Talking Trades

Sep 12 2024 1
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This pod cast talks to businesses and owners that are in the trades. The focus is to humanize our guests and tell their stories of why they got into the trades. We will also interview others that are surrounded by the trades such as Real Estate Agents, Media including photography and videography, inspectors, lenders and title companies. The focus is providing education, story telling and humanizing people. 

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Crafty Conversations

Sep 12 2024 51 mins  
Send us a textIn the season 1 finally, Talking Trades host Kris speaks with several small business owners at a craft fair in Wolfboro NH. Guests share their products, services, inspiration and experiences of being a small business. Support the show

Space Junk

Aug 02 2024 48 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode hosts' Kris and Edward talk to a junk removal service owner, sponsor of Talking Trades and friend of the podcast Eric Fogel of Junk in R Trunk. Eric shares his story of how Junk in R Trunk started, their services and his commitment to his local community while providing a service to reclaim space. Eric also shares a crazy story of a battle with bee's!

Focus is a super power

Jul 30 2024 118 mins  
Send us a textPull up a chair, grab a coffee and get ready for a great conversation! Hosts' Kris and Edward talk to two Real Estate Professionals of REINE (pronounced like rain) who are all about meeting professionals in and around the Real Estate world to build a group of professionals who are like minded. Mark Hanik and Joe Glaude share their plan to build a network of profession

Insuring Success

Jul 16 2024 47 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode, Talking Trades Hosts Kris and Edward talk to Kyle Baylis of Baylis Insurance about what type of business insurance might be good for a business owner, what assets you should be protecting, and how forming a relationship with customers has changed Kyle's looks on insurance. Kyle talks about his journey from serving in the military to following a path t

Breaking the mold

Jul 02 2024 88 mins  
Send us a textOur longest episode yet! In this episode, Talking Trades hosts' Kris and Edward talk to our guest Adrian Deshaies from EOC Environmental Lakes. Adrian talks about his journey as an educator and how his love for teaching science prepared him for his transition into being a business owner and still making a difference educating his clients about the danger of mold, asbe

Enter the Draghi

Mar 22 2024 47 mins  
Send us a textIn episode 4, Talking Trades hosts Kris and Edward talk to Jack Draghi of Household and Draghi Environmental Services. We discuss how Jack went from being in College for a traditional marketing education to making his way to a family business in the trades. Kris and Edward talk to Jack about his dad's legacy who originally started Draghi Environmental and his exit str

The People

Feb 27 2024 39 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode Talking Trades host Kris and co-host Edward talk to Don Demers with People Ready Skilled Trades. Don takes us through his journey of growing up around the heavy construction industry with his dad, entering trades school, building his own business and eventually transitioning to People Ready Skilled Trades. Don talks about the interesting concept of a t

Dr. Co-Host

Feb 27 2024 2 mins  
Send us a textIn this mini episode, host Kris introduces Edward Rivera as Dr. Electrician, the new co-host to Talking Trades. Also stay tuned after for a message from our sponsor Junk n R trunk! Music credit to B ReZe https://www.bandlab.com/rbrezeSponsorship by Junk n R Trunkwww.junkinrtrunk.comSupport the show

Crown Mindset

Sep 09 2023 38 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode, I interview Tanya Cook and Chelsea Brown of Crown Consulting. We talk about how an idea of two friends shared together and turned into the start of a small business. Tanya talks about the importance of book keeping, business systems and how important relationships, which Chelsea talks about mindset from the business coaching side of Crown Consulting.

The Persnickety

Aug 25 2023 28 mins  
Send us a textJoin Talking Trades host Kris on the kick off episode of the show. This one you won't want to miss. The show welcomes David Miller of the Persnickety Painters. In this episode we take a dive into David's story from working the corporate world to stepping into his journey of starting and building a trades business. We talk about some industry questions, and David has s