Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast

How He Scaled a $2M Service Business to 8 Figures (The Growth Playbook)

What does it actually take to grow a service business from under $2 million to eight figures in revenue? John Wilson sits down with Stephen Olmon, co-owner of Alarm Mast

How a $75M HVAC Company Generates Leads Across 7 Locations

How do you manage marketing across seven HVAC and plumbing companies generating $75 million in annual revenue? John Wilson sits down with Cory Creekmore, Marketing Direc

Google Local Service Ads in 2026: What's Changing for HVAC Electrical, & Plumbing

Google Local Service Ads (LSAs) are changing, and HVAC and plumbing contractors need to pay attention. John Wilson sits down with Sam Preston, CEO of Service Scalers, to

How One Man Turned Around a Failing $500M HVAC Company

How do you turn a failing $500M home service company into a profitable business in just three years? John Wilson sits down with the former operator behind one of the lar

Stop Buying More Leads. Fix Your Home Service Sales. With Brian Burton

What if you could grow your home service business without spending another dollar on marketing? John Wilson sits down with Brian Burton, co-host of Waste No Day and crea

From $700K to $15M: How He Built an Electrical Business in 5 Years

From $700K to $15M in just five years. Shane Viggiani has nearly doubled his electrical business every year, growing from one truck to a 50-person operation in Las Vegas.

What HVAC Owners Get Wrong About the Labor Shortage

The HVAC industry doesn't just have a labor shortage. It has a training problem. John Wilson sits down with Jennifer Manzo, HVAC business owner and founder of HVA-C

The Low-Cost Marketing Playbook for Home Service Businesses

You don't need a massive marketing budget to grow a home service business. You just need to find opportunities your competitors are missing. Jack Carr sits down wit

Why Profitable Home Service Companies Keep Running Out of Cash

Your home service business can be profitable on paper and still run out of cash. John Wilson sits down with Tyler Martin of Profit & Grit to break down where cash actual

How We’d Structure Home Service Marketing From $5M to $10M

What does the perfect marketing team actually look like for a $5M home service company trying to reach $10M? John Wilson and Jack Carr go head-to-head to build a marketi

Why Home Service Marketing Breaks at $5M

Most home service companies think they need more leads. But as you approach $5M, the real problems are often attribution, capacity, booking rates, sales, and fulfillment.

The End of Google Search? How Home Service Companies Win in the AI Era

AI search is changing how homeowners find HVAC, plumbing, and home service companies. John Wilson sits down with Julie Phan of Big Reputation to break down how ChatGPT a

The State of Home Service Marketing in 2026: Google Ads, Meta & LSA

What’s working in home service marketing in 2026? John Wilson and Sam Preston break down Meta Ads, Google Ads, LSAs, speed to lead, call centers, and how contractors can

How to Grow Your Home Service Business With Google Business Profiles

John Wilson sits down with Julie Phan, founder of Big Reputation, to break down how home service companies can use Google Business Profiles to expand into new markets. T

Owned and Operated with John Wilson | Podcast Trailer

John Wilson has spent the last decade growing a home service company from $1M to $53M in revenue. On Owned and Operated, John breaks down what it actually takes to build

The 2026 SBA Playbook: How to Buy a Business With 10% Down

The SBA rules for buying a business are changing in 2026. Here’s what buyers and home service operators need to know. Jack Carr sits down with Alan Peterson from First I

What Is EBITDA? How to Value, Grow & Sell Your Home Service Business

What is EBITDA, and why does it matter so much when building, financing, or selling a home service business? John Wilson and Jack Carr break down EBITDA in simple terms,

Why Roofing Is a Beautiful Business: Marketing, Sales & $20K Jobs

What does it actually take to buy and grow a roofing company? Nicholas Riley left Deloitte to buy Driftwood Builders Roofing, a 20-year-old roofing company in Austin, Te

Ismael Valdez: How I Built a $108M Home Service Company & What I’m Building Next

Ismael Valdez built NexGen Air Conditioning & Plumbing from $0 to $108 million in just 6.5 years. Now he’s back on Owned and Operated to share the blueprint for his next

How We’d Turn $5M Into $10M in 12 Months

How would we turn a $5 million home service business into a $10 million company? In this episode of Owned and Operated, John Wilson and Jack Carr break down how they’d i