From Marine to Business Coach: Mastering Niche Markets and Scaling Handyman Success

Richard Walsh and Brad Huebner explore Brad's transition from a Marine to a business coach, focusing on the handyman business's evolution and overcoming its stigma. They delve into marketing strategies, professional presentation, and scaling challenges for handymen and remodelers. The discussion highlights the importance of niche specialization and understanding profit margins across remodeling sectors. They emphasize the value of business identity, coachability, team-building, and leveraging external perspectives. The episode also covers historical coaching perspectives, handling problematic employees, and the significance of experiential wisdom, concluding with Brad's contact information and a sports analogy on hiring coaches.

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Richard Walsh

Host • 51%

Brad Huebner

Guest • 49%

Chapters

0:00	Introduction and Brad Huebner's journey from Marine to business coach
3:33	Handyman business evolution and stigma
9:09	Marketing strategies for handymen and remodelers
14:03	Professional presentation and scaling challenges
19:33	Starting and mastering niche businesses
22:12	Specialization and profitability in niche remodeling
32:01	Understanding profit margins in different remodel sectors
37:26	Business identity and the value of being coachable
41:07	Building teams and leveraging external perspectives
46:22	Historical perspective on coaching and accountability
51:01	Handling bad employees and the role of experiential wisdom
54:16	Brad's contact information, free ebook, and importance of coaching
55:14	Hiring coaches and the sports analogy wrap-up

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