Building a Business With Your Spouse with Cody & Kristen Dawson

Cody & Kristen Dawson share how Patriot Custom Homes grew from a COVID-era handyman hustle into a legit remodel-to-custom operation—with corporate skills, clear lanes, and real systems doing the heavy lifting. They get into the spouse-run dynamics, hiring and delegation, and the call between doing a spec to show your chops or waiting on the right custom client.PatriotHomesTx.comShow Notes: 00:00 Cold open & intros01:09 Meet Cody & Kristen Dawson (Patriot Custom Homes)05:31 The fork in the road: offshore job vs first remodel08:32 First time managing subs & the income math10:00 2023 workload surge & why Kristen jumped in full-time15:50 Running a company as a couple—communication, lanes, boundaries20:40 Systems that set you free: client portal/CRM, hiring admin & PM25:28 Marketing & pipeline: social, site, and partner referrals38:33 Getting out of the day-to-day: accountability over “I’ll just do it myself”46:32 Why they left corporate: family time and schedule controlFind Our Hosts: Reece BarnesMatt Calvano Podcast Produced By:Motif Media

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