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Hosted by Owen Gagne · business · EN · 41 episodes
The Intelligent Builder is a podcast for residential contractors and home services operators who want less chaos and more control. Each week, host Owen Gagne sits down with CEOs, founders, and operators to break down what actually drives growth. We go deep on the day-to-day levers: lead flow, sales process, project ops, reputation, and the systems + tech that make it all happen. Actionable, tested, and built for crews that actually do the work without the burnout. This podcast is sponsored by Plutus Agents, an AI growth consulting firm helping residential contractors reduce admin load, increase efficiency, and connect tools using custom systems and automations.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Intelligent Builder is a podcast for residential contractors and home services operators who want less chaos and more control. Each week, host Owen Gagne sits down with CEOs, founders, and operators to break down what actually drives growth.
The Intelligent Builder is hosted by Owen Gagne. The show has published 41 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Why Most Contractor Businesses Can't Sell (And What to Fix First)" (16 September 2026, 44 minutes), "The Contractor Habit That Causes Rat Infestations" (22 August 2026, 37 minutes), and "Growth That Almost Broke the Business: Building Systems in the Trades" (20 August 2026, 35 minutes).
The Intelligent Builder publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 41 episodes.
Booking probability for The Intelligent Builder is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Intelligent Builder requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Intelligent Builder's contact route on record: verified email.
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Owen Gagne hosts The Intelligent Builder, a business show with 41 episodes published.
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Nitin Khanna has been selling construction and trade businesses in Canada and the U.S. for 16 years. Before that, he managed over $700M in private equity assets and spent years inside billion-dollar construction firms...
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David Dorfman co-owns a rodent control company that has run the same three-step, poison-free treatment on every job for over 20 years, whether it's a 500 square foot garage or a 300,000 square foot commercial building...
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Chris Husek co-founded Husek Brothers Fencing in 2022 with his brothers in Eastern North Carolina and grew it to mid-seven figures in under four years without outside funding or a playbook. The revenue was real from...
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Robert Platt has spent nearly five decades in residential design and construction, first as a designer, then as a licensed contractor in Florida, and now running his Atlanta-based design firm Habitations. That...
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<p>Craig Williams has run a home services business for years, built a 15-team operator network, and personally dragged a legacy pest control company off handwritten carbon paper tickets. In this episode, he and Owen get...
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<p>Brad Strawbridge started at Lowe's as a delivery driver, worked his way up to district manager over in-home services, and then made the leap into roofing. He scaled Capital City Roofing to eight figures in two years...
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<p>Harvey Hine has been running HMH Architecture and Interiors in Boulder since 1989. Ten people. Over 400 projects. Zero desire to grow past his comfort zone.</p><p>In this episode, Harvey walks through what 37 years...
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<p>Ben Lagrange co-founded AirGuard out of a problem he kept stepping into running his own HVAC companies in North and South Carolina: mold shows up in crawl spaces and duct systems constantly, but by the time it's...
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<p>Aimee Zhang is a founding member and broker at Real Residential in the Seattle and East Side market, and she's spent a decade watching builders leave money on the table at the exact moment they should be winning...
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<p>Chad Harrison runs franchise development for DoodyCalls, a pet waste management company under Authority Brands that has scaled from roughly 30 locations to over 100 by installing systems, a 24/7 call center, and an...
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<p>Alek Ivanov (Synergy3) is a change-driven home services operator with high standards and a simple belief: if you’re not growing, you’re dying.</p><p>We get into how Synergy3 started, the mindset shift that unlocked...
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<p>Lori Dennis is a veteran interior designer, builder, and founder who spent 30 years vertically integrating design, construction, and a high-end windows & doors business, all under one roof.</p><p>We cover the...
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<p>Brian Chatfield helped scale a commercial mechanical business from near zero to $36M in four years. In this episode, he breaks down what actually makes that possible, and what breaks first when it doesn't go...
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<p>Robert Schissler is Senior Director of Operations at K&H Home Solutions, a company that's been modernizing faster than most in the residential space. In this episode, he breaks down his path from commercial windows...
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<p>Alisha Taylor, founder of Alisha Taylor Interiors in Scottsdale, breaks down what it takes to build a profitable, recession-resistant luxury design firm. She covers her path from civil engineering to interior design...
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<p>Kara Roche, Operations Manager at Castle Haven Construction in Atlanta, explains what it takes to run high-end renovations before construction starts. She covers client onboarding, selections management, moving away...
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<p>Carl Nelson, Co-Founder of Visual PNW, spent over a decade running national rollout programs for brands like Starbucks and McDonald's. Now he's applying those build-at-scale lessons to custom homes and remodels in...
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<p>Cate Bloom, Vice President at AAA Appliance Service Center, explains how her family's multi-generation appliance service company modernized from paper systems to scalable digital operations. She covers her transition...
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<p>Rob Dalrymple, Executive Vice President at Ryan Contractors, shares how he went from Boston carpenter to helping build a multi-state general contractor operating in 35 states. Rob breaks down the transition from...
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<p>Todd Torbert, President of Level 1 General Construction in Dallas, shares his journey from finance and insurance to building a roofing and storm-restoration company that evolved into a boutique general contractor. He...
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