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Mazza Recycling: From Family Scrap Yard to State-of-the-Art MRF—Dominic “DJ” Mazza’s Playbook
Season 3 Episode 221
Dominic “DJ” Mazza walks through how a third-generation New Jersey scrap and demo outfit became one of the region’s most diversified recycling platforms—spanning transfer stations, a single-stream MR…
Published on 16 hours ago
Ports, Trucks & Time: Arturo Lewin on Building Alliance Worldwide Logistics in Intermodal Drayage
Season 3 Episode 220
Founder Arturo Lewin unpacks the drayage grind behind U.S. imports—how Alliance Worldwide Logistics Corp grew from a two-truck hustle into a reliable intermodal carrier by obsessing over turn times, …
Published on 6 days, 16 hours ago
Skye LaJaunie: Purpose-Driven Leadership, EOS Discipline, and Building Eagles Nest Peer Groups
Season 3 Episode 219
Skye LaJaunie joins the Blue-Collar Twins to unpack how she moved from salon owner to visionary at LaJaunie’s Pest Control, why EOS transformed her leadership, and how the Eagles Nest peer groups are…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Josh Fleenor: Whatever It Takes—Building Pest Pros, Owning Multifamily, and Leading with Heart
Season 3 Episode 218
From a wrong-number job interview to running two Bay Area branches and finally launching his own shop, Josh Fleenor lays out how Pest Pros grew from two trucks to a regional force—anchored in multifa…
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
QB54: From Backyard Prototype to Big-Box Shelves — Mike Silva’s Playbook for Building a Tailgate Phenomenon
Season 3 Episode 217
Part inventor, part hustler, part one-man media team—Mike Silva turned a Thanksgiving garbage-can game into QB54: a dual-purpose football game you play (then sit in). The Blue-Collar Twins dig into h…
Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Byron Gifford: Door-to-Door Grit, Cashflow at Scale, and Building Teams That Don’t Break
Season 3 Episode 216
The Blue-Collar Twins sit down with Byron Gifford—the “godfather of door-to-door”—to unpack his ground-zero start in summer sales, the Evergreen chapters (launch, rapid expansion, strategic exits), a…
Published on 1 month ago
Pest Pros, Peer Groups & People-First Growth: Maria Sorrentino’s Playbook
Season 3 Episode 215
Maria Sorrentino started as a tech while studying social work and went on to build Pest Pros in Kalamazoo—plus Hive Nine and the “Lead People Manage Stuff” workshops. The Blue-Collar Twins dig into h…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Letters, Letting Go & “What’s Next”: Alina Stevens on Selling All Pro Pest Without Losing the Team
Season 3 Episode 214
For three decades, Alina Stevens’ family business got “we want to buy you” letters almost daily—then in 2024, she finally said yes. In this candid conversation, Alina walks the Blue-Collar Twins thro…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hustle → Habit: Sam Gembel’s Blueprint for Turning Atlas Outdoor into Michigan’s Culture-First Landscape Machine
Season 3 Episode 213
Flint-born mower jockey Sam Gembel went from nights-and-weekends side hustle to founding Atlas Outdoor—a 110-person, two-branch landscape + snow powerhouse now adding a million in revenue each year. …
Published on 3 months ago
From Pig-Farm Grit to Eagles’ Sidelines: Bill Hoffman’s 35-Year Journey Building Hoffman's Exterminating into a Top-100 Pest Firm
Season 3 Episode 212
What began as a $4-an-hour summer gig at Western Pest has grown into Hoffman’s Exterminating, a six-branch powerhouse ranked among PCT’s Top 100—and CEO Bill Hoffman is still at the helm. Certified a…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago