Hosted by Matt Cone | Trey Lomel · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 24 episodes
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Dirt to Docks is a raw, real, and sometimes ridiculous look into what it’s like building blue collar businesses from the ground up. Hosted by Matt Cone and Trey Lomel—one slingin’ dirt in the mining game, the other building custom docks on the Florida coast—we break down the daily grind of running and growing trade companies.Whether you’re turning a wrench, managing a crew, or dreaming about buying your first skid steer, this podcast brings you along for the ride. No suits, no fluff—just honest talk about wins, mistakes, money, family, and what it really takes to build something that lasts.
Matt Cone | Trey Lomel hosts Dirt to Docks Podcast, a business show with 24 episodes published.
This week, Matt and Trey dive into one of the most underrated growth hacks in business: reaching out to your competitors and learning from the people who are one or two steps ahead of you. Most founders stay in their bub
In this episode, Trey and Matt dive into one of the most overlooked skills in the trades: professionalism. Everyone talks about work ethic. Everyone talks about skill. But nobody talks about the one thing that actually g
In today’s episode Trey breaks down the hardest situation he’s faced since acquiring Old Florida Docks. When you buy a business, you inherit the people. That can be a blessing or a challenge. In this case, it was both. T
The Matt Cone life and business update we have all been waiting for. Southern Materials is on the move, Matt is balancing his personal life, and he is getting better one load at a time!
This episode is all about posting — why it matters today, and why it will matter even more for the next generation. The business landscape is shifting. Younger owners are building brands online instead of waiting for ref
Running a business forces you to look in the mirror — and sometimes you don’t like what you see. This week we talk about habits. The good, the bad, and the ones that hold you back. Matt opens up about quitting drinking,
This week we sat down with someone we met right here on LinkedIn — an engineer from California who spends his weekdays behind a desk and his weekends running excavation jobs. He’s not just talking about starting a busine
If we could start our careers over again… what would we do differently? Would we go to college? Would we take more risks? Would we still end up building businesses — or try to climb the ladder somewhere else first? This
Every business owner knows the lows — the stress, the setbacks, the sleepless nights. But today, we’re talking about the highs. The moments that make it all worth it — from closing a big sale to spotting your buddy rocki
Zachary Schmidt, Assistant Project Manager at Old Florida Docks, joins us for a real conversation about what it’s like working in the blue collar trades. Matt puts Trey on the spot by asking Zack what it’s like working u
Mercer Clark is the young CEO of a thriving construction company in Columbus, Georgia. In this episode of Dirt to Docks, Trey and Matt dig into Mercer’s journey: what it was like to step into the top role, how he plans t
\We hit record with zero script and let the mics roll. Trey, Matt, and repeat guest Skyler Warden dive into a round-table on where we want our companies to be in ten years—and what it will take to get there starting now.
We’ve made plenty of mistakes—now we’re laying them out so you don’t have to. In this episode we talk about:• Missteps in setting prices and quoting jobs• Permitting hurdles we weren’t ready for• How to cut down crew idl
Ben Carson of Chemical Dynamics joins Dirt to Docks to share what it’s really like stepping into the family business. From the pride of carrying on a legacy to the pressure of adapting when Florida’s citrus industry star
This week on Dirt to Docks, Trey and Matt sit down with Skyler Warden for one of the wildest conversations we’ve had yet. We cover everything from house hacking and real estate investing to laundromats and all the crazy
This one’s different. For the first time on Dirt to Docks, Trey sits down with his wife, Mallie, to talk about what it’s really like being married to an entrepreneur. From the stress of acquiring a company in their first
In this episode of Dirt to Docks, Trey and Matt sit down to talk through where their companies stand today and the big question every business owner faces: is it time to grow? They share their honest thoughts on what “th
Part 2 – Finding, Talking, and Closing In this episode, I’m breaking down the next stage of the small business acquisition journey — building a pipeline, having the right conversations, and getting the deal across the fi
If I woke up tomorrow and decided I was going to buy a business, here’s exactly how I’d do it. In this episode, Trey walks through the small business acquisition process — blending what he actually did with what he’d do
In this episode, Trey and Matt dig into how they think about marketing their blue-collar businesses. Spoiler alert: it’s not all Facebook ads and yard signs (these do work well though). They talk about the power of word
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