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All 667 clips, on the record.

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667 clips
Story
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
They wanted to implement this system access charge but it wasn't very well thought out at all
John Jennex · 25:46
Framework
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
As the solar energy contractor we are kind of the last thing that you should be doing for your home
John Jennex · 7:54
Emotional
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
There's a real importance to like find your tribe kind of thing
John Jennex · 56:30
Emotional
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
Early days I was like a bit of a cowboy, not having dependents I could take risks
John Jennex · 51:34
Story
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
I had this idea of like okay I'm take this old cargo van and turn it into a camper
John Jennex · 2:57
Hot take
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
Those first three years are really tough right and like you're carrying a vision forward
John Jennex · 28:46
Hot take
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
They're all coming in at like 21 22% efficient these days
John Jennex · 18:58
Framework
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
We do relate it a little bit to the heat pump contractors
John Jennex · 11:18
Framework
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
There's a tax credit it's called the clean technology investment tax credit
John Jennex · 40:04
Hot take
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
It's also funny too cuz like if you operate from a place of fear or stress you might start making poor decisions
John Jennex · 53:30
Emotional
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
You can actually go and see that meter spinning backwards on somebody's house
John Jennex · 6:00
Framework
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
We kind of had a realization earlier this year just like we're kind of a logistics company
John Jennex · 37:22
Story
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
I don't believe that anybody's done done this specific thing
John Jennex · 45:04
Framework
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
We actually love asphalt shingles like as solar installers
John Jennex · 16:12
Framework
EP 78 · 2024-11-11
The big kicker for me was just with solar there's no moving parts
John Jennex · 21:13
Framework
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
if we can generate value for you internally and externally through marketing or helping you pick materials
Nick LeBlanc · 1:04:38
Hot take
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
I think its a borderline scam its a marketing word
Nick LeBlanc · 1:18:30
Hot take
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
I could see in like even 10 years that AR glasses become very popular on construction sites
Nick LeBlanc · 18:53
Story
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
theyre in my apartment building now ripping up a lot of the ceilings and the floors
Nick LeBlanc · 24:36
Emotional
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
we have the luxury of being able to hit control Z and undoing like they cant undo anything
Nick LeBlanc · 1:15:16
Story
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
it was strange because it wasnt actually because we didnt have enough work
Nick LeBlanc · 4:45
Framework
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
there could be a company where you say okay they make 50 million in revenue
Nick LeBlanc · 1:28:30
Hot take
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
we dont give out 3D models because we dont want people basically ripping them off
Nick LeBlanc · 46:06
Framework
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
theyre all local like everyone that we have doing contract work lives in Halifax or Dartmouth
Nick LeBlanc · 6:54
Framework
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
those are high-risk projects because you get into that demolition you dont know how its going to go
Nick LeBlanc · 21:04
Emotional
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
there are days where you know you wonder why we started a business
Nick LeBlanc · 1:39
Story
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
even some of the ones that are now like just almost recently that we can share them
Nick LeBlanc · 2:38
Story
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
a few kind of unique ones weve been doing is ski hills around here
Nick LeBlanc · 55:36
Story
EP 77 · 2024-10-29
we even came across some videos on YouTube of these guys from Pennsylvania
Nick LeBlanc · 21:56
Framework
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
The analogy that best described it for me was that life is like you're juggling four or five balls
Christopher Pickup · 11:41
Framework
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
The real difference is their comfortability with risk and their approach to it
Christopher Pickup · 19:06
Hot take
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
If you're an entrepreneur or a business owner and you don't go to work you just don't get paid
Christopher Pickup · 14:00
Story
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
He endless realtors who called him kept saying you're not going to be able to sell it on your own
Christopher Pickup · 33:40
Hot take
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
It's very up and down, it's really an odd dynamic
Christopher Pickup · 35:28
Hot take
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
What concerns me is realtors celebrating the recent mortgage changes
Christopher Pickup · 39:02
Framework
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
To reference Thatch Win, his strategy is figure out how many homes it takes where the rent funds your lifestyle
Christopher Pickup · 43:26
Emotional
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
That's something that I had a big realization from one of the guys I've learned the most from
Christopher Pickup · 8:54
Hot take
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
There's a lot of pressure to where people feel like they almost should become an entrepreneur
Christopher Pickup · 17:14
Framework
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
There's that adage that all the information is out there for everybody to be fit, happy and wealthy
Christopher Pickup · 20:03
Framework
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
The coach I found, his strategy is called reverse selling
Christopher Pickup · 31:06
Story
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
The first one we knew from the very beginning it was going to be a long-term hold
Christopher Pickup · 21:17
Framework
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
Basically all of our other properties we've bought knowing we'd need a pretty serious renovation
Christopher Pickup · 22:26
Exchange
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
They've integrated some multi-level marketing strategies so if you recruit people they become your downline
Christopher Pickup · 25:44
Emotional
EP 76 · 2024-10-16
On a personal level, start with designing a life that you actually want to live
Christopher Pickup · 46:36
Framework
EP 75 · 2024-09-16
we have other products like a XPS board kind of foam in the middle and double layered of cement board
Cong Lin · 26:00
Story
EP 75 · 2024-09-16
one thing that get me into this business is that three years ago me and him were classmates back in high school
Cong Lin · 5:43
Framework
EP 75 · 2024-09-16
everybody in the industry who is trying to do estimates or source materials probably knows Alibaba
Cong Lin · 1:57
Story
EP 75 · 2024-09-16
I think it's daunting for some of the local people to think how we can place orders from China
Cong Lin · 15:57