284. How Hiring ONE PERSON Doubled This Contractor's Business - Joel Retherford

284. How Hiring ONE PERSON Doubled This Contractor's Business - Joel Retherford

August 5, 2026 · 43 min · Season 6 · Episode 284

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Joel Retherford shares how hiring a project manager significantly boosted his business revenue.

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here:  https://trybta.com/EP284 Take our five minute quiz and get a custom Contractor Growth Scorecard: https://trybta.com/DL284 Joel Retherford made an extra $1.6 MILLION in the first four months of this year.  How? By hiring for one simple role.  In today’s episode, I’m talking to Joel to understand: How hiring a project manager helped him produce an entire year’s worth of revenue, in 4 months The hiring process he used to find a rockstar capable of driving all that value And why so many contractors completely botch their project management, and how to stop killing your profit as you grow. If you’re struggling to scale and want to stop bottlenecking your operations, this episode is for you. 00:00-Intro 01:25-Overcoming Personal Operational Bottlenecks  09:20-Hiring An External Candidate  12:19-Managing Internal Staff Friction  21:02-Presenting A United Front  26:44-Unlocking Strategic Owner Advantages  31:19-Timing The Project Manager  36:41-Structuring Tangible ROI Goals

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