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Hosted by Mark Williams · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 304 episodes
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The Curious Builder is a podcast that gives a voice to Minnesota building industry professionals, providing them a platform to tell their stories about starting and growing their businesses, highlighting challenges and wins, and revealing insights listeners may apply to their own businesses and experiences.
Mark Williams hosts The Curious Builder, a business show with 304 episodes published.
Mark spends half this episode geeking out over where lumber actually comes from, and honestly, so will you. John Brenard breaks down why the southeast grows the best trees in the world, why his fund treats a forest like
Gabe Norcross is back for part two of Losers are Winners, and Mark doesn't let him off easy this time. They get into why raising his rates cost him a client but saved his business, the difference between bending and brea
Tanner Konrady swore he'd never be a builder, then one Christmas break with a hammer changed his mind for good. Now he runs a 26 person company in coastal North Carolina, building healthy homes and a property services bu
Gabe Norcross came back from Contractor Coalition, fired a bad client, set up an investment account, and hired a bookkeeper, all before the next coalition. He and Mark talk through the quiet financial discipline that fin
Gabe Norcross built other people's dreams while quietly drowning in his own, and for eight months he told nobody. He and Mark talk through the project that cost him everything, the photo he took of himself on a beach tha
Ashley Ortiz joined the podcast with a client story so fresh the paint was still wet, and somehow it only got worse from there. She and Mark swap war stories about nightmare clients, whether specifying coat counts in you
Louise Woehrle started over at 40 with a video camera, no film school, and a mission statement she wrote during the hardest season of her life, and that eventually led to a feature documentary now airing on PBS. She and
What happens when two marketing minds start talking about failure? A surprisingly fun conversation about growth, trust, data, and why "measure, learn, change" beats chasing the perfect plan every time. Chad Guillory of C
Most business owners underprice their work not because the math is wrong but because their fears show up in the numbers, and Etinosa Agbonlahor has built an entire firm around fixing exactly that. She and Mark talk throu
SPAN is the smart electrical panel that tells you exactly which circuit is draining your wallet, can charge your car only on solar power, and somehow also looks cool enough that homeowners show it off to their friends. R
Don Forsman has 45 years of building homes and is currently building his own, which means he has never been more dangerous in a conversation about never evers and always always. He and Mark cover why you can't blame the
Josh Fry spent 17 years as a firefighter before pivoting to custom saunas, which means he already knew how to show up calm, problem solve fast, and never leave a job half done. He and Mark talk through the lessons learne
Billy Beson walked into a million dollar hotel pitch with nothing but a museum poster, told the client he could make the place look like a million bucks for a million bucks, and got the job anyway. He and Mark spend an h
After pulling off six events in seven days, Mark sits down with Alyssa Abbott and Mary Clark to talk about why in-person connection is still the most underrated marketing strategy in the building industry. They cover eve
PLAAD's Mark Stankey and Matthew Byers join Mark for a deep dive into what actually makes a home authentic, and it turns out the answer has a lot more to do with composition than cost. They talk through never evers like
Two social media experts walk into Mysa Hus, and what comes out is a refreshingly honest take on the wins, the flops, and the algorithm mysteries nobody can fully explain. Alyssa Abbott from Olive and Vine Socials and Ma
Forget renderings, Taylor Hall O'Brien is making the case for real light, real rooms, and real collaboration in an industry that AI is circling like a hawk. He and Mark talk through the art of consistent storytelling acr
Twenty years, 30 employees, and one very real fire that nearly took out a parquet floor a month before a major photo shoot. Anthony Janckila and Mark trade stories about clients going dark, why the GC ends up responsible
Six months into the Smile Tour, Mark parks himself inside Mysa Hus with a heavily highlighted copies of Buy Back Your Time and Psychology of Money, and he has a lot of thoughts about money, time, and why your inbox shoul
Hans Frees of Outdoor Escapes has been in business 25 years, filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy, lost money on a spec home during the 2008 crash, and came out the other side with better relationships, a better location, and a mu
Tyler Webster
Associate Athletic Director for Counseling and Sports Psychology · Western Wingshooter Podcast
1 appearance on this show
Mike Weaver
lead singer of Big Daddy Weave · St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Columbus
3 appearances on this show
Brad Leavitt
President · A Finer Touch (AFT) Construction
2 appearances on this show
Alex Neist
Founder and CEO · Hostage Tape
1 appearance on this show
Alex Larson
registered dietitian and endurance sports nutrition coach · TL Decks
1 appearance on this show
Mike Riddle
owner and CEO · Creation Training Initiative
1 appearance on this show
Scott Beebe
Founder of Business On Purpose · My Business On Purpose
1 appearance on this show
Brien Gearin
Ricochet Digital Marketing
1 appearance on this show
David Booth
assistant professor at University · CNH financial
1 appearance on this show
Brad Robinson
Partner · Ward & Robinson
2 appearances on this show
Zack Kelly
1 appearance on this show
Gabe Norcross
Norcross Builders Inc
1 appearance on this show
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The Curious Builder is hosted by Mark Williams. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 304 episodes.
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