Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast
Owned and Operated - A Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC Business Growth Podcast

The REAL Systems That Take You From $1M to $10M

28 May 2026 1:02:11 John Wilson

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About this episode

Most contractors who can't scale their home service business aren't failing — they're solving the wrong problems at the wrong time.

John Wilson sits down with FieldPulse Chief Growth Officer Daniel Eigner to break down the operational chaos that kills growth between $1M and $10M. From contractor CRM setup and price books to job costing, KPIs, and AI tools — they cover what actually moves the needle and why fundamentals beat complexity every time.

After working with hundreds of growing contractors, the pattern is clear: most businesses are "loosely functioning disasters" running on hustle instead of systems. This episode is the blueprint for fixing that.

What you'll learn:

→ Why most contractors focus on the wrong metrics

→ The foundational systems every growing business needs

→ How CRM, booking rate, and price books drive scalability

→ Why overbuilt systems slow growth — not speed it up

→ How job costing and financial visibility change your margins

→ How AI will reshape operations, reporting, and accounting

→ What breaks when your business suddenly gets "100 more" of something

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🔗 CONNECT

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Daniel Eigner → https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-eigner-40216632/


Fieldpulse  → https://landing.fieldpulse.com/owned_and_operated

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