Selling a Business | Scott Ziegler on Finding the Right Buyer - Late Night Happy Hour. Episode 482

Selling a Business | Scott Ziegler on Finding the Right Buyer - Late Night Happy Hour. Episode 482

Hey there, Home Service Heroes! In this episode, Scott “Zig” Ziegler joins us in the bar, and we’re talking about what really happens when you try to sell a home service business. Zig still has his power washing business, the first buyer hit pause, and now he’s figuring out what kind of buyer actually makes sense. We get into seller financing, protecting yourself in a deal, and why selling your business is not just about getting someone to say yes. We also talk about price objections, setting expectations with customers, and why business owners have to think in terms of return instead of just cost. Zig shares what he is building with vending machines, how he is finding locations, and what he is learning from starting another business after pressure washing. If you own a home service business and you have ever thought about selling, scaling, or starting something new, this one will hit close to home.

Hourly vs Commission - How Should Home Service Owners Pay Technicians? - Turf's Up Radio. Episode 481

Hey there, Home Service Heroes! In this episode, we dive into technician pay structures, performance pay, overtime, commissions, and all the fun ways business owners accidentally make payroll more complicated than it needs to be. We talk through hourly pay, production-based pay, job ticket hours, and why the math has to work for both the employee and the business. If you have ever changed a pay plan and immediately thought, “Well, I may have just screwed that up,” this one is for you. We also get into real stories about payroll mistakes, broken commission systems, sales follow-up, AI-built estimating tools, and what happens when employees do not fully trust a new pay structure yet. The big idea is simple: you want to pay your best people well, but the system still has to protect profit, reward production, and stay clear enough for the team to understand. So grab a drink, check your pay structure, and make sure your business is not lighting money on fire.

Scaling Pain | Cole Sickafoose on Growing a Home Service Business - Late Night Happy Hour. Episode 480

Hey there, Home Service Heroes! In this episode, Cole Sickafoose joins us in the bar, and we get into what it really feels like to scale a home service business when the easy problems are already gone. Cole talks through aggressive growth, hiring from competitors, adding new services, running out of cash faster than expected, and learning that every new level of business comes with a brand new set of headaches. We also get into the personal side of growth, from changing goals to marriage, family, hunting trips, and figuring out what freedom actually looks like as the business gets bigger. If you are trying to grow past the owner operator stage, build a stronger team, or decide whether you are in growth mode or profit mode, this one will feel pretty familiar.

Payroll Rules | Home Service Owners Need To Know This - Turf's Up Radio. Episode 479

Hey there, Home Service Heroes! In this episode, we dive into the chaos of running a home service business when life, growth, employees, and payroll rules all hit at once. We talk through office fires, record-breaking weeks, team changes, client transitions, and what it really looks like to keep pushing when business gets messy. If you own a home service company, this one is a good reminder that growth is fun, but it also comes with problems you better be ready to handle. We also get into employee pay rules, overtime, commissions, travel time, on-call hours, and some of the labor law details that can sneak up on contractors. Some of it is simple, some of it is clear as mud, and some of it might make you want to check how your payroll is actually being handled. Grab a cold one and listen in, because this is the kind of stuff home service owners need to understand before it becomes an expensive lesson.

Entrepreneurship Lessons | Mike DeJong on Escaping the Operator Trap and Building Business Freedom - Late Night Happy Hour. Episode 478

Hey there, Home Service Heroes! In this episode, Mike DeJong, the master of the operator to owner transition, joins us in the bar, and we dive into the journey from working in the business to truly owning it. Mike shares how he went from pilot and engineer to franchise owner, and the hard lessons he learned about scaling, delegation, and building systems that actually work. If you've ever felt stuck doing everything yourself, this conversation will hit close to home. We also get into financial literacy for business owners, why SOPs are the foundation of growth, and how to find people who are better than you at key parts of the business. Mike breaks down the mindset shifts that helped him build multiple successful businesses and create a lifestyle centered around freedom and travel. Grab a drink and pull up a barstool because this episode is packed with practical lessons you can use to grow your business without burning yourself out. To know more about what Mike does, visit: https://mikedejong.com/ [https://mikedejong.com/]