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Trades Talk Podcast — 100 episodes
Weekly Update 69: Aspire Command Center, a Big Goodbye, and the Robotics Gold Rush
Eli Zevin: How Aspire's New Command Center and Atlas AI Change the Game
Andy Worshek: The Master Chief Who Lived Intent-Based Leadership Before It Had a Name
Weekly Update #68: Stop Automating Your Mess. The Q4 Playbook for 2027
From $700 to the Largest Landscape Company in Connecticut: Ed LaFlamme's Playbook
Weekly Update #67 - Landscaping’s AI Revolution: Your 2027 Game Plan
John Lee Dumas: Reps Beat Talent, and Most People Just Do Not Want It Bad Enough
Weekly Update #66: Building a Company That Runs Without You
Joe Langton: The Electrician Who Built the Largest Robotic Mowing Operation in America
Weekly update 65: the Kress 60-inch Voyager demo
David Meltzer on Why 80% of Your Work Is Losing You Money
Weekly Update #64: Why Now Is the Best Time Ever to Be a Founder
Jack Jostes: The Follow-Up System That Turns Old Bids Into Booked Jobs
Weekly Update #63: Fatherhood, Robots, and Owning Your Intelligence
Fitz Owen: Why the Best Trades Companies Are Becoming Their Own Insurance Owners
Nathan Dirksen: 38 Years From Crewman to CEO, and the Non-Family Leader of a 70 Year Family Business
Weekly Update #62: Inside the Landscape M&A Frenzy (12 Deals in 3 Weeks)
Cameron Herold: The COO Who Scaled 1-800-GOT-JUNK From $2M to $106M in Six Years
Weekly Update #61: Consistency Beats Intensity (and AI Might Be Your Biggest Distraction)
Peter Murphy Lewis: 100 Jobs on Camera, 200 CEOs Coached, One Playbook for Trades Storytelling
Weekly Update #60: Are We at the Top of the AI S-Curve?
Al Levi: The 7-Power Contractor and Why Systems Beat Talent Every Time
Weekly Update #59: Building AI That Actually Serves the Field, Not the Boardroom
Josh McMillan: The 30 Year Climb From Employee #5 to Nine Figure Landscape CEO
BONUS: The AI Guide That Wrote Itself
Weekly Update #58: The Two Levels of AI and the Audit Every Operator Needs to Run
Jerry Schill: How the Landscape Collective Scaled to $200M and 2,000 Team Members
Weekly Update #57: K&D's 300% Maintenance Sales Jump and the 54% AI Adoption Gap
Steve Wheatcroft: From a B Minus Business Plan to Canada's Biggest Landscape Company
Weekly Update #56: Teasing the K&D Operating System and Why Justin Is Stepping Back
Tim Hendricks: Lessons From Valley Crest, Cagwin, and the High End Residential World
Weekly Update #55: Fable 5, The Trillion Dollar Coach, and Permission to Cancel That Meeting
Ben Hansen: Why More Revenue Will Not Fix Your Profit Problem
Weekly Update #54: Inside the K&D AI Operating System with Sean Laux
Jeremy Ross: How K&D's Design Build Division Grew to $8 Million
Trades Talk Weekly Update 53: LeanScaper Takeaways, the Profitability Squeeze, and Why the Bottleneck Is at the Top
Michael Ding: Inside the $35 Million Series A That Could Triple Construction Productivity
Austyn Roth: From Mowing Lawns at 11 to Selling Lucky Landscaping at 23
Weekly Update #52: The Year One Lessons That Are Reshaping K&D
Kendel White Part 2: From the 2008 Recession to a $1 Billion BHAG
Weekly Update #51: The 7 Day Workflow Sprint That Sets Up Agentic AI
Kendel White Part 1: A $100 Truck, a Sears Credit Card, and the Beginning of K&D Landscaping
Weekly Update #50: Lessons from Peter Lemon, a Tour of Cal Poly, and Why Consistency Wins
Peter Lemon: How Graniterock Built a 126 Year Legacy in the Trades
Weekly Update #49: Inside the Top 100 List and the Three Layers of Capital Behind Every Platform
Bob Grover: Just Don't Suck at the Landscape Part
Weekly Update #48: The Owner Operator Advantage in an AI World
Anna Halstead: How to Build a Marketing Engine That Actually Drives Growth
Weekly Update #47: Why Owner Operators Have the Biggest Advantage Right Now
Kory Mitchell: From $8M to $200M and a Nine Figure Exit
Weekly Update 46: Pain, Profit, and the AI Gap
Orlando Castillo: Build a Sales System That Actually Scales
Weekly Update #45: The Future of Landscaping Is Being Built Now
Naylor Taliaferro: Why Authenticity Wins in the Lawn Care Industry
Weekly Update #44: The Power of Purpose in Building a Great Company
Get Strategy Done: Jonathan King on Leadership Alignment and Profitable Growth
Weekly Update #43: Unlocking the Future of Blue Collar Industries: How AI and Industry Shifts Create Unprecedented Opportunities
How NAIAD Irrigation Books 4,500 Jobs a Season w/ GM Jeff Soch
Weekly Update #42: Voyager Delivery Week w/ Sean Laux
Stop Guessing, Start Scaling: Kevin Scott’s Playbook for Landscape Growth
Weekly Update #41: AI Agents Are About to Run Your Business
How Brian Fullerton Built One of the Biggest Lawn Care Brands in the Industry
Bonus Episode: Derek Clelan & Your Haven are Revolutionizing Design-Build
Weekly Update #40: Lessons From LeanScaper and the Future of Landscape Leadership
How Richard Sperber Built Billion Dollar Landscape Companies and Why He Walked Away From Sperber
Weekly Update #39: Opening a New Branch, Autonomous Mowers, and the AI Stack Behind K&D
Disrupting the Next Generation: Jonathan Goldhill on Scaling Family Businesses
Trades Talk Weekly #38: I Built an AI Valuation Tool (and It Changes Everything)
Unlocking the HOA Market with Mike Perlof and Kara Foley of HOA Pros Podcast
Weekly Update #37: I Offered My Team $15,000 to Quit
How Chris Angelo Scaled Stay Green Inc into a California Powerhouse
Weekly Update #36: What Are You Waiting For? A Leadership Wake Up Call
Leadership, Labor, and Technology with Aaron Witt of Dirt Talk
Weekly Update #35: Live From SilverTip Heli-Skiing Lodge
Benji Carlson on Building a Revenue Engine with LeanScaper
Weekly Update #34: How AI Is Changing Customer Buying Patterns
Finding Soul in Landscaping w/ Tony Battistella
Weekly Update #33: Simon Sinek, Leanscaper, Voyager Updates
Automate First: The Story of MindCloud with Jamie Royce
Weekly Update #32: 2026 The Year You Stop Playing Small
Jeremy Ross: The Man Behind Design Build At K&D Landscaping
Weekly Update #31: Building a Billion-Dollar Landscape Company
Bringing The Industry Together: The SYNKD Story With Angelique Robb
Weekly Update #30: 2026 Is The Year of The Disruptor
Scott Hutcheon on How AI Is Revolutionizing the Landscape Industry
Eric Triplett AKA The Pond Digger: From Cancer to Coaching and Closing Big
Weekly Update #29: AI Agents, Revenue Growth, and the 2026 Game Plan
From Zero to 100 Employees- How Jeremy Talboy Started and Grew North Georgia Landscape Management
Weekly Update #28: K&D Goes Global, Doubts Set In, and the Truth About Leadership
Kress Power: Greyson Walldorff, Blake Meahl, & Kress on the Future of Landscaping Without Gas or Noise
Trades Talk Weekly Update: Benchmarking Profitability and Building Your 2026 Strategy
From Operator To Industry Leader: How Ken Thomas Built Envisor and the Green Dot Operating System
Weekly Update #26 - Gratitude and Leadership With Justin White
How To Exit Rich With Nick Bartolo
Weekly Update 25: How to Win in 2026
Peak Landscaping with Mark Pyrah - Leading Through Focus and Discipline
Weekly Update #24 - 1:1 Meetings, Private Equity and Electric Equipment
Diego Lopez on Branding That Actually Builds Trust
Weekly Update #23: Transforming the Landscape Industry: Insights from NALP
Balancing Grit and Growth: Urban Landscapes’ Rise with Andrew Martin