Blue Collar Nation
Eric and Larry of Super Tech University, supertechu.com, have years of blue collar service business ownership. They know, all too well, that running a blue collar business is not for the faint of heart. For that reason, the Blue Collar Nation Podcast is dedicated to making the lives blue collar service business better. With humor and an unfailing optimism, Larry and Eric invite guests from all areas to the blue collar world to share ideas and help owners run their businesses more effectively.
Episodes
322 episodes
KCAA Radio Show Sneak Preview: The Eric and Larry Small Business Radio Hour
Eric and Larry just started a radio show in Southern California. On Monday's and Thursday's each week the guys can be found on KCAA Radio 1050AM and 106.5FM from 5-6am. Enjoy this episode on how gratitude can help your business.TITLE...
Blue Collar Nation Presents: The Eric and Larry Small Business Radio Hour. KCAA FM 106.5/AM 1050
Super Tech University Dramatically improve your teams performance with a system of short daily video lessons, training your team in soft skills. Your team can make you more prof...
Blue Collar Nation Presents: The Eric and Larry Small Business Radio Hour. KCAA FM 106.5/AM 1050
TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech UniversityThis episode it brought to you by Super Tech University. Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service...
Blue Collar Nation Presents: Eric and Larry Small Business Radio Hour on KCAA FM 106.5/AM 1050
Join Eric and Larry twice weekly for their morning radio show on KCAA Radio in the Inland Empire of Southern California. Today's show is all about Larry and his van build out, Eric trying to get a date night going with his wife, Larry's return ...
BCN Presents: KCAA Radio Small Business Radio Hour- Eric and Larry on Company Culture
Everyone has a company culture; but us it a good one? Larry and Eric talk about how to build a great culture that will engage, attract, and retain team members.TITLE SPONSOR: Super Tech UniversityThis episode it brought to yo...
Michelle Blevins Trying to Corral Larry and Eric and The State of the Restoration Industry
Michelle Blevins joined the Blue Collar Nation Podcast again today to talk about the new survey C&R Magazine conducted about the the state of the restoration industry. There is a ton of great info in this episode and, as always, Michelle ha...
BCN Small Business Radio Hour: Business Systems
TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETINGThis episode it brought to you by Super Tech University. Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, customer service,...
Barton James of ACCA: Advocate for the Trades
Bart James, President and CEO of ACCA (Air Conditioning Contractors of America) joined the show to talk about the importance of having an organization work of behalf of the trades in Washington D.C.We ...
The Tables Are Turned: John 'The Hitman" Braun Interviews Eric and Larry on Goal Setting Strategies
Well, we turned the microphone over to John "The Hitman" Braun this week as he interviews us about our process to set and reach goals. We hope you everyone can take away an idea or s...
Bruce DeLoatch Talks Masculinity in the Trades
We got a little salty today talking about masculinity. It was a wild ride and never ended up where any of us thought it would. Give it a listen, we all can use our preconceived notions to be shaken up from time to time.
Blue Collar Book Club: Atomic Habits with Special Guest Bill Yeadon
We all know that reading books makes us smarter. For this reason, we will be having a monthly book club to review books that can make us better entrepreneurs, better husbands, wives, parents, and citizens. This month we are kicking off th...
Jason Earle: From Wall St. to Mold
Jason Earle is one amazing guy. Growing up with a poor student and not loving school, Jason got the chance to break into Wall St. and make a name for himself as the youngest ever broker. After that car...
A First Year Business Survives a Global Pandemic: Wood and Dan's Story of Year 1
Wood Boyles and Dan Baker are good friends of the show. They have been on a few times before and did very well. The other day we saw a Facebook post where they noted they survived year 1 in business in the time of Covid. We wanted to hear...
Ryan Lucia: How to Get Out of Your Team's Way and Grow
Ryan Lucia of Aaron Garage Door is a start-up specialist. He, admittedly, likes to start a business and get out of the way and let his team do t...
Ryan Englin Teaches Us a Better Way to Hire Employees
Do you suck at hiring new team members? You are super busy so you just hire the first guy that can fog a mirror? Yup, it's that way for a lot of us. We just don't know how to attract and hire good staff and that causes us so many problems in ou...
Are You the Bottleneck to Your Company's Success? (with Bruce DeLoatch)
Often it is the owner of a business who is at the center of most of the business's problems. Owners are often "know-it-alls" and "do-it-alls" who stand in the way of scaling a business and implementing effective systems to take it to the next l...
How to Hold a Trade Show in a Global Pandemic with Larry Cooper
Larry Cooper is a man with a mission. Larry, a very successful cleaning and restoration professional, is the owner of The Experience Trade Show and ...
The Amazing Ellen Rohr: The Plumber's Wife and Financial Guru
Ellen Rohr is the best. Period, no questions about it. Smart, funny, and intelligent, Ellen has a way with connecting with Blue Collar business owners in a way that just works for all of us. Ellen joins ...
How to Buy Equipment to Grow Your Business with Mary Griser of Aztec Financial
Ever worry about how to grow your business using loans to buy equipment and trucks? Does just the thought of dealing with financing scare the daylights out of you? Well, if this whole financial thing confuses or worries you; fear no more we hav...
How to Stop Wasting Time on Social Media and YouTube. A Conversation about Cal Newport's Book Digital Minimalism w/ Bill Yeadon
Are you busy or are you productive? Have you ever tracked your time during the day to see how productive you really are? Do lose unaccounted for time on Facebook, Instagram, Tik- Tok, Youtube or the myriad of apps and sites designed to capture ...
Hourly IQ: Gamification of Your Business for Major Results
Have you ever wondered why it seems many of the team is disengaged? Does it seem like they are "just mailing it in" a lot of the time. Burning the clock and wondering when they can get out and go have a beer.Many owners have this proble...
Jorge Hijacks the Blue Collar Nation Podcast and Interviews Larry and Eric
Our good friend and business partner, Jorge Villalobos hijacked the microphone today to interview Eric and Larry. Jorge decided that it was time for the guys to be on the other side of the interviewing process. Jorge digs deep and finds out abo...
The 6 Pillars of Home Service Ownership
Larry and Eric discuss the things they learned over the years to make their service business run. Coaching was one of the best decisions they made to grow their business and themselves. Most of the successful people in the world hav...
Book Club: Bill Yeadon talks about Influence w/ Robert Cialdini
Bill Yeadon joins us again for the monthly book club. This month Larry picked Dr. Robert Cialdini's Influence. We discuss the 6 Principles of how to be more persuasive and garner more influence. Tackling topics such as likability, soci...
Gerrett Stier: A True Renaissance Man
Gerrett Stier is a bit of a renaissance man. An electrician by trade and a podcaster by night, Gerrett brings a lot to the trades with his expertise and knowledge. Gerrett's entrepreneurial journey is the stuff American dreams are made of. Laid...