The Tradesman Experience

Money Habits with Michael Momeno

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Most people don't thin about the basic behaviors with money. This week Josh sits down with Wealth Strategist Michael Momeno. This wide ranging convers...

Bottlenecks, Breakdowns, Blindspots & Pitfalls (Pt. 3)

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this comprehensive series, Josh and Greg explore the critical bottlenecks, breakdowns, and pitfalls that hinder business growth in the trades. They...

Bottlenecks, Breakdowns, Blindspots & Pitfalls (Pt. 2)

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Josh and Greg delve into the critical themes of cultural blind spots in leadership, the importance of healthy communication, ope...

Bottlenecks, Breakdowns, Blindspots & Pitfalls (Pt. 1)

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Josh and Greg delve into the critical themes of business pitfalls, cultural dynamics, operational efficiency, and financial blin...

12 Disciplines in 12 Days

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh discusses the importance of discipline and shares 12 actionable disciplines that can be implemented over 12 days to enhance prod...

Entrepreneur vs Intrapreneur

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Josh and Greg explore the mindset and characteristics necessary for success in entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. They discu...

12 Things You Need To Know Before Starting A Business

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Josh and Greg discuss the essential knowledge and mindset required for starting and running a successful business. They emphasize the...

Real Talk About Being A Pro

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Josh discusses the importance of personal conduct, financial discipline, emotional maturity, and professionalism in the blue-col...

How Most Owners Kill A Business

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Tradesman Experience podcast, Josh and Greg delve into the critical challenges faced by business owners, emphasizing that the p...

A Pretend Culture

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Josh and Greg discuss the importance of business planning, financial projections, and measuring success in specific terms rather...

If it's not being measured, it can't be managed

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week I walk you through pieces of 2025 and what we learned.  Let's just say that tuition was high this year.  From buying a business to batteli...

Sales, Numbers & Hard Truths

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Josh and Greg discuss the critical aspects of year-end financial management for business owners, emphasizing the importance of u...

Growing Up In The Trades

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Josh and Greg explore their journeys into the blue-collar world, discussing their early experiences, the challenges of school, and the lessons learned...

Damned If You Do... Or Don't

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time of year again! Bonuses, Taxes, Inventory, Extra Compensation and of course the potential to lose a key employee.   This week we dive ...

There are always problems to solve

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is it that drives you everyday?  Why keep going?  Why start a business?   This week we dive into the mindset of moving forward, keeping consi...

Don't Blame The Rock

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Josh and Greg explore the challenges faced by blue-collar business owners, particularly the DIY mentality that can hinder succes...

Good Enough, Isn't

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What we consider to be high standard today is a joke! The bar is so low because so many people choose convience over excellence.  What is your standa...

Simple, Not Easy

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Growth is simple, not easy. This week I was humbly reminded of my journey as an HVAC technician due to being back in a service truck for our new busin...

Risk Tolerance

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Risk comes down to what you are comfortable with in being uncomfortable.  What is your risk tolerance?  How do you manage risk?  This week we dive ...

Do You Know If You're Winning?

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you keep score? Do you know if you are winning or losing? Do you know by how much?  This week we dive in to where you should be tracking your ...

Hard Truths For Soft People

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is laziness considered self care?  Can you work too hard?  What's a good balance? How should you be acting as an employee?   This week we dive int...

Navigating Through Difficulty

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In business, there are seasons, peaks and valleys, high and lows, wins and losses.  But how do we navigate this?  It's easy to solve problems when y...

Your Indecision Costs You More Than Ego

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are you neglecting in your business? What decisions are you not making? How separated are you trying to keep your personal life and work life? We...

There Is No Secret Sauce

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Blue Collar Bootcamp is still open for enrollment!! Get Your Seat!! This week we discuss TruPros, why so many business owners struggle with business a...

Our First 100 Days

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Don't miss out of the last Blue Collar Bootcamp of the year. Go check out our free video and get signed up!!  https://www.bluecollarinsiders.com/lear...

STOP GIVING DISCOUNTS!!!

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get signed up for our upcoming Blue Collar Boot Camp https://www.bluecollarinsiders.com/ What happens when someone asks for a discount?  How can you ...

No Bad Days

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get your tickets for the Strategic Growth Accelorator on August 22nd in Houston. The book referenced in this episode is The Wisdom Of The Bullfrog by ...

It's Not That Corporate

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Back on the mic is Nate! We discuss a gift that arrived, the new acquisition and how too often employees will complain that systems feel too corporate...

Pick Your Problem

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get your ticket for our Stragic Growth Accelerator.  We are having a collaborative 1 Day event in Houston, TX on August 22.  Get to the website thet...

Delegation

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out this conversation from our monthly MasterMind - The Workshop. 

You're A Business Owner... Not A Bank

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two things can play havoc on your business, being everything to everybody and allowing your clients to use your business as a 0% bank.  This week we ...

The Best 1 Day Event You'll Find with Joni Wolfswinkel, Steve Rozenberg & Josh Huite

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Early bird registration is just $297 if you sign up by May 31st—space is limited, so reserve your spot today. The Strategic Growth Accelerator Event...

Coach to Coach with Bob Turner

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today I sit down with Bob Turner, founder of Summit Coaching & Consulting.  We dive into all things coaching in this conversation.  We talk about Bo...

Why So Serious?

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After a few weeks, we are back on the mics!  We discuss Nate's interview on Bourbon & Ballistics podcast, his trip to Breckenridge, where business is...

The Reality of Fitness with Travis Zessinger

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why is fitness a staple in success?  It impacts our relationships, our career, our mental health and our confidence.  This week I sit down with some...

Change Your Business in 12 Weeks

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stop avoiding success and equip yourself to win!! Join our webinar Lead Better Make More on April 16th or 22nd, then get signed up for our next Blue C...

Understanding Sales with Trenton Wisecup

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us don't like sales.  Mostly because we don't understand it, we try to sell out of our own wallet and we don't ask the right questions.  Thi...

Participation Trophies

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everybody wants what everybody else has regardless of the effort.  This week Greg Giroux and I discuss the frustrations in business when the poor per...

Build Something Different

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is the metric of being the best in business?  Most of the time is a combination of self serving metrics that create the perception of greatness....

A Lightning Rod

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does every compan and team need to get to the next level?  A lightning rod in their company.  Check out this episode to find out what a 'Cataly...

Real Talk & A Couple Cigars

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our first ever outside podcast with a couple cigars.  This week Nate and I sit down in person to discuss the 3 days of evaluation and training with B...

Ownership Vs Leadership

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Owner is not a role is the company and Leadership is not a job.  Too often these two are confused with each other.  So what's the difference? 

Employees Won't Like This One

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Instead of targeting leaders in this episode, I put my focus on EMPLOYEES.  And let me just warn you, IT IS NOT KIND!!  But my plan is to create con...

GSD #50 AVOIDANCE

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The silent killer of Leadership.

Smarter Not Harder

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Too often we downplay hard work and claim we should only work smarter. This week we dive into what this should look like.

GSD #49 LEADERSHIP...AGAIN

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Getting Your Time Back

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week I sit down my friend and business partner Greg Giroux.  If you haven't read the book Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell, you will by the end...

Natural Leaders with BJ Jones

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are leaders born or made?   Join me this week as I sit down with my old friend BJ Jones, as he shares lessons learned from childhood, being a Combat...

Death By A 1000 Cuts

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Often it's not the big things that kill a business, it's a bunch of small things.

2024 Recap

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Another hear has passed. This week Nate and I discuss some of the lessons learned and mindset changes as we roll into 2025.

Free 2 Grow with Charlie Felker

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is the current state of AI in the service industries?  This week I set down with Charlie Felker with Free 2 Grow and we discuss the gains, benef...

Mental Masturbation

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Don't be seduced by Mental Masturbation!!

Performance Punishment (Original Launch 1/30/2023)

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Holidays everyone!!  This week I am resharing another one of my favorite episodes.  We orginally launched this back in 2023 and it still comes...

Be a Daymaker! (Originally posted 11/07/2022)

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Holidays everyone!!  This week I am resharing one of my favorite episodes.  We orginally launched this back in 2022 and it still comes up in c...

GSD #48 LEADERSHIP MISTAKE

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is the biggest mistake leaders make??

Stop Trying To Promote

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why are people trying so hard to get the next promotion?  What should they do instead?  This week Nate and Josh discuss why trying to promote should...

Friendship or Leadership

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Can you be a Leader and a Friend?  This is a concern I hear often when it comes to leadership.  It is believed that you can get too close to lead so...

Stay In Your Lane

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the studio this week is the one and only Nate Newton.  Where has he been?? Find out in this week's conversation as we discuss what happens wh...

Why You Suck At Sales

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us despise the thought of being a 'salesperson'.  Because of that, we focus on the work instead of the client.  We hope they tell us what th...

Hiring and On-Boarding (Boot Camp Q&A)

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week I am sharing with you week 10 Q&A of The Blue Collar Boot Camp.  There is another Boot Camp launching in January, enrollment begins soon. 

Where To Start

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We just finished our 2 Day Business Builder and man was it awesome!!  As a take away from the last couple days I wanted to talk about where to start....

It's Not Your Piggy Bank

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you don't know people you don't know business.  If you don't know money you don't know how to be a business owner.  To many businesses suffer fro...

A War Is Coming

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is a war coming in the Blue Collar World.  Massive amounts of private money is being poured into our industries to buy up market share.  Why i...

The Blue Collar Boot Camp

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week I have my Blue Collar Insiders partner Greg Giroux back on the mic.  Mostly we discuss the evolution of the coaching, what's available and ...

Diminishing Returns

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Two important factors of business are money and time, so what happens when you start losing the return on them?   This week we discuss the Law of Di...

A Throwback For The OG's

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pulled this one from the archives.  Episode 5, Meet Battle Born Welding.   Oldie but a goodie. 

A Problem With The Blueprint

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This one might sting.  What is your blueprint?   What do you need to know?  This week I jump into 5 areas of life that you need a blueprint for. ...

Don't Fall In The Pitfall

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In small business, the constraints and difficulites seem endless.  This week we dive into the top 5 Pitfalls of Leadership, Culture & Money and share...

Systematic Failure

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You can rise to the goal but you will always fall to your systems.  What are systems?  They are th habits of your business.  An effective system is...

The Marketing Mutt with Brittany Murphy

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the mic Brittany Murphy.   In this conversation we discuss business, operations and of course marketing.  Brittany has started her ...

Cashflow Is King

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is cashflow?  Why is it important?  How can massive growth kill a business? This week I am once again joined by Greg Giroux of TruPros and my p...

10 Things Every Business Needs

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are the 10 characteristics of a business?  Well I asked ChapGPT that question and printed out the answers.  Let's go throught them!  

Personal Value

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is your self worth?   This week I share some of my biggest struggles with personal value and how I have worked and continue to work to overcome...

Leading Up

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The 2 Day Business Builder is September 26-27.  Tickets available soon! Thanks to Max for the question that sparked this weeks episode.   How do yo...

Managing People

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When is it appropriate to manage people?  You've heard us say "You can't manage people, you have to lead them."  But sometimes....   People need a...

GSD #47 BOOT CAMP

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I DISCUSS THE BOOT CAMP AND SELF WORTH

Discipline, Therapy & Power Couples

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week I have a special guest in the studio, Miss Katie Horan.  That's right, the better half of me and the light to my darkness.  Join us on thi...

F**K Your Feelings

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This should go well, let's talk about your feelings!   Mental health and emotional health are TABOO topics in the blue collar world.  So let's peel...

Blue Collar Insiders #1

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first episode of Blue Collar Insiders with Greg Giroux.   We have been talking about the new coaching program and this is our introdu...

Why You Need To Know Business

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get signed up for the Blue Collar Boot Camp https://www.trupros.com/bootcamp-signup There is a shift coming in the blue collar business world and it's...

Hold My Beer Round 4

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a minute since we did one of these!  This week we have our friend Zach, one of the field foremans for Battle Born Welding.  Strap in for t...

What's Your Business Model?

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is your business model?  How does it operate?  This week we follow up our conversation of culture with more business talk.  @thetradesmanexper...

GSD #46 FIGHT

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

WHAT ARE YOU FIGHTING FOR?

What Is Your Culture

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

No owner will ever say they have a bad culture, but how do you know?  This week we discuss some of the identifiers and metrics of good and bad cultur...

A Tribute to Scott Thoma

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation originally launched March 9, 2020

Rise and Fall of Success with Heath Treasure

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week I am joined by Heath Treasure. Heath is a serial entreprenuer, founder of Ultimate Blue Collar and an expert on buying, building and selling...

A Delegation Roadmap

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Clearly we need to talk about this again.  But, in this conversation we go further into Roles, Responsibilities, Expectations, Skill-set requirements...

GSD #45 EFFORT

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you giving your best effort?

Business of Hard Knocks with Ray and Toni Van Winkle

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What does a lifetime of business teach you?  This week we sit down with Ray and Toni Van Winkle, owners of Sierra View Equipment.   Listen in as we...

Business Talk

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the studio this week, finally, we talked about a lot of different things.  Starting with the 2 day event, discussing poor contractors, the op...

GSD #44 LEADERSHIP?

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you leading or directing?

Updates and Noncompetes

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Here are a few updates with The Tradesmane Experience and a discussion on the new rule banning noncompetes.

GSD #43 PROBLEMS

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You need better problems to solve. 

Should You Be An Intrapreneur Instead?

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Intrapreneur - An employee who spearheads a new idea or project that can help their company grow.  -Forbes.com

GSD #42 SOCIAL BATTERY

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is depleting your social battery?

Learning Success with Tiffany Rosenbaum

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Often times people give up to soon.  They blame their circumstances, the cards they were dealt, or they create some narrative that justifies quitting...

GSD #41 QUALITIES

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What qualities do you admire? 

Know Your Numbers with Valerie Grandinetti

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How important are your numbers?  This week I sit down with Valerie Grandinetti, owner of Vitality CFO Consulting.  With an upbringing in the blue co...

GSD #40 KEEP GOING

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A follow up to Hard Lessons.   Forgive the audio quality. 

Hard Lessons

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This was a difficult conversation.  Nate and I talk about some of the hard lessons we have learned in the last few years.  Sharing stories we've not...