Specified: Building Materials Innovation Podcast

Cameron Herold is the President of COO Alliance. The COO Alliance is a vetted peer group designed to support and develop the 2nd in command. Cameron was the COO at 1-800-GOT-JUNK, and helped take the company from 2 million dollars to 106 million dollars in 6 years. They operated in 4 countries, 330 cities, and was ranked number 2 on the Best Companies to Work for in Canada. He is also a bestselling author with 5 books, including Vivid Vision and Meetings Suck. Cameron is known by many leaders as “The Business Growth Guru” and is the mastermind behind exponential growth in hundreds of companies. Listen to this week’s episode to hear Cameron’s incredible interview. Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!    Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: Tats Talks www.tatstalk.com www.castagra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever heard of the 3 AM test? In this episode of Tats Talks, I discuss putting your ideas to the test and the importance of reaching out to your network for input.  Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!    Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: Tats Talks www.tatstalk.com www.castagra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Kunkle is the Manager at SSPC and is in charge of Development and Membership Engagement. SSPC is the society for protective coatings, and Jim is a protective coating specialist. He’s been with the SSPC for almost 7 years and prior to that, he worked in steel and fabrication.  He’s a big user of social media, and is passionate about getting people educated and interested in the protective coatings industry. He’s become a very strong resource of information, and he runs a popular 5 Questions Interview Series for his followers. He’s a big believer in asking questions and learning something new every day.  Listen to this week’s episode for more of Jim’s story! Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!    Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: Tats Talks www.tatstalk.com www.castagra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Duran is the owner of Durans Roofing & Remodelling. They are a commercial roofing and remodelling contractor for the Houston, Texas area. Robert started off working at a lumberyard, and wanted to start a company of his own in the construction industry. He started Durans Roofing & Remodelling in 1984 in a small town, and grew his business with the community. Loyalty and community are very important to Robert, and he makes sure those fundamentals are followed by his team. He believes in only taking jobs that they know they can do to their fullest potential, quality of work is more important than the quantity of jobs. He preaches the importance of always doing the best you can, and never settle for anything less! It’s also important to balance your life, and he encourages people to enjoy things in life besides work. Listen to this week’s episode for more of Robert’s story! Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!    Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuy

How often do you make your goals non-negotiable? It can be really tough, but it’s possible to really commit to success. Listen to this episode of Tats Talks to hear more! Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!    Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: Tats Talks www.tatstalk.com www.castagra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April Dunford is the author of Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning So Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It. Her expertise is built on 25 years as an executive in a series of 7 successful technology start-ups and 3 global tech giants. This included expanding a business area from launch to over $3 billion in under 2 years. April started out with an engineering degree, and was introduced to marketing by self-professed “dumb luck”. She realized quickly that marketing was where she was meant to be. She spent a lot of time learning everything she needed to know, but realized that nobody seemed to be able to explain in detail the process of product positioning. She then began working on putting together her own methodology and began running workshops and consulting with new companies to teach them her system. April is an active mentor and an accomplished public speaker, having spoken recently at over a dozen conferences focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, and marketing. Please reach out if you ha

Sharon Drew Morgen is an original thinker, thought leader, and author of several books, including the NYTimes Business Bestseller Selling with Integrity, and Dirty Little Secrets: why buyers can't buy and sellers can't sell and What? Did you really say what I think I heard?  She is the inventor of Buying Facilitation®, training 100,000 sales folks in global corporations such as IBM, KPMG, Wachovia Bank, Bose, Morgan Stanley, and Kaiser Permanente. Sharon Drew's work focuses on facilitating decision making using collaboration-based, win/win models, working with several industries including sales, healthcare, coaching, leadership, and management, as a coach, consultant, trainer, and speaker. Her award-winning blog www.sharondrewmorgen.com carries original articles on sales, listening, collaboration, leadership, and decision making. Also, make sure to check out this amazing article Do We Really Need Proposals? at the following link: http://sharondrewmorgen.com/do-we-really-need-proposals/ Please reach out if

What advice would you give to your younger self? Listen to this week's episode of Tats Talks to hear what advice I would give to my younger self about a certain moment in my life. Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!    Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: Tats Talks www.tatstalk.com www.castagra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shawn Van Dyke is a construction industry consultant, business coach and mentor. He is a keynote speaker and travels the US training construction business owners. Shawn started off in the industry in engineering, obtaining several degrees, including a masters in structural engineering. He eventually realized he’d rather be out in the field and became a project manager. Since then, Shawn has worked in numerous facets of the construction industry, gaining a vast knowledge of the different aspects of the industry along the way. All of his background and knowledge came together when he realized that his systems were scalable and led him to his current career of consulting and mentoring business owners. He’s written two books, Profit First For Contractors and The Paperwork Punch List, and he travels all over the world as a keynote speaker. One of his biggest focuses is prioritizing his time and finding freedom within structure and boundaries.  Listen to this week’s episode to hear more about Shawn’s journey! Pl

Jonah Lupton is the founder and CEO of Sound Guard, which manufactures a soundproof paint that is applied in hotels and apartment groups around the nation.  Jonah started out by working for Wall Street investment banks after college, but when the financial crisis hit in 2008 he decided it was no longer something he enjoyed. He founded a couple start-up software companies in 2011. He was living in a very loud apartment at the time and was getting frustrated with all the noise from his neighbours, and from there the idea of a soundproof paint was born. After a lot of research and networking, Jonah found a developer and struck a deal, and the rest is history! Launching new start-ups in this industry can be incredibly difficult, and Jonah was faced with many challenges along the way, which helped teach him some valuable lessons. He understands his market and has worked very hard to learn about his customers and their needs. He believes in the importance of educating his team, and saying no to projects that aren

Going through adversity can be hard, but can have incredibly helpful outcomes if you learn how to deal in a positive way. Listen to this week's episode of Tats Talks to hear how your team can benefit from going through adversity together. Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!    Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: Tats Talks www.tatstalk.com www.castagra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Terry May is the president of MESA, which designs, creates, installs, and maintains cathodic protection systems and pipeline integrity solutions. MESA is a two-time Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award winner. The Baldridge Program oversees the nation’s only Presidential award for performance excellence.  Terry founded MESA in 1979 and has managed its growth from a one-man service operation to a nationwide provider of corrosion control solutions. He credits the incredible growth of his company on knowing the importance of customer service, and looking for opportunities. He believes maintaining customer relations is more important than finding new customers. MESA has a customer retention rate of 98%. His passion is continued improvement, and loves to read and learn as much as possible. Listen to this week’s episode of Specified to hear more about Terry. Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!  Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: 

John Durig is the founder of North American Construction Technologies. John was a founding partner of General Polymers and grew it to 25 million before it was acquired by Sherwin Williams. As an entrepreneur, he made smart choices and focused on recession-proof businesses. He believes the growth he experienced was a result of the technical drive through researching and developing the market needs. He doesn’t spend time worrying about other businesses or his competition and focuses on his own execution instead, and encourages other to do the same.  One of the things he looks for in people he wants to work with are people who are risk-takers and aren’t afraid to make mistakes. All of his biggest life lessons he’s learned are through past failures. He embraces his curiosity and fearlessness and that’s taken him very far as an entrepreneur. John started up InnoVision Consulting in 2014, and loves that he can spread his knowledge and give back to the industry. The focus in on bringing together technical innovati

What kind of experience are you delivering to your clients? In this week's episode of Tats Talks, I discuss steps that our company is taking every day to improve our customer service experience.  Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!    Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: Tats Talks www.tatstalk.com www.castagra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitchell Levy is a TEDx speaker and international bestselling author with over 60 business books. He is also a contributor at Entrepreneur Magazine and has provided strategic consulting to over 100 companies. He’s known as the global credibility expert and believes that books are the best form of credibility in the market today. He runs the highly successful platform AHAthat, which helps entrepreneurs, business owners, and executives become bestselling authors. Their focus is getting their authors recognized as the go-to experts in their field, as well increasing revenue and credibility. They’ve published over 800 books and have even started the AHAthat Writing School to help guide people through the writing process. You can check them out at AHAthat.com   Mitchell also runs a podcast called Thought Leader Life that has produced over 150 episodes. He’s highly insightful and has the gift of bringing the genius out of whoever he speaks with.  Listen to this week’s episode of Specified to hear more about Mitc

Sean Williams has been in the design and architecture industry for over 20 years. He runs Carbon Design and Architecture, which is an architectural design studio that focuses on innovative entrepreneurial solutions and creative sustainability for the building environment. He started as an architect in Florida in 2000 and eventually started his own practice in 2012. His first plan was to be a pilot in the air force, but after a medical condition disqualified him from getting in, he realized that he was creative and loved to draw so he took a few classes and got very intrigued by the problem solving and creativity involved with being an architect.  He’s also very interested in biomimicry and sustainability. He founded The Center for Biomimetic Research (BAR) and is passionate about finding ideas for sustainability through nature. He’s worked on some amazing projects, including the Dali Museum and the St. Petersburg College Green Living Demonstration Center. He’s big on communication and surrounding himself w

On this week’s Tats Talks, I discuss my own wellness journey and how it’s affected my life personally and as an entrepreneur. Do you make wellness a priority? Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!    Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: Tats Talks www.tatstalk.com www.castagra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Henry Staggs, Owner of Preferred Roof Consultants of Arizona, is a veteran in the roofing industry. He is the creator of the site “TheArizonaRoofer.com” and his mission is to improve the roofing industry in Arizona. Henry started out in the industry at only 12 years old, working for his Grandfather. He joined forces with a friend and started his first roofing company when he was 17. He decided to try out other areas as well, and after trying numerous other career paths, he realized his heart and passion was in roofing. Thanks to his desire to branch out, he managed to bring new tools and skills learned in previous jobs to further his roofing career. He helps roofers become more business savvy and improve their companies. Safety is an important component, he helps to educate people on how important it is to identify the hazards on the job and provide protection for employees. He went through some hard times professionally and personally due to an injury, but it opened him up to the world of consulting and h

Matt Daigle, CEO of Rise, had an idea that grew from his home life. He and his wife, an interior decorator, bought a home that needed a lot of renovation. When they finished the work, the house was beautiful, but they saw no savings in efficiency. Where could they turn for centrally located information about more environmentally friendly ways for building improvement. Nowhere, it seemed. This was his “aha” moment. It gave rise to Rise or buildwithrise.com, a go-to website that’s B2B and B2C for anyone interested in the latest environmental techniques and tools in building products or finding a professional. The site started with a small group with the necessary skills to build a website, some adventurous investors and a business plan, and they were on their way. With the aid of several accelerator programs, the site was up and running in no time.  Since then, it has grown to become a certified B corporation, a movement that recognizes using business as a force for good, and the leading online authority in

Does fear hold you back from doing the things that you want? I share my thoughts on how to overcome fear and start being comfortable with the uncomfortable. Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!    Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: Tats Talks www.tatstalk.com www.castagra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices