Blue Collar Boardroom with Lee Haight

Every contractor I know works with friends and family somehow . Whats the trick to not killing each other while you grow a company? . The challenge of working with my dad has been one of the biggest blessings in my life . . We have been partners through some rough times . . Now we are still fighting for the truth even when we're winning . . There's no finish line for us on our mission . . In this episode you learn about the good old days of storm chasing . . You get insight into our big idea to Give all blue collar true freedom and the American Dream . . My dad and I have had our backs against the wall strangling with cash flow and bills . . Through the last 20 years my family has been fighting for the betterment of the roofing industry .. . Enjoy this insight into my father and I relationship and master plan to make the world a better place

Every contractor I know is afraid to change a system that is working and I'm no different. My dad designed a great CRM in claimexpress and we've used it to run thousands of jobs. The system is great at the sell , build, collect process and keeping up with door to door contracting sales pros. Lately we have grown massively and are on track to build more than 3000 jobs this year. When you commit to grow your business the first step to growth is disruption. That's what happened as my office scaled from 8 figure to 9 figures. We had to integrate all technology's and automate communication. This meant that we had to blow up our multi million dollar investment in technology. ( a decision my dad still doesn't like.) However we have built out some new technology out of the process that will change the construction industry forever. Check out my interview with Aaron Trujillo who has helped me set up a customized CRM workflow. He started in the roofing business working with Scott Riopelle and helped automate Interstate roofing's digital production process. After helping a ton of different roofers I heard about Aarons skill and reach out for help. This episode is about our journey to find the perfect automated digital production process.

London Crounse is one fastest moving large loss insurance attorney in the country . He shares his personal insight from working directly with insurance large loss claims department . Now partner at Daly and Black he is revolutionizing the speed in which commercial claims are handled . Maybe it's from being raised by a Navy Seal or it could be his intense blue collar work ethic . Check out the interview with London Crounse from Daly and Black .

The problems with a small contracting business are endless . So many contractors lie to themselves and say that staying small is a better way . That's complete non sense . Josh Jerge and his partner Dan scaled SmartRoof to 60 million in 6 years . Since we started working together he has doubled in sales every year . His company held an epic sales contest where the winner earned a Rolex . There sales reps average nearly 1 million in sales per rep because of their hybrid sales system . SmartRoof is also giving back to their community by Raising money for St Judes . Check out how you can avoid the pains of small contractors by building a solid sales team . Door to door sales is still the best way to sell home service contracting . SmartRoof has some of the best sales training and growth programs that creates championship results . Check out this epic interview with Josh Jerge the CEO.

If you are a fan of shark week and sharks in general you are going to love this episode. My neighbor and friend Andy Casagrande is the head underwater camera man at Shark Week. He's one of the crazy guys you see swimming with Great Sharks sometimes with no cage. He's spent his entire life filming some of nature's most frightening animals. After getting to know Andy I knew his message was important for blue collar entrepreneurs so I asked him to come on my podcast. Andy's life depends on being calm in the face of fear. Blue collar business owner risk it all for the American Dream

Daniel Maldonado grew up in Chicago with a rough past. He's gone from a troubled youth with no direction to owner of one the fastest growing contracting companies in America. His book From Average to Savage tells a story of a man who will get rich or die trying. He started in construction as a union laborer and mastered the craft. As he got tired of the limits imposed by his union job he began subcontracting jobs for bigger companies. This is when he really started getting into personal development. Over the last few years he's spent six figures on coaching, events, and becoming the best blue collar entrepreneur he could be.

Dustin Biegler from Apple Roofing has built an unique and incredible contracting company. He has more than 60 trucks , he owns his 6 M $ office , and does more than 20 M in sales annually. During this interview he talks about getting through the harder times when his business was between 3 and 7 M in sales.

Pate Smith is one of the best large loss consultants in the game. He has personally been a part of multiple 9 figures in large loss commercial claims. After working with hundreds of contractors he's seen it all. From contractors messing up the claim and not getting the roof bought to guys investing big money into jobs that never get funded. You want to learn from this incredible interview everything you don't want to do.

Everybody has watched Rocky and envisioned becoming the champ. Kelly Pavlik did it. This year he was inducted into the Pro Boxing hall of fame as one of the greatest middleweight boxers of all time. We have big project that we are working on that could change your life. Every contractor trying to build a great company is in a fight for his life.

Learn how to win more jobs by approaching property manager's the right way. Steve Rosenberg has a property management network in charge of more than 100,000 homes. He is the host of the Bigger Pockets real estate investment podcast and is a leading real estate management influencer. During this podcast we discuss exactly how to sell a volume of jobs by going directly to property management companies.

About 5 years ago I was introduced to Brad Lea and Interactive Virtual Training. At that time I was always a little hesitant about going all in on recruiting. In the back of my mind I knew I didn't have a consistent and dependable way to train high quality sales and customer service pros . The old method was to bring guys in for class room training and take them out in my truck.

Randy Couture is a legendary god of war and zen master in life at the same time . Inside this interview we explore topics such as the law of attraction and how to embrace the suck.

Tom Reber built a multi million dollar painting business and became the largest contracting coach on YouTube. His insight on how any Contractor can build their personal brand is a complete game changer for any contractor. Now he is shooting a reality tv show with HGTV all due to the movement he created at @Contractor Fight TV​

Ed is the fastest growing business person in the history of social media . This is one of my most impactful and energetic interviews I've ever done. An intimate discussion with the most impactful coach I've ever had