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Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas, mental health advocate, podcast host and founder of Construction Working Minds, joins us for episode 197 of Art of Construction. In this episode, Sally takes us on a deep journey through Beauty and Beast: the importance of mental health, suicide prevention, and its correlation to the world of construction. More specifically, Dr. Spencer-Thomas assists construction companies with creating strategies for both suicide prevention and mental health. Areas

-- Chris Doyle, President and CEO at Billd, joins us for episode 196 of Art of Construction. The construction industry often has a money problem. The longstanding financial issue for contractors in our industry arises from the period of time between when they submit an invoice for a completed project and the eventual payment of that invoice. In the weeks – or even months – of that waiting period, they still must fund expenses such as labor, materials and equipment for other o

Salla is an innovation leader and an industry change agent directing Microsoft's entrance into the world of construction. Her main focus is

This is the sixth and final episode of the awesome Deep Dive Series we've had the pleasure of doing with Cultivate Advisors. Over these past

Jean Brownhill, CEO & Founder at Sweeten, joins us for Art of Construction episode 193. Sweeten is a digital matchmaking service, such as Match or Tinder, but for linking up homeowners with contractors. Jean is a trained architect who founded Sweeten after a personal home renovation project that was much harder than expected. After seeing the disorganized chaos around how general contractors work with homeowners in our industry, she decided to launch Sweeten to streamline the

- - Graham Desert, Chief Visionary Officer and Managing Partner of Roofing101, and Jaime Rowe, Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors, join us for episode 192 of Art of Construction. Graham Desert, Chief Visionary Officer and Managing Partner of Roofing101, and Jaime Rowe, Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors, join us for episode 192 of Art of Construction. To explore the final stage in Cultivate Advisor's Entrepreneurial Journey, we talked to Graham about his new role in h

-- Danny Kerr, Director of Assessment / Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Breakthrough Academy joins us for episode 191 of Art of Construction. Breakthrough Academy trains contractors to develop systems and teams that grow their business. At a young age, Danny managed his own trade business as a painting contractor, and after much success decided to pass along the value he’d created in his business model to others. Since starting in 2015, BTA has grown to several hundred cli

Jenna Bayer Garden Design is a company that specializes in water features, pool landscaping, outdoor kitchens, gardens, and new construction

Spencer Powell, President at Builder Funnel and Host of Builder Funnel Radio, joins us for episode 189 of Art of Construction. Spencer's family has been in the building industry for 110 years. With that background, he took an interest he developed in digital marketing and decided to help contractors leverage the power of the internet to grow their business. Spencer's company, Builder Funnel brings marketing services and lead generation to the modern builder through SEO, socia

- - Jeff Toren, Owner at Kitchen Tune-Up, and Jaime Rowe, Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors join us for episode 188 of Art of Construction and episode 3 of our Deep Dive Series with Cultivate Advisors! So far in this series, we've gone over the first two stages of the Entrepreneurial Journey: The Hustler & The Experimenter. We heard from Nicole Delmage on how she started her own architecture business, hired her first employees and zeroed in on her company's mission. Now,

- - Nicole Delmage, Co-Owner at Merj Architecture, and Jaime Rowe, Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors, join us for episode 187 of Art of Construction and episode 2 of our Deep Dive Series with Cultivate Advisors! In episode 1 of this series we heard from Co-Founder Casey Clark about his journey in starting Cultivate Advisors and building it up to a renowned national advisory firm. We also met advisor Jaime Rowe and heard her story as well. From humble beginnings, Cultivat

Dr. Ray Levitt, Operating Partner at Blackhorn Ventures, joins us for episode 186 of Art of Construction. Blackhorn Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in companies that are redefining industrial resource efficiency. Out of all the fields they could have chosen, Blackhorn picked construction as one of it's main focus areas. They picked construction as an industry to focus on because to them, now is the perfect time for construction to take massive leaps forward in

- - Casey Clark and Jaime Rowe, Co-Founder, CEO & Business Advisor at Cultivate Advisors, joins us for episode 185 of Art of Construction. There is a time to work ON your business, and a time to work IN your business. As entrepreneurs and owners in the construction industry, we are constantly torn between what we should be handling ourselves and what can be delegated to others. When something was our idea, we may want to hold onto it. But if we want that idea to grow, we have

-- Judy Goldman, Founder and CEO of Front Range Design Center (FRDC) and Owner of Design Studio Interior Solutions joins us for episode 184 of Art of Construction. Judy had a long career in banking before coming into the AEC industry. After her banking endeavors Judy purchased a design studio, and as she became involved in construction, quickly realized what a disaster so much of our industry is. As we all know, being on time and under budget on a construction project almost