The Playbook for Scaling Home Service Businesses
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Each episode, the hosts take a real business-for-sale listing, break down the numbers, discuss the pros and cons, and give their honest, no-fluff take on whether it’s a good deal or a potential landmine.
Why Listen to Owned and Operated?
If you’re in the home services industry and looking to scale, Owned & Operated is a must-listen. Hosts John Wilson and Jack Carr bring firsthand experience in acquiring and growing home service businesses, offering real-world insights into what works (and what doesn’t) when running trades businesses like plumbing, HVAC, and electrical companies.
Who Should Listen?
🎧 Current home service business owners looking to grow through better operations, acquisitions, or marketing.
🎧 Aspiring entrepreneurs considering buying a home services business.
🎧 Investors and ETA searchers interested in understanding the dynamics of blue-collar business ownership.
🎧 Operators and managers in trades businesses who want to sharpen their leadership and execution skills.
What You’ll Learn
🔹 How to scale a home services business through better systems, hiring, and acquisitions.
🔹 The realities of day-to-day operations in trades businesses.
🔹 Marketing & customer acquisition strategies specific to home services.
🔹 M&A insights from active operators acquiring and integrating businesses.
🔹 Lessons from the field—mistakes, wins, and strategies that actually work.
Why It’s Worth Your Time
Unlike podcasts that focus purely on high-level strategy, Owned & Operated is run by operators who are in the trenches every day. John and Jack are actively buying, running, and scaling businesses in the home services space, sharing lessons learned in real time. If you’re serious about the trades, this podcast is an uncut, no-BS look at what it takes to win in this industry.
