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Toolbox for the Trades

ServiceTitan
Servicetitan
HVAC
Aspire
Private Equity
Landscaping Industry
Leadership
Customer Service
Entrepreneurship
Artificial Intelligence
Customer Experience
Pantheon 2024
Roofing Industry
HVAC Industry
Employee Retention
Business Scalability
Efficiency Improvements
Garage Door Industry
Plumbing
Technology Integration
Entrepreneurial Operating System

Toolbox for the Trades is a podcast where top service professionals share the tips, tricks, and tactics they use to succeed in their industry. This podcast is brought to you by ServiceTitan—the leading home and commercial field service software. Episodes will feature stories and strategies to help contractors grow and scale their service business. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for m... more

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Achieving operational organization is often the difference between a business that barely survives and one that scales profitably. Colin Bemus, founder of Go2 Great, shares his journey from digging trenches in his family's landscaping business to nav... more

Effective change management is the difference between a software rollout that empowers your team and one that creates friction. David Helms, Control Operations Manager at Edd Helms Air Conditioning and Electric and Gulfstream Controls, joins the show... more

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As we wind up for Pantheon 2026, we're bringing few great episodes back from the past to prep you for the big show and bring you new, amazing conversations. We'll be back on 10/20/2026 with this year's Pantheon breakdown and conversations.

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In this episode, we talk with Ellen Rohr, Brand and Industry Marketing Lead at ServiceTitan, to discuss how to turn post-conference enthusiasm into tangible business results. She shares her practical, old-school strategies for managing big ideas, bre... more

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Recent Guests

Colin Bemus
Founder of Go2Great and operations consultant with a background in landscaping business operations
Go2Great
Episode: Why Operational Organization Is Your Best Exit Strategy
David Helms
Control Operations Manager at Edd Helms Air Conditioning and Electric and Gulfstream Controls
Edd Helms Group
Episode: Two Hats, One Platform: How a Commercial Contractor Runs Everything From $500 Service Calls to $1 Million Projects
Rob Parker
Managing Director of Residential and Commercial Services, Investment Banking at Piper Sandler
Piper Sandler
Episode: Flashback Episode - Maximizing Your EBITDA for a Private Equity Partnership
Ellen Rohr
Co-founder of ZoomDrain and brand ambassador for ServiceTitan
ZoomDrain; ServiceTitan
Episode: Life After Live Events: How to Turn Post-Conference Energy into Real Profits
Josh Teekell
Founder and CEO of SmartAC
SmartAC
Episode: Capturing the 80%: How SmartAC’s Gen-2 Targets Non-Membership Homeowners
Brittany Burgess
Senior Customer Advocacy Specialist at ServiceTitan
ServiceTitan
Episode: Calling it Quits: The Real Cost of Family Business Ownership
Nate Agentis
VP of Plumbing at BDR
Episode: Healing the Hustle: A Guide to Confronting Burnout in the Trades
Renee Richardson
Director of Philanthropy at All Within My Hands
All Within My Hands (Metallica Foundation)
Episode: All Within My Hands: Metallica’s Mission to Close the Skilled Labor Gap in the Trades
Adrian Fadini
Founder of TradesTalk Australia; founder of TradesFormation
TradesFormation
Episode: Australian State of the Trades Report 2026: Operational Realities for Aussie Contractors

Hosts

Jackie Abel
Amanda Salvatore

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 116 ratings
  • Great Podcast!

    Amazing podcast! Great host and really interesting guests

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    FedeNavarr1
    United States2 years ago
  • Nuggets of business gold!

    Jackie and her guests cover all things business and beyond! Get actionable advice for any stage of your journey, plus inspiration to grow personally. With Jackie's vibrant energy and insightful conversations, it's a show you won't want to miss. Keep it up, Jackie!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Linda__Lee_
    Philippines3 years ago
  • Plumber Surfside Beach

    I found this to be one of the best home service podcasts and definitely worth a listen. I have a plumbing business that services the Myrtle Beach, Surfside, Murrells Inlet, Garden City, Carolina Forest, and Pawleys Island South Carolina area called Avery

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Christian Devlin
    United States3 years ago
  • Amazing Backbone to build a trades company

    It’s great to hear different opinions on how to run your company. This podcast gives you a good version of different entrepreneurs and what are you doing today with the different economic changes. This is a inspiration for all tradesman to build their own American dream on employing American people, and changing lives of their community!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Dudley Builders
    United States3 years ago
  • Amazing Backbone to build a trades company

    It’s great to hear different opinions on how to run your company. This podcast gives you a good version of different entrepreneurs and what are you doing today with the different economic changes. This is a inspiration for all tradesman to build their own American dream on employing American people, and changing lives of their community!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Mr Nice Trucks
    United States3 years ago

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Jackie is praised for her curiosity, energy and ability to draw useful detail from guests.
The range of guests and trades gives listeners perspectives beyond a single service category.
Listeners describe the conversations as informative and approachable, with ideas they can apply at different stages of a business.
Listeners value actionable advice on growing and improving trades businesses, especially from operators sharing firsthand experience.

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Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Why Operational Organization Is Your Best Exit Strategy
Q: What is the most common mistake you see with companies implementing Aspire and trying to get organized?
Companies often assume software will solve operational problems without first establishing basics such as job descriptions, an organizational chart, and documentation. Those foundations clarify responsibilities and connect the information people see in dashboards to their goals.
Why Operational Organization Is Your Best Exit Strategy
Q: What were some of the immediate changes that the consultant triggered?
Bill Arman challenged the company's work quality and taught it to focus on employees, customers, and measurable standards. The company tracked quality and other core goals, then used the measures to improve and stay accountable.
Two Hats, One Platform: How a Commercial Contractor Runs Everything From $500 Service Calls to $1 Million Projects
Q: What advice would you give to a contractor who's going to want to maybe use ServiceTitan to oversee a lot of different types of jobs, in both the service side, the commercial side, if they were approaching it for the first time?
David recommends identifying which business areas to bring onto the platform and planning implementation carefully. His company went live across all divisions at once in the middle of summer, and it took about a year to work through the transition.
Two Hats, One Platform: How a Commercial Contractor Runs Everything From $500 Service Calls to $1 Million Projects
Q: How do you figure out what is worth your time, what is a need to have versus a like to have?
David considers who a feature involves, the training and time required, its potential return or time savings, and whether it addresses a real need for the people who will use it. He recommends getting managers' feedback and explaining how the change will help them.
Solving the Three Layers of Predictive Maintenance in Commercial Trades
Q: What was your favorite school supply purchase as a student?
Amanda asks the icebreaker, and the guests share personal memories about backpacks and calculators, which helps humanize their backgrounds before diving into technical topics.

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What is Toolbox for the Trades about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Practical conversations about building and running home and commercial service businesses, with recurring attention to growth, profitability, leadership, staffing, technology and operational change. Interviews bring together contractors and business owners from plumbing, HVAC, landscaping, roofing and restoration with software specialists, advisers and finance professionals. Guests share firsthand lessons on scaling teams, improving systems, managing acquisitions, adopting technology and navigating the personal demands of ownership. The format is interview-led, with hosts drawing out specific business decisions and usable tactics rather than focusing on one trade alone. Its distinctive perspective connects day-to-day field service operation... more

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Recent guests on Toolbox for the Trades include:

1. Colin Bemus
2. David Helms
3. Rob Parker
4. Ellen Rohr
5. Josh Teekell
6. Brittany Burgess
7. Nate Agentis
8. Renee Richardson

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