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
Working with Your Spouse: Yana and Eric Sprague
Running your business is hard enough, but when you add in working with your spouse/life partner, it can get really tough. Eric sits down to interview his wife Yana who worked in their service business for many years. They talk about the good, t...
The Disney Way of Customer Service with Vance Morris
Vance Morris, Disney employee turned home service entrepreneur tells Larry and Eric the key elements he learned to create a client experience that keeps the repeat and referral customers coming. Learn about the theater aspect of the service bus...
Extroverts Vs. Introverts: Culture Wars in the Workplace
Bill Yeadon, Larry and Eric team up to talk about an important book that is key to helping all of us with better communication skills. Larry and Bill (extroverts) team up on Eric (introvert) to explore the ins and outs of dealing with how peopl...
Sell Your Business for Big Bucks: Michelle Seiler Tucker
Do you want to sell your business someday? Do you really know what it is worth? Are you really turnkey? Do you have a business someone with money may actually want to pay you for?These are the questions you need the answers to before lo...
Mark Saiger on the Importance of Having Passion for Your Service Business
Mark Saiger has been in the home-services business for the long haul. A 3rd generation cleaning professional, Mark worked his cleaning business as a side hustle for decades when he was a band teacher. Once he decided to leave the band world beh...
The One Thing with Geoff Woods
When you start living The ONE Thing, you begin to understand that not everything matters equally. You get clarity on what matters most. You begin doing the most important things first and, then, you earn the right to address everything el...
The Entrepreneurial Conspiracy with Chuck Violand
Chuck Violand of Violand Management has been around a lot of entrepreneurs over his 34 years of coaching. Chuck breaks down the 6 traits that really hurt our businesses from his upcoming book, The Entrepreneur...
Ego: Panel Discussion with Ken Midgett and Bruce DeLoatch
Ego. It's a loaded and often misunderstood concept. It's important to have enough to have the drive and confidence to be a high performer. However, too much and we alienate people. Too little ego and we shrink at the hard challenges of life bec...
ServiceTitan: Home Services Software Juggernaut w/ Chris Hunter and Jackie Aubel
To say Service Titan is taking over the software side of the home service industries would be a vast understatement. Now with a valuation of roughly $10 Billion, the company continues to expand into n...
Branding, Systems, and Spirit Animals: SoftWash Systems AC Lockyer
AC Lockyer is a natural born salesman. A renaissance man with many interests, AC has created an amazing company at SoftWash Systems. AC has created the "unfranchise" model where his clients get all...
3 Podcast Summit with the GMS Podcast and the DYOJO Podcast: Fun, Hijinks, and Great Information
Esteemed podcasting colleagues Gerrett Stier and Jon Isaacson join Larry and Eric to full the curtain back on podcasting and how we all do it. We also have great c...
Book Review w/ Biil Yeadon: Jim Collins Good To Great
BIll Yeadon joins us on the podcast again to discuss the book, Good to Great by Jim Collins. Larry, Eric, and Bill have a spirited discussion about the content of the book. The boys, at times, deviate from the book, but all in the name of how t...
Special Edition: The Experience Tradeshow- Larry Cooper
We will be kicking off our The Experience Trade Show series with the man who is at the helm of the show: Larry Cooper. Learn about the cool things that will be happening at the show this year.TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETING...
Special Edition: The Experience Tradeshow: Green Glides w/ Mikey P
Today we have Mike Pailliotet of Mikey's Board and Mikey's Fest fame on to discuss what's up with Green Glides and what he will be doing at the tradeshow. Note, there is some super interesting stuff about hard surface glides in this interview.&...
Success Habits with Jeff Wickersham of Morning Fire
Good habits are the foundation of success. Jeff Wickersham joins Larry and Eric to talk about what it takes to create the discipline to make good habits work in your favor. Jeff has passion and comm...
Special Edition: Jim Mannes of Shaw Flooring
We had a great conversation with Jim Mannes, National Director at Shaw Flooring. Jim talks about all the cool things he will be doing at the show to educate all the cleaners how to clean the newer products from Shaw.TITLE SPONSOR: MO...
Special Edition: Financing Vans and Equipment with Mary Griser of Aztec
TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TECH MEETINGThis episode it brought to you by www.morningtechmeeting.com. Don't lose money in the field because your service techs are not great at sales, cus...
Special Edition: Chuck Violand of Violand Management Associates
We had the pleasure to have Chuck Violand on the show again for the 3rd time. Chuck gives us insight as to what will be going on in his booth at the trade show and what an attendee can expect to learn there.TITLE SPONSOR: MORNING TEC...
Special Edition: Marvelless Mark, Rock n' Roll Keynote Speaker and Business Guru
Marvelless Mark, Rock n' Roll Keynote Speaker and Business Guru gave an amazing presentation at the experience. He is not just a business expert who’s coming to talk at your people. He is goin...
Special Edition: Kris Rzesnoski of Encircle
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Special Edition: Barry Costa gives a Full Rundown of the Flood House and the Cage at The Experience
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Special Edition: GMS Power Distribution with Gerrett Stier
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Special Edition: Derek Preece from Spot On Solutions Digital Marketing
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