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  • He Got Fired. Then He Built a $12M Trades Company.

    He Got Fired. Then He Built a $12M Trades Company.
    Aug 12 2026

    Steve Akian got fired in his 20s. He sold his first job the next day.

    The truck that started the company was stenciled in his backyard by a buddy over a few beers on a weekend. That lettering hangs in his office now. Nine years later, Akian is a 50-person HVAC and electrical shop that finished 2025 just under $12 million, with a goal of $13.5 million this year.

    In this episode: why Tesla paying electricians $300K reshapes what every shop has to charge, why he thinks private equity, not a competitor, is the biggest headwind in the trades right now, what he saw when prefabrication cut 40% of labor costs overnight at his old company, and why he tells his team the window to get very good at what they do is right now.

    There's also a real conversation in here about anxiety, meditation, and what it costs to run a company where 50 families depend on the payroll.
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    55 min
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