Marketing, Leadership, and Making the Trades Plan-A

About this episode

Tony Iannessa shares his journey in construction and insights on building a legacy business while addressing the trades labor crisis.

Tony started in construction as a teenage union laborer. Less than a decade ago he launched BIG Construction, and today his company is tracking toward nine figures in annual revenue. In this powerful episode, Tony Iannessa, Founder and CEO of BIG Construction, joins host Ryan Englin to break down how blue collar leaders can create a legacy business and help solve the trades labor crisis for good. Tony shares his journey from jobsite to executive suite, why construction doesn’t have a hiring p...

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Englin

Guest: Tony Iannessa

Topics covered

• construction
• leadership
• marketing
• trades
• business growth

Keywords

• construction
• leadership
• trades
• business
• revenue
• labor crisis
• marketing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BIG Construction

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