The cheapest business education going, and you can get it with your hands full.
Every tradie has dead time. The drive between jobs, the wait at the supplier, the hour on the tools when your hands are busy but your head is free. Fill it with the right voices and it turns into the cheapest business school in the country. Here are five Australian shows worth a permanent spot in your feed.
1. Upscale Business Podcast
Mitch Van and Erina Roch. Best for: owners who want to scale with the numbers in front of them.
Upscale coaches trade and construction businesses on growth, and with a founder and a CFO behind the mic you get both the vision and the spreadsheet. Good for owners who want to scale on purpose, not just get busier. → upscalecoaching.com.au
2. Tradies Success Podcast
Greg Allan. Best for: electricians and trade owners chasing margin.
Allan runs a real electrical business alongside his coaching academy, so the advice comes from the tools up, not the whiteboard down. Straight talk on cashflow, pricing, and getting yourself out of the van. → tradies-success-academy.com
3. Professional Builders Secrets
Association of Professional Builders. Best for: residential builders who want to sell better and leak less margin.
APB has built a big following coaching builders on sales systems and financial control. If quoting and conversion are your weak spots, start here. → associationofprofessionalbuilders.com
4. Crushing It In Construction
Jordan Skinner. Best for: growth, marketing and hiring.
Skinner comes at the industry from marketing and recruitment, the two things most trade businesses wing. Good listening when you are ready to win more work and actually staff it. → crushingitinconstruction.buzzsprout.com
5. Construction Matters
Paul Rhoden. Best for: the bit nobody talks about on site.
This one is about mental health and the human cost of the industry. The wellbeing numbers in trades are grim, and a business is only ever as strong as the person running it. Essential, not optional. → constructionmatters.buzzsprout.com
One tip: stack your feed by what you are fixing this quarter. Margin problem, load up the business shows. Flat and burnt out, start with Construction Matters. Your ears are the one tool you can use while the others are busy.
And when you are ready to see the tech behind the talk, the TradieTech Directory maps every company worth knowing: tradietech.show/directory.
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