The Builder’s Edge – Mastering the Business Side of Building
The Builder’s Edge - Mastering the Business Side of Building
Podcast Description
Are you a small business owner, contractor, or entrepreneur in the construction industry struggling to manage and grow your business? The Builder’s Edge is here to help you create the business you want, one that doesn’t consume your life but works for you.
Hosted by an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience, this podcast dives into the real challenges business owners face, too few leads, too many leads with no system, overwhelming workloads, pricing struggles, staffing headaches, and managing your reputation.
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The show addresses specific challenges faced by construction business owners, such as lead generation, pricing strategies, staffing issues, and management of reputation. Episodes include discussions on the transformative power of mentorship, the significance of consistency over motivation, leadership techniques for long-term success, and the necessity of embracing social media. For instance, one episode highlights the importance of systematic business processes to avoid pitfalls in the construction industry.
Are you a small business owner, contractor, or entrepreneur in the construction industry struggling to manage and grow your business? The Builder’s Edge is here to help you create the business you want, one that doesn’t consume your life but works for you.
Hosted by an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience, this podcast dives into the real challenges business owners face, too few leads, too many leads with no system, overwhelming workloads, pricing struggles, staffing headaches, and managing your reputation.
If you’re a contractor or builder wearing every hat in your business, this episode will feel like a wake-up call—in the best way. You didn’t start a contracting business to live inside email, scheduling, DMs, invoicing, recruiting, and admin… but that’s where most owners get trapped. In today’s Builder’s Edge episode, Philip Sessions (founder of Refine VA and host of Unfiltered Sessions) breaks down the leadership shift that helps contractors stop drowning in $10/hour tasks so you can finally operate in your $1,000/hour owner role.
You’ll learn why delegation isn’t “letting go,” it’s scaling with systems—and why communication is leadership when you’re managing a virtual assistant (VA) team. Philip shares the real reason owners hold onto the wrong tasks (hint: ego + unclear expectations), plus practical ways to delegate without losing control. If you want to grow your construction or home service company, free up your schedule, and build a team that executes, this is your step-by-step conversation to get started this week.
The #1 mindset shift contractors need to scale with a VA
The first tasks to delegate (email, calendar, social, screening calls)
Why VAs aren’t “plug-and-play” and how to onboard correctly
How to communicate priorities, deadlines, and what “done” means
The hidden bottleneck: trying to do recruiting/screening yourself
Philip’s simple “delegation muscle” method you can use this week
Tools Philip uses daily: GoHighLevel + Asana
00:00 Intro: Stop drowning in $10/hr tasks
01:15 Philip’s background (engineering → business)
02:04 How he got into virtual assistants
04:44 Reinventing yourself as an owner
06:54 The first “real” delegation move (process + recruiting)
10:38 Why owners hold onto the wrong tasks (ego)
13:03 First tasks to hand off to a VA
15:40 Communication tips for virtual teams
17:55 Personal growth → business growth
19:35 3 steps to start delegating this week
21:31 Tools contractors should use (GoHighLevel, Asana)
22:43 VA mistakes that kill results (expectations + onboarding)
24:13 Philip’s personal edge
25:17 Where to find Philip
26:14 AI visibility scorecard mention + close
#ContractorBusiness #VirtualAssistant #Delegation #ConstructionBusiness #Leadership
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