Jimmy Talks
Jimmy Talks
Podcast Description
The Jimmy Talks Podcast dives into unfiltered chats with business owners, operators, and industry movers—sharing raw stories, lessons learned, and the stuff most people don’t talk about.
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The podcast covers a range of topics centered around entrepreneurship, leadership challenges, and industry-specific experiences, with episodes detailing stories of overcoming adversity, lessons learned in business, and the hidden realities of running a company.
Jimmy Talks Construction is an Australian construction podcast focused on real conversations with builders, contractors, tradies, and business owners across the construction industry.
Each episode dives into construction business growth, civil construction, earthmoving, excavation, leadership on site, hiring subcontractors, scaling trade businesses, and the real challenges of running a construction company in Australia.
From infrastructure projects and heavy machinery to cash flow, management, and lessons learned the hard way, this podcast shares honest insights from people building successful construction businesses from the ground up.
Angus Walker started ANA Asphalt in his early 20s with a mate, a bobcat, a couple of rollers and a plan to make some extra cash. Today, the business employs more than 100 people, runs multiple paving and profiling crews, a sizeable fleet of trucks and equipment – and is taking its next step into asphalt manufacturing.
In this episode of Jimmy Talks Construction, Jimmy sits down with Angus to unpack what actually happens between starting small and building a serious construction business.
They talk about scaling too quickly, going backwards to go forwards, building the right team, the nightmare of middle management, vertical integration, why good people are worth holding onto and learning to let others solve problems better than you can.
Angus also shares some of the brutal lessons along the way – including a three-night stretch that cost the business around $170,000 – and why those moments eventually forced him to stop trying to do everything himself.
They also get into asphalt logistics, paving in the rain, trucking, building an asphalt plant, technology and AI in construction, incentivising staff, working from home, leadership and why staying curious has remained one of Angus’ biggest drivers.
No textbook business advice. Just two construction business owners comparing notes on what it actually takes to build, scale and keep the wheels turning.
Subscribe to Jimmy Talks Construction for more conversations with the people actually building Australia’s construction industry.
Connect with Angus:
🌐 Website: https://www.anaasphalts.com.au/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anaasphalts/?hl=en
💼 LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/ana-asphalts
💼 LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/angus-walker-6a066719a
Connect with Jimmy:
🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au
📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starbuckexcavation
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starbuckexcavation
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/
Sponsorships + Guest Enquiries: [email protected]
Send in Business Problems: [email protected]
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