast, discussing how to run a full-time SMB podcast. And, boy, does he know his stuff. Alex is from Portland…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#29 - Cassi Niekamp on Building Up the Future of a Fencing Company
Cassi Niekamp will be joining us for today's podcast, discussing how, seven months ago, she bought a fencing company called Bowden Fencing based in Columbus…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#28 - Mills Snell and How to Start a Commercial Roofing Business
Today we have Mills Snell here with us, discussing the steps of how to start a commercial roofing business. Mills has a background in multiple industries and…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#27 - Mike Botkin on Dominating Central Florida's Home Service Sector
Today we have Mike Botkin of the Central Florida Home Service space. Mike is the founder and CEO of the Benchmark Group, a buyer of SMB service businesses. The…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#26 - Aizik Zimerman and How to Become a Home Service Millionaire
Today we have Aizik Zimerman, talking all about his journey on how to become a home service millionaire. Aizik has a history in Small business, investment…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#25 - Ryan Young on Buying 150 RE Deals Every Year
Ryan Young runs several businesses, he’s built his Real Estate Brokerage into one of the top three brokerages in Ohio and he runs a business called Flash House…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#24 - Reg Zeller and Multi-State Foundry Operations, Roll Ups
Over the last four years, Reg has been buying and rolling up foundries and metal casting facilities. But before that, he felt like a corporate drone, trudging…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#23 Johnny SqueegeeGod - Starting and Running a Window Washing Business
Today we have Johnny - otherwise known as Squeegeegod on Twitter, Johnny and his business partner Sergio started Orange Window Cleaning 4 years ago and they…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#22 - How John Wilson Started Buying Businesses
In this episode John discusses his history getting started in the trades, his journey learning about finance and acquisitions, to buying 5 businesses and…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#21 - Steve Ressler - Steve Ressler and How to Sell Your Company to the Government
Steve Ressler knows how to sell your company to the government and has successfully exited every time. He has since been focused on search fund investing…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#20 - Trish Higgins and How to Start a Micro-PE Fund
Trish is a partner at Chenmark Capital, a small permanent equity firm she founded with her husband and brother in law. Chenmark has acquired and runs 6…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#18 - Mitchell Baldridge and How To Save Money in Your SMB
Mitchell runs Baldridge Financial and knows how to save money in your SMB. His business is an all-in-one tax and financial planning firm for small and midsize…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#17 - Brandon Laughridge - How To Buy Small Businesses
Brandon Laughridge is on the show today to talk about how to buy small businesses, based off his own experience. He owns two; one in Property Management and…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#16 - Jennifer Cook - HR and Recruitment Processes in Acquisitions
Today we have Jennifer cook, who is our new Marketing and Recruitment Manager. We brought Jen on to help us with a few things: HR, Staffing need, Compliance…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#15 - Peter Lohmann - Growth Through Acquisitions, Partnerships, Starting a Business From Scratch
Peter runs a property management firm with 500+ units under management. In this episode, we get into the details of starting a property management business…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#14 - Andrew Gazdecki - $100MM+ In Startup Acquisitions
Today we talk to Andrew Gazdecki, a lifetime entrepreneur who's started and sold three different internet businesses in a variety of industries and has grown…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#13 - Quinn Miller - $120K+ Profit Restocking Vending Machines
On this episode of Owned and Operated, we talk to Quinn Miller, who makes $120,000/year owning and restocking vending machines. We get into the nitty-gritty of…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#12 - Chris Powers - Building a $600MM Commercial Real Estate Empire
This week we talk with Chris Powers, who owns and runs \A Fort Worth based Real estate private equity firm with over $600,000,000 dollars in assets under…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#11 - Furkan Yuce - Geographic Arbitrage in a Commercial Flooring Business
On this episode of the Owned and Operated HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical Growth Podcast we talk to Furkan Yuce, who runs Elevation Flooring, a $5MM commercial…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#10 - Justin Reitman - Running an Electronic Shredding Business and Truck Leasing
On this episode of Owned and Operated, Justin Reitman joins the show to talk about the electronic shredding business. Justin was raised in his family's truck…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#09 - Rick Vazza - Acquiring A Plumbing Biz With 0 Experience
On this episode of Owned and Operated we bring Rick Vazza on to talk about how to buy a plumbing business with no experience. Rick bought that llumbing…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#08 - Sam Leslie - Massive Sacrifice, Failure, and Success - Sam and John Product Launch?
On this episode of Owned and Operated we bring on Sam Leslie. This conversation gets DEEP. We cover the major sacrifices that come with entrepreneurship, as…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#07 - Kelcey Lehrich - Rolling Up Ecom Brands And Branding As Moat
On this episode of Owned and Operated, Kelcey Lehrich drops by (literally). Kelcey runs a holding company of awesome Ecom Brands and is closing on his 6th…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#06 - Devin Wanzor - Buying A Small Liquor Store And Life Balance Through SMB
On this Episode we talk to Devin Wanzor. Devin used to be a banker working horrible hours, he thought that buying and managing a small liquor store would bring…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#05 - James Camp - The Crazy Cash Made Buying Websites And Rolling up E-com Businesses
On this episode of Owned and Operated we sit down with James Camp who sold his media strategy agency and is now rolling up E-com businesses and teaching others…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#04 - Rich Jordan - Crash Course On Buying & Operating A Small Plumbing Business
On today's episode John and Rich talk about the struggles of buying smaller plumbing businesses, how it is harder and more stressful than most people will tell…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#03 - Bryant Suellentrop - Sweaty Startup: A Janitorial Startup Journey
On this episode of Owned and Operated, we talk with Bryant Suellentrop. We talk about how he got started in the janitorial space, and his major workforce and…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#02 - Michael Girdley - Dumpster Fires, Fireworks, and Operator Problems
In this episode of Owned and Operated, Michael Girdley stops by. We talk about how he literally put out dumpster fires in his fireworks business, how he…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#01 - Brandon's $325K High School Landscaping Business
In this episode we dive in to my Operator and General Manager, Brandon Niro's background. We talk about how he built and ran his landscaping business, how he…
- Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
#00 - Introduction to Owned and Operated
In this episode of Owned and Operated I wanted to give a description of why we're starting this podcast, and what we'll be talking about. I'm John Wilson, I…