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He Survived a Heart Attack While Running His Company | Bobby Mesmer | DSH #1851
09 Mar 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I would love to have a conversation with Jesus, you know, just because he was so purposeful in his time. You know, like when you read about him in the Bible and this and that and, you know, just not because I want anything.
Chapter 2: How did Bobby Mesmer start his entrepreneurial journey?
I just want to hear what you have to say, you know, because if you can be as gestantial as he was in life, yeah, I feel like there's, you know, like that's what we're all aiming for, right?
That peace.
All right, guys.
Chapter 3: What challenges did Bobby face while building his construction company?
Adi Mezmer here, a fellow friend from New Jersey. Awesome. Great to be here. Absolutely. First time in Nashville, right? First time. We're in Nashville right now. Well, technically Brentwood, right?
Chapter 4: What painful lessons did Bobby learn from losing millions on a project?
Yeah. So we were just talking, catching up. Absolutely. How are you liking it so far? It's only been a couple hours, right?
I love it. None of the people I met have been great. Everyone seems to be community focused, which I like.
Chapter 5: How did health scares impact Bobby's perspective on life?
And buddy, yes, sir. Yeah. People in New Jersey, no. You're getting total hell for your Jersey. Sure.
Chapter 6: What leadership lessons can be learned from managing large teams?
You know, you're a North Jersey boy and I'm a South Jersey boy. We don't get that in South Jersey either, y'all. Not in the Garden State, man. They ain't Jordan friendly over there, that's for sure.
Chapter 7: What advice does Bobby have for young entrepreneurs today?
Yeah. How long were you out in Jersey for? I was born and raised there. So yeah, born and raised in Seattle County, New Jersey. One of my main offices is in Ulster County, it's a soul area.
Chapter 8: How does Bobby define resilience in business?
And so we just decided, my family and I are... I guess about a year ago, we actually officially moved down here to the national area. We're loving it. It's just, you know, the energy, the vibe, just everything you need to talk about. No, it just makes it, makes it comfortable.
Makes it happy to be here. Yeah. So on your entrepreneurial journey, did that start in Jersey?
It did. Yeah. So I grew up, my father owned his own business for like four years. And so I grew up in that family business, put me to work when I was a kid, worked summers and weekends. And so I started my business back in 2000, so 24 years ago. And it started there and just kind of expanded. And now we're, you know, what do we have?
Four offices, a sole in Montana, a sole in New Jersey, here in Franklin, Tennessee, and another one in Costa Rica. Wow. And you're approaching a billion dollars in the next two or three years? We are. Approaching a billion dollars with a $4.5 billion valuation.
And, you know, going to continue to grow on that and look for a sale and continue the entrepreneurial journey and helping people and consulting and, you know, buy businesses and see what else I can do, you know, whatever trouble I can get into.
Yeah. No, I love that. So did your father do the same industry as you? Did he teach you the ropes to all this?
He taught me the business side of it. He didn't really teach you this industry, right? My father, his company was a masonry construction company. And so a different business. I'm in the steel business. So different business, but it's still in the structural world. But I learned a lot from business from it. But old school business, right?
Like, you know, you go back to, you know, to old timers that done this business. Everything was done, you know, with spitting your hand in the hand shipper and That was your contract because your contract was your word. Nowadays, it's different. I still try to do business that way to a certain extent, understanding the concept that I still have to be in the contract world and understand that.
But integrity is everything. Integrity is what I push on. And at the end of the day, when I say it, it's going to get done, it gets done.
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