Sharper systems for construction business growth.
Built. Trusted. Chosen. speaks to builders, trades owners, and marketers facing the messy middle of growth. Its conversations move from cash flow and leadership to AI tools, hiring, systems, and the shift from doing every job to running the company.
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Built. Trusted. Chosen. is built for the business side of trades and construction. It speaks to owners, leaders, and marketers who already understand the work but are trying to build something more durable around it. The show’s center of gravity is practical growth. Not hype. Not broad business theory. Episodes return to the same hard questions that show up when a builder or trades owner moves beyond survival mode. How does the company make better decisions? What belongs in the owner’s head, and what needs to become a system? Where are cash-flow leaks limiting the next stage of growth? How can leaders listen to outside perspectives without outsourcing their judgment? The conversations are led by Wes Towers from Uplift360, with guests who bring construction-specific experience rather than generic advice. Jay Meacham talks about leadership coaching for residential home construction and skilled trades, including the murky middle between a current state and a clear future goal. Chris Gilman brings the Hard Hat CEO perspective, shaped by the urgency of getting owners out of doing everything themselves. Avi explains how FutureLot uses AI plus humans to help builders answer what can be built on a property before the first site visit. Dustin Young frames cash flow and profitability as freedom issues for construction business owners. The show is strongest when it connects personal strain to operational weakness. A company that depends on one exhausted owner is not really scalable. A team without competent outside voices can miss obvious blind spots. A project without early clarity can waste time before trust is even established. Built. Trusted. Chosen. keeps those lessons close to the building trade, with examples from residential work, subcontractors, general contractors, modular housing, property checks, coaching, and financial control. It suits listeners who want their business to become easier to lead, not just busier.
Made for: For builders, trades owners, construction marketers, and residential contractors who want stronger systems, better financial control, and clearer leadership habits.
What sets it apart: The show keeps business advice anchored in construction realities, pairing owner-level growth questions with guests who work directly around builders, trades, property checks, coaching, and cash flow.
Featuring proven leaders and marketers in trades and constructionReal, unscripted, unedited and raw lessons from trades and construction founders, leaders and marketers. We dig into growth, scaling, hiring, margins, and how to be built, trusted and chosen.
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A grounded conversation on leadership, purpose, and coaching for trades and construction.
Jay Meacham offers a steady leadership view of residential home construction and the skilled trades, with the conversation staying close to purpose, clarity, and the choices that move a business ahead.
A grounded look at how hands-on owners can step into real CEO responsibility.
Built, Trusted, Chosen presents Chris's path as a shift from doing the work himself to carrying the weight of a real CEO role. The turning point is stark: after nearly dying in 2017, he sees how much of the business was trapped in his own head, leaving his family to absorb the…
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Wes Towers speaks with Jay Meacham, a Kansas City business, life, and leadership coach who works with residential home construction and skilled trades owners.
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