Episode 22: You Step Off the Curb, You Get Hit by a Beer Truck!

Jeff Lomber spent 23 years as an employee at Acme Enterprises before giving the owner an ultimatum, sketching a deal on the back of a napkin in Vegas, and buying the company himself. Jeff and Matt get into how an athletic trainer ended up running a national GC, what it really takes for an employee to buy the business, holding contractor licenses in over 40 states, using AI to manage a database of 32,000 subcontractors, and why two competitors keep showing up for each other. Jeff also opens the show by answering Matt’ssignature interview question before Matt could ask it.Build Better with Matt Vetter is a show about building bettercompanies, better careers, and a better construction industry.