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Working with Matt joins the Good Contractor Podcast!

Good Contractor Podcast
This week, John Talman and Luke Hansen sit down with Matt, the multi-skilled tradesman and content creator behind Working with Matt. From starting as a teenage lawn care entrepreneur to building a thriving full-service landscaping, hardscaping, and irrigation company, Matt shares how his curiosity, adaptability, and pride in doing things right shaped his career. Along the way, his candid stories reveal the challenges of running a business, the power of collaboration over competition, and how a chance move into social media created unexpected opportunities.

Full Episode is HERE

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Ok, we have more questions 👀

janel.delgado
There's more than one way to get to the camera in CompanyCam. We want to know how you do it.

We're trying to build the best app for you and we need you're help. Drop a comment and as always, if you want to get in on the beta fill out this form: https://lnkd.in/dJhBSajE

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Photos vs. Activity Feed 🤨

janel.delgado
Photos say a lot.

But there's a heck of a lot going on at every project. That's why we're testing something new, an Activity feed.

There's so many moving parts and people on a job, so what if you could see not only the photos but when a check list gets finished, comments people are leaving, documents getting signed-off on and more all in one place.

Let us know what you think and which you'd find more useful!

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He's just joking...I think

janel.delgado
Luke has a tough time asking for help without being snarky.

BUT for the sake of building the best app, we're here again to have you help us design it.

We have 3 options for possible project screens and we'd love it if you'd tell us which one you like the most and why. Heck, you can tell us which one you hate too.

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💸 What’s the Most Expensive Mistake You’ve Ever Made?

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Not hiring a fractional CFO sooner. Not growing my skillset as a leader. Not learning how actually communicate through a sale properly.
John Talman said:
If you had to pick one of those to tell someone starting out and couldn't list any of the others, which would you say is the most important to do right when you're coming out of the gate to avoid the most pain down the road?
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this is an impossible thing to answer but it would have to be the financials first
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When pressure hits, who do you become?

EnergizeUsEdu
Met with PBD today on our monthly call for Energize Us Edu.

These were the lines that he shared with me about our current state:

  • “Watch your language—the world will gives it to you back.”
  • “Overwhelmed? The man upstairs says: give him more, he can handle it, or give him less”
  • “You need the BEST people to handle pressure. Find the pulse on your team, their pain threshold, remove negative or “real talk” mentality, focussed on negative aspects calling it real talk.”
Gods listening:

Don’t ask for more if you fold when it shows up.

I wanted to share this with you all.

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💡Your BEST customer service advice is ...

John Talman
My dad ran a pool cleaning and maintenance business. My mom spent 20+ years building her own thing as an entrepreneur. And after 20 years of running my own businesses and working inside others, there’s one lesson that’s always stuck with me:

It’s way too easy to forget what it’s like to be the customer.

I’ve had to remind people before—you were a fan, a customer, or someone genuinely curious about this thing before you ever got hired here. So think back: what were you looking for back then? What did you want?

When you’re deep in the day-to-day of running or working in a business, you start to view everything through that internal lens. But when you look at it like a regular customer again? You start to see things differently. And usually, you make better decisions.

That has always stuck with me and seemingly has worked across industries and different customer types.
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The Real Reason You’re Stuck (It’s Not the Customer)

EnergizeUsEdu
I’ve met a lot of contractors over the years.

And there’s always that one guy...

Every story ends the same:
“Customers always do this.”
“Employees don’t want to work.”
“This industry’s just broken.”

Then they top it off with:“
Hey… that’s just how business is.”

But here’s what I’ve learned: Sometimes what you're calling a ‘normal problem’…is really a pattern you haven’t taken ownership of yet.

Because when you change how you view problems.
You stop blaming, start building, most importantly, you start leading.

So I want to hear from y'all, What problem are you owning this week?
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Contracts with customers vs Contracts with yourself

EnergizeUsEdu
You’d never start a job without a contract, estimate or anything in writing, right?

So why are you trying to build a business… run a team… or chase your goals… without a contract with yourself?

It's so funny how business taught me so many different life lessons and how they all play a part.

So I created this breakdown for myself whenever I want a new goal, or ones starting their own business.

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Has Anyone Here Built Their Own GPT Yet? Or Just Using ChatGPT Like Google?

EnergizeUsEdu
Hey everyone just curious where the community stands with AI right now.

I’ve seen a lot of folks using ChatGPT to look stuff up (like Google 2.0), but I’m wondering if anyone here has gone deeper?

  • Has anyone tried to build or train their own GPT yet?
  • Or customized prompts/workflows to actually support your day-to-day?
We’ve been working on building a custom GPT model trained on contractor logic — estimating, soft skills, job-site communication, pricing, SOPs, etc. For our company now, instead of broad knowledge.

I see huge value in contractors having their own smart assistant, not just a chatbot. Something that speaks the language of our company.

Is that something you’d use or find helpful?
Curious to hear what direction you guys are taking.
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Are You Building a Business or Just Buying Problems?

EnergizeUsEdu
When I started contracting, I just want to jump in and hit the ground running.

Ive got the skill. Ive got the drive.
But there's a catch .... Growth costs more than money.

It costs:
Your time
Your sleep
Your weekends
Your peace of mind
Sometimes even your relationships

You want to bring on a new guy?
Cool.
Are you ready to train him, lead him, and carry the pressure when he’s not producing yet?

You want to buy a new truck or tool?
Cool.
Are you ready for the stress that comes with the financing, maintenance, or overhead that doesn't go away?

This is when I began to ask myself:

What am I willing to give up to get where I’m going?
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Where do you all stand on this ?
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