by wpx_soundcap | Aug 25, 2026
Dan Mitchell has been on a job site since he was 6 years old, growing up in a family of builders long before he understood that construction would become his life. He was born in Tennessee, but spent his early years in California, where he put himself through high...
by wpx_soundcap | Aug 18, 2026
Aimee Bertrand runs one of the largest builders associations in the country, and within the first few minutes of talking with her, I understood why. She has spent her entire career translating one group of people to another, and that skill started long before she ever...
by wpx_soundcap | Aug 11, 2026
Emma Wildermuth grew up inside the home building industry before she understood what it was. Her parents, Chuck and Emma, started the company that became The Shinn Group back in 1992, but the real story goes further, back to a graduate school accounting class in the...
by wpx_soundcap | Aug 4, 2026
John Cook remembers the exact feeling of the market disappearing. Cars had been circling the block in every neighborhood in East Tennessee, not just on weekends but every single day, and then one morning they were gone. No traffic, no calls, no explanation. Just...
by wpx_soundcap | Jul 28, 2026
This week I sat down with Brent Garrett, and the conversation went further than either of us expected, from his childhood on a job site to a Friday afternoon that nearly took his business down. Brent Garrett grew up on the end of a shovel, working for his...
