Brent Oberlink The financing mistakes that cost contractors the most Brent Oberlink talks with Jonathan Fodera of Integrated Business Financing about how contractors actually get funded, and about the terms most owners sign without reading closely. Everything here is w... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink Why contractors struggle to find work, and what to do about it A listener question episode built around one uncomfortable pattern: a lot of contractors who cannot find enough work are finding plenty of work at prices they should be turning down. Get comfortable s... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink A sales system for contractors who hate selling Brent Oberlink spends this episode on the part of the business most contractors avoid, and he opens with the reason it matters more than it looks. Retention is the cheaper half of sales His framing: i... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink Cash flow, subcontracting and the scope of work that saves the job A listener question episode that ended up covering the three things that sink profitable contractors: money arriving later than it leaves, jobs that grow after the price is set, and subcontractors who... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink Five things a foreman has to do that nobody ever teaches them Brent Oberlink opens this one with an instruction rather than a topic: if you are an owner or management, have your foreman listen to this episode. The reason is the premise of the whole hour. Foremen... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink Most contractors are underbidding, and overhead is where it starts This one started as a question from a listener getting into land clearing and turned into the clearest breakdown on the show of why so many contractors are working hard at prices that cannot pay them.... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink When the lowest bid wins, safety is what gets cut This episode is aimed at both sides of the table. Brent Oberlink talks with Shawn Galloway of ProAct Safety about how work actually gets awarded, and what happens downstream when price is the only cri... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink Tax planning is not tax filing: what contractors leave on the table every year Brent Oberlink sits down with Tyler McBroom, a CPA whose firm works with business owners on keeping more of what they make. The conversation is useful precisely because it does not stay on write-offs,... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink From running a job site to running a company: the five shifts This episode is aimed squarely at the one person shop and the two or three person crew that wants more. Brent Oberlink's framing is that being good at the work is what got the business here, and is al... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink Delegation has strings attached: how to hand work off without losing the company A listener question set this one up: how do you delegate enough to grow without losing control of the work? Brent Oberlink and Aney Bailor spend the episode on it, and the first move is separating two... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink The labor shortage and the low bid are the same problem Contractors talk about the labor shortage and about low bidding as two separate complaints. In this episode Brent Oberlink and Aney Bailor make the case that they are one problem wearing two hats, and... Sep 23, 2026
Brent Oberlink Why contractors stay small forever, and what it takes to get past it Brent Oberlink starts this one with a caveat worth keeping. Staying small is not a failure. Plenty of contractors want to work four or five days a week, keep it tight, and go home. That is a legitimat... Sep 23, 2026
