Opening Message

When I started The Blue Collar Evangelist, I planned to and hoped that I was building something mission-driven, I didn’t realize how quickly it would resonate.

What’s become clear in the past few weeks is this: We’re not just building companies. We’re building belief. In people.

In purpose. In the kind of leadership that’s rooted in trust, not titles.

That’s it. That’s the whole game.

Especially in the trades. Culture isn’t a PowerPoint slide, it’s what you see in the breakroom, on job sites, in the way your people show up for each other, especially when no one is watching.

What I’ve Been Up To

• Joined a board in a service-focused platform

• Made an investment in skilled trades and field services

• Kicked off strategic engagements with contractors and PE-backed teams

• And multiple conversations with folks who care deeply about building the right way, not just the fast way

I’ve talked with HVAC business owners, glass and glazing operators, automatic door technicians, and multi-site property services teams.

These are salt-of-the-earth, high-upside businesses. And they’re starving for leadership that gets it.

My Operating System

• Culture first, always

• Gemba walks > ivory tower management

• Accountability is the foundation of any successful team

• Scale is fine, but it’s nothing without trust and alignment

I don’t want to simply optimize businesses. I want to build ecosystems people are proud to work in, environments that strive, survive, and thrive for generations to come.

Let’s Build Together

If you're a PE group, operator, founder, or contractor trying to scale the right way — with people, process, and purpose aligned — let's connect.

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In Closing

Coach K was talking to MBA grads.

I’m talking to you — the folks in the field, in the trucks, in the trenches.

We don’t need better business plans.
We need better human connection.

And if we build that? The rest follows.