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Confessions of a Shop Owner — 95 episodes

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Ep 90 - Aniz Lavji | This Shop Owner Saw 50% Growth!?

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Ep 89 - Sam "Awesome" Freeman & Ethan Whidden | Why You Don't "Need" an A-Tech

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Ep 88 - Ashley Butler & Rochelle Gotsdiner | Scale Your Repair Shop by Doing This

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Ep 87 - Coaching Call #16 | Maximize Repair Orders with Prebuilt Tickets

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Ep 86 - Lucas Underwood and Tonnika Haynes | Did We Accomplish Anything Here??

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Ep 85 - Jay Huh | Why So Many Shop Owners Are Broke

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Ep 84 - Keith Perkins and Seth Thorson | Will AI Replace Technicians?

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Ep 83 - Hunt Demarest | How to Actually Make Money in Auto Repair

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Ep 82 - Coaching Call #15 | Why Partnership Agreements Are a MUST!

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Ep 81 - Mike Martin, Travis May & Matt Lofton | Why Getting a Coach Will Change Your Life

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Ep 80 - Ash Kaplan | I Learn About Golden Hour Garage

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Ep 79 - Joe Marconi & Sabrina Wilkerson | Why Service Advisors Will Make Or Break The Shop

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Ep 78 - Carrie-Lynn Rodenberg | Social Media Is TERRIBLE For You, But You Need It To Grow

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Ep 77 - Eric Merchant and Andrew Klement | Free Diag But Still Pay Your Techs!

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Ep 76 - Coaching Call #14 | How to Survive Slow Days at the Shop

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Ep 75 - Jamie's Garage | How to Scale Your Repair Shop

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Ep 74 - Todd Speciale | Make MORE Money As a Salesperson...with Honesty??

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Ep 73 - Nate Winston | Business Partnership are Like Marriage...

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Ep 72 - Jon Cabak | How AI & Technology Are Changing the Automotive Industry

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Ep 71 - Bryce Evans | The Future of Print Media and It’s Place in the Automotive Industry

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Ep 70 - Mr. Subaru | Automotive Social Media...The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid...

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Ep 69 - Coaching Call #13 | What I Learned From 2025, and Why 2026 WILL Be Different

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Ep 68 - Jared Haleck | A.I. In Auto Repair Shops and What You NEED to Know

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Ep 67 - Jimmy Purdy | How to Double Your $$$

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Ep 66 - Rick White | Free Diag for Repair Shops - Smart or Stupid??

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Ep 65 - What the Hell Did We Do? (Year in Review)

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Ep 64 - (Christmas) Coaching Call #12 | How To Set Realistic Goals For 2026

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Ep 63 - Aniz Lavji | THIS Shop Owner Trades Tires for Legos

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Ep 62 - Uwe Kleinschmidt | Service Advisors Should Use A.I.

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Ep 61 - John Firm (Buckaroobob) and Michael Guenther | Mounted Fish Aren't Real???

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Ep 60 - Coaching Call #11 | Am I Too Expensive??

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Ep 59 - Chris Enright | Communication is a HUGE Issue

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Ep 58 - Darrin Barney | Kids Are Entitled These Days

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Ep 57 - Mbie Dowd and Tonnika Haynes | Mike's "Sticky" Situation

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Ep 56 - Eric Merchant Stuffed a Technician in a Trunk

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Ep 55 - Coaching Call #10 | Your Property is Your Most Valuable Asset

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Ep 54 - Josh Coomes and Josh Rainwater | Growing a Repair Shop Is a Slow Process

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Ep 53 - Justin Allen and Jim Cokonis | ADAS is a Scam!!

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Ep 52 - Bret Fadely | Bryan Almost Lost His Leg

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Ep 51 - Tommy Markham Uses His Wallet as a Wheel Chock

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Ep 50 - Ashley Kaplan | Bryan Wants to SHUT DOWN Mitsubishi

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Ep 49 - Lucas Underwood and Jeff Compton | Is Jeff Compton Unemployable?

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Ep 48 - Sunil Patel | Tekmetric is Taking Over The World!

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Ep 47 - Coaching Call #9 | To Sell More - Talk to More Customers

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Ep 46 - Ryan Ragan and Jessee Potter | SUMO Wrestling, Disco Shoes, and Cigars at ASTA - What Could Go Wrong?

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Ep 45 - Greg Buckley is a Songwriter Now

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Ep 44 - Buckaroobob (John Firm) | Mike is Scared of Spiders

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Ep 43 - Coaching Call #8 | Holding Your Accountability Accountable

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Ep 42 - Erich Schmidt | He Left Automotive Toxicity Behind

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Ep 41 - Nathan Ward and James Hornak | Two Evil Shop Owners in the Making

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Ep 40 - Kirby Sawyer | Nissan is the Chrysler of Japanese Car Companies

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Ep 39 - Coaching Call #7 | Mike is NOT on Matt's "Best Shops List"

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Ep 38 - Jack Shields | Mike vs Jack - Who's Right in the Free Diag Debate?

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Ep 37 - Brandon Dills | Bryan Power Lifts Trees

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Bonus Ep - Free Diag is the Cause of America's Moral Decay

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Ep 36 - Jon Cabak and Josh Oberlander | Face-To-Face Sales SUCKS

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Ep 35 - Josh Parnell | Poor Communication is KILLING Your Shop

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Ep 34 - Coaching Call #6 | May Was a Tough Month

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BONUS EPISODE! Bill Brusard | "Straight Pipe No Muffler"

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Ep 33 - Lucas Underwood & David Roman | David Says Advisors Are Replaceable

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Ep 32 - Dan Thieken | Dealerships Are Prone To Lying

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Ep 31 - Tonnika Haynes | A Serial Gifter of Anonymous Silliness

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Ep 30 - Neal Maier | He Knows Where The Bodies Are Buried

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Ep 29 - Coaching Call #5 | Pizza Party For The Boyz

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BONUS EPISODE! Charlie Zlatkos is Living The American Dream

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Ep 28 - Sunil Patel and PJ Leslie | Don't Make Fun of Miata Lovers

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Ep 27 - Brian Stolpa | We Get Heated Over Flat Rate vs Salary

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Ep 26 - Coaching Call #4 | Role Play at the Repair Shop?

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BONUS EPISODE! | Todd Westerlund Has A Confession

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Ep 25 - Ed Trevino | What Else Could Go Wrong?

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Ep 24 - Josh Rainwater | Bryan Sold Feet Pics

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Ep 23 - Darrin Barney | I Made a Grown Man Cry

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Ep 22 - Taylor Wilson | Having Kids Was Good For His Shop?

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Ep 21 - Carrie-Lynn Rodenberg & Tyler Ellinson | I Almost Started A Dental Practice

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BONUS Episode! Todd Hayes Welcomes The Hate

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Ep 20 - Jim Murphy & Nick Fox | I Need To Sell More Tires

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Ep 19 - Bret Fadely | Key Lime Pie Beer?

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Ep 18 - Dan Buss & Rich Cox | Their Shops Are Squeaky Clean

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Ep 17 - Coaching Call #3 | Matt Lofton w/ Elite Worldwide

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Ep 16 - The Buckley Clan | Mike Has Cowboy Hat FOMO

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Ep 15 - Chris Enright

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Ep 14 - Harrison Rusk & Richard Gautier | Deep Thoughts From Texas

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Ep 13 - Matt Fanslow Is WAY More Mature Than We Are

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Ep 12 John Phelps & Katy Carl - Our Software Is Better Than Yours

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Ep 11 - Group Call w/ Josh Parnell and Lola Schmidt

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Ep 10 - Matt Lofton w/ Elite Worldwide - Coaching Call #2

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Ep 9 - Josh Coomes, A New King Of The Trolls?

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Ep 8 - Greg Buckley and Stephane Grabina

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Ep 7 - Dutch Silverstein Says Dutch Type Things

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Ep 6 - Lucas Underwood, Before He Was President

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Ep 5 - Joe Adams w/Adams Automotive

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Ep 4 - Zeb Beard w/ Stroker's Diesel

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Ep 3 - Matt Lofton w/ Elite Worldwide

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Ep 2 - Venting Helps Soothe the Soul...Sometimes

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Ep 1 - What the Hell Are We Doing?