The UpFlip Podcast

Joe Fontana spent a decade chasing a punk rock music career and another six years trapped in a soul-crushing corporate job that caused his leg hair to fall out from stress. Broke and with a baby on the way, he packed up...

Christian Lynch went from running a childhood lemonade stand to dropping out of college, but he never lost his entrepreneurial drive. Today, he is the founder of Phase Two Coffee, a private catering mobile coffee cart...

Dr. Stacey McFarland was tired of watching well-meaning pet parents feed their dogs birthday cakes and treats packed with toxic sugars, salt, and artificial fillers. So, this practicing veterinarian decided to step into...

When Andrea Palacio stepped into the unfamiliar home services industry as an inexperienced founder, disaster struck almost immediately. A rogue manager quit after convincing 10 employees to leave, top clients walked...

Brent Fletcher knew absolutely nothing about home inspections—until he bought his first house during COVID. After watching an inspector uncover thousands of dollars in hidden defects, Brent was handed an $8,000 check...

Tommy Mello took a college side hustle painting garage doors and turned it into A1 Garage—a home service behemoth on track to generate over $260 million in revenue this year. But he didn't do it by acting like a...

Dominic Rubino knows a painful truth about the trades: being great at your job has almost nothing to do with whether your business makes money. Growing up in an immigrant family of welders and framers, he watched...

Jen McKee knew something in 2021 that the rest of the trades industry didn't: local businesses can absolutely dominate on TikTok. When a local plumbing company agreed to test her strategy, they didn't just get...

Brian Samson knows a harsh truth about the current American economy: if you run a service business right now, the math is brutal. Labor is incredibly expensive, turnover is high, and finding reliable operators can feel...

Amber Farrell grew up watching her father dig ditches as a master plumber for 40 years. That upbringing gave her a genuine respect for blue-collar entrepreneurs—and a deep frustration watching them get sold expensive...

Kara Ward found herself in a nightmare scenario on April 1st, 2020: her husband unexpectedly lost his job, they had zero severance, and a staggering $60,000 in medical debt hung over their heads. Desperate to pay the...

Oleg Lee started with a simple request: he asked his dad to print a custom-shaped pillow of his late childhood dog, Izzy. When he posted a photo of the lifelike pillow on Facebook, the internet lost its mind. Today...

Chris Heckman stared at his computer screen with a sinking feeling: his first major e-commerce store launch was a complete zero, leaving him with $100,000 in credit card debt. Instead of crawling back to the safety of...

Steve Griggs transforms backyards into multimillion-dollar outdoor experiences. After 40 years in the landscaping industry, Steve has built a $5M/year design firm catering to high-net-worth clients—including lawyers...

Seif El-Sahly walked away from a comfortable, six-figure engineering career working in -50 degree northern mines to start a construction and renovation business in Hamilton, Ontario. Today, New Fort Inc. generates...