Dan Antonelli is the President and Chief Creative Officer of KickCharge Creative, an award-winning New Jersey-based branding agency that specializes in helping home service businesses redefine themselves and stand out with disruptive brands. Dan is a nationally recognized speaker and expert on home service branding, with several books on branding to his credit, including Building a Big Small Business Brand and his new Amazon best-selling book, Branded Not Branded: KickCharge Your Home Service Brand. During more than 25 years running his own agency, Dan’s marketing expertise has been featured on MSNBC and in industry magazines including Entrepreneur, HVACR Business, Plumbing & Mechanical, and Contracting Business, among many others. His signature wrap style that integrates disruptive branding has served as a model for superior home service fleet branding throughout the world. With more than 2,000 home service brands under his belt, including well known brands like Goettl, A1 Garage, Eco Plumbing, and Grasshopper Heating & Cooling, Dan and his team have overseen the branding of more home service businesses than any other brand agency in the world.

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Mike Venidis is a former musician turned marketing expert after being shot 2x and left for dead by a 13 year old child during an attempted robbery.During the recovery process, he completely rebuilt his life at a digital marketing agency for the home services where he helped the founders lead and scale it from 1 to 92 million over the course of 13 years.Mike has a passion for leadership, growing businesses, and helping people become the best version of themselves. He currently speaks at many different events throughout the nation about how to help grow businesses in addition to schools and juvenile detention centers to help misguided youth get their lives back on track.

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Kathryn Elizabeth is dedicated to creating pathways to prosperity for anyone willing to work hard in the trades. Recognizing the critical labor shortage in fields like HVAC, plumbing, and electrical work, Kathryn is committed to bridging workforce gaps, especially for underrepresented groups. She’s part of the 3% of women in the American home service industry and a champion for inclusivity, striving to break down barriers for immigrants, women, and those with criminal records. Kathryn is focused on building enterprise-level business systems that ensure the sustainability of these vital industries. She currently leads a team of high performers, capturing value with the highest average tickets in the industry, average technician's salaries exceeding $100,000 USD, and nine figure valuation growth in just twelve months. Kathryn’s mission is clear: to promote the trades as a thriving, inclusive, and enduring pillar of the world’s economy.

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Part three a four-part special exploring tragic stories of crime, drug addiction, custody, and incarceration and how these remarkable individuals turned to determination, faith, and the trades to turn their lives around. Today we are joined by HVAC Simulator's Dirk Nauman, Jason Julian, and Andrew Nelson. All 3 have incredible stories to share.

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Part two of a special exploring tragic stories of crime, drug addiction, custody, and incarceration and how these remarkable individuals turned to determination, faith, and the trades to turn their lives around.

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This is part 1 of a 4 part series about those who have served hard time, and made it out on the other side to be masters in HVAC. We explore tragic stories of crime, drug addiction, custody, and incarceration and how these remarkable individuals turned to determination, faith, and the trades. In this episode we're joined by Elliot Constant, Jeron Nelson, and Curtis Wilson. Remarkable stories with combined sentences of nearly 20 years in prison.

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In this episode we read outlandish and hard to believe stories submitted by in-home service and sales reps from across the country. This one was a lot of fun and gets back to what this podcast was originally intended for.... sharing adventures that happened in someone else's home!

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Helmi Ben Flah… you’ve never met anyone quite like him… trust me. Great conversation with co-host John Vazquez. This is seriously one of my favorite conversations. Helmi moved to the U.S. and started out bussing tables before transitioning into the home service industry. He had the privilege of learning from industry leaders like George Brazil in Arizona and the team at Gold Medal like @agugliaromike. Seven years ago, he took a leap and started his own plumbing, electrical, and HVAC company. Today, he’s grateful to lead an exceptional team dedicated to serving his customers. His passion lies in helping his co-workers achieve their financial and technical goals through motivation and training.

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