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Could Your Trade Business Run Without You for 2 Weeks? - Ep 375

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How This Builder Quotes $300K Jobs in One Week Using AI - Ep 374

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Great Tradie, Struggling Business Owner? Here’s Why - Ep 373

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Success Mindset: Fail Fast, Learn Faster - Building a Trade Business From Scratch - Ep 372

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The Big Dog Effect: Why Successful Tradies Pull Away When Life Gets Hard - Ep 371

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How Business Changes: From Doing It All to Running the Show - Ep 370

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Paying Yourself Too Much Too Soon Could Be Killing Your Business - Ep 369

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Why We're Taking an AI Detox (And What Mitch Is Doing With the Extra Time) - Ep

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Pricing on Gut Feel? Here's What It's Costing Your Trade Business - Ep 368

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2 Days in Thailand with Taki Moore: Here's What We Learned - Ep 367

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Tradie Dad Leigh Ryan on Why Your Apprentices Are an Investment, Not Cheap Labour - Ep 367

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Debunking Tradie Myths with Geggs and Dave - Ep 366

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From Engineer to $500K Lawn Business: Mitch Ireland's Story - Ep 365

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How do you know your ads are working? - Ep 364

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How business shows up in personal relationships at home - Ep 363

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Success Mindset: 20 years, 42 iron man, 5 wins — What Tim Van Berkel Learned About Winning and Family

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Busy Season Is Coming: Are You Ready? - Ep 361

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Tradies: How to Get Your Team Selling Like You Do with Ryan Tuckwood

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How to Train Your Team to Sell with Ryan Tuckwood - Ep 360

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Why Procrastination Isn't Laziness, It's Self Protection - Ep 361

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Balancing Business With Your Relationships - Ep 359

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Sparky Explains: 55% Increase in average job value with AI - Ep 357

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Tradies: 3 Hidden Leaks Costing You $72K a Year - Ep 356

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Why Tradies Need to Get on Camera in Their Advertising - Ep 355

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Tradies: How to Make This Your Best Year in Business - Ep 354

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UpScale Anniversary 4 years - Lessons from a business owner - Ep 353

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Sparky Story: He Completed UpScale Part 3 (Selling His Electrical Business)- Ep 352

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Sparky Story: He Completed UpScale Part 2 (Growing the Team) - Ep 351

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Sparky Story: He Completed UpScale, Part 1 (Origin Story) - Ep 350

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Mitch's Business Journey: From Skateboard Decks to 400+ Staff (And Everything In Between) -

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How KPIs make you money! - Ep 349

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Tradie Story: $50K to $450K - How to Incentivise Your Team - Ep 348

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Sparky Story: From Losing $165K to Building a $4.5 Million Business - Ep 347

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How This Security Business Doubled Its Revenue in 7 Months - Ep 346

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Painting Business: From "We're On Our Knees" to Booked Out 3 Months in Advance - Ep 345

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Sales Tips for Tradies - Ep 344

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Are You Actually Making Money on Your Jobs? - Ep 343

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Capacity For Growth: When Should You Hire in Your Trade Business? - Ep 342

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Cam's Carpentry Business: From Drowning as a One Man Band to Running Three Job Sites - Ep 341

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The Power of COLD outreach for Tradies - Ep 340

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How to fill your Job Schedule consistently - Ep 339

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Sparky Story: $20K to $111K in 90 Days - Ep 338

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Tiacs: What Every Tradie Needs to Know About Mental Health - Ep 337

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EOFY for Tradies: What to Do Before June 30 (And How to Stop Getting Hit With a Surprise Tax Bill) - Ep 336

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Stress Reset for Tradies - Ep 335

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Sydney & The UpScale Tour for Tradies 2026 - Ep 334

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How One Tradie Landed a 700K Job and Doubled His Revenue - Ep 333

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Why Most Tradies Are Undercharging (And Don’t Even Know It) - Ep 332

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EOFY Checklist for Tradies: What to Do Before June 30 - Ep 331

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Sparky Story: What It Takes to Open a Second Location Without Burning Out - Ep 330

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AI for Trade Business Owners: Cut Through the Noise - 329

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What Happens When Tradies Stop Drinking - Ep 328

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What Every Sparky Needs to Know Before Getting Into Solar - 327

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Stop Waiting for Work: What Smart Tradies Are Doing Differently

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Power Washing Business Scaled Fast with Coaching and Community - Ep 325

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The Conversation That Could Save a Tradie’s Life (TIACS Special) - Ep 324

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Sparky Story: Apprentice to business owner with 15 Staff - Ep 323

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How Tradies Use Credit Cards for Cash Flow and Travel Upgrades- Ep 322

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Google Ads for Tradies: Do They Work for Small Jobs - Ep 321

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Family, Guilt, and the Business That Never Switches Off - Ep 320

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How This Carpentry Business Went From Debt to 250k Months - Ep 319

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Chaos Creates Opportunity: How to Dominate during uncertain times - Ep 316

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How Do You Pay Commissions Without Stuffing Your Margins? - Ep 317

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Why ‘I Need More Work’ Isn’t the Real Problem with Mitch

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When Running a Plumbing Business Starts Costing Family Time - Ep 315

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What do business owners fear? - Ep 314

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Cost to Acquire a Client: The Simple Maths Most Tradies Ignore

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36 Hours in the US: Our Biggest Team Culture Lesson from Hormozi and his team - Ep 312

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Inflation Is Rising So Should Your Rates Free Pricing Calculator Inside - Ep 312

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The Sparky Turnaround Plan w. Elevate Electrical - Ep 311

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Fixing the Tradie Hiring Problem - Ep 310

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Imposter Syndrome Isn’t the Problem, It’s the Signal - Ep 309

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From No Business to $22k in 2 Months - Ep 308

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5 Habits every successful Trade Business Owner Should Build Early - Ep 307

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How to Scale your Trade Business to $500K+ Months - Ep 306

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Tradie Ads 101: How to get more jobs without wasting money - Ep 305

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Tradies: Someone’s already done it. Focus on what actually works. - Ep 304

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When do Tradies really make their money? - Ep 303

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Stop Discounting and Start the Year Strong - Ep 301

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Why big cities mean Big opportunities - Ep 300

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The Fastest Ways to Get More Jobs for your Trade Business - Ep 299

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If You Haven’t Done This Yet: How to Fill Your Trade Business Books for 2026 - Ep 298

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How to Get Your Tradies Team Fired Up After the Break - Ep 297

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How Tradies Win Work in Small Towns - Ep 296

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Your Tradie Business Gets Stronger the Second You Build a Roadmap

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5 Cold Calls = One Hot Lead: A Game Changer for Tradies

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The Woman Behind the Business - From One Van to 10 on the Road - Ep 295

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Real Growth Stories From Our Tradie Community - Ep 294

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How Marco Grew Everlasting Painting in 2 Years

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7 Profit Killers Every Tradie MUST Avoid

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Growth Lab Explained: The Fast-Track System for Solo Tradies

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5 Tips to Get More Work Through Paid Advertising in 2026 - Ep 293

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A Tradie Wife’s View: What It Really Takes to Grow a Plumbing Business.- Ep 292

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How a $29 ticket tripled my Plumbing Business - Ep 291

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How Tradies Can Use AI to Save Time and Cash - Ep 285

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Stop Winging it, Build a Roadmap - Ep 289

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Answer Your Phone! Here’s What You’re Missing - Ep 288

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3 Marketing Mistakes Killing Tradie Leads - Ep 287

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Know Your Numbers or Go Broke - Ep 286

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Part 4/4 : Replacing yourself. Hiring an ops Manager - Stages of business Ep 284