Private equity already ate HVAC and plumbing. Roofing is next, and most owners have no idea what's coming. Watch the first ever CEO Roundtable episode and subscribe for the full series.

This is episode 1 of the Forge Podcast, where the people actually doing the deals talk about what it really takes to scale and exit a home service business.

The conversation gets into how PE values your company, where most owners leave millions on the table, and the EBITDA math that makes 1 plus 1 equal three.

At the table with Sam: Cody Klein runs CommercialRoofer.com and has helped roughly 260 roofing companies clean up sales, ops, and finance after selling his own company in the early COVID-era consolidation wave.

Josh Langford is the Chief Strategist Officer, the accountant-slash-marketer who sits with founders every week and forces them to actually look at the scoreboard.

Ryan Nichols, the COO, spent 20 years building Eco Roof and Solar to around $100 million, then spent three years inside a private equity fund.

What you'll learn in this episode:
The EBITDA multiple math that lets 1 plus 1 equal 3 (and sometimes more)
Why 90 percent of PE deals collapse in due diligence and what kills them
Why half of CEOs get fired after they sell, and how to not be one of them
The four-number weekly scorecard almost no roofer is actually keeping
Key man risk: the silent number that quietly destroys your valuation
CEO confessions from the table about the mistakes none of them want to admit out loud

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Ryan Fenn dropped out of high school at 16, washed windshields at a Chevron in Utah to feed his newborn son, and turned a $0.10-cent gumball-hustler mindset into CHIIRP — a software company now doing seven figures a month in the home services space. In this episode, Sam Taggart and new co-host James Edwards sit down with Ryan to break down exactly how he did it: the two-word pitch tweak that 9X'd his close rate at the gas station, the "bridge" framework he uses to convert cold Facebook leads into booked appointments, why he closed 35 out of 35 partnerships in 2 years (including Tommy Mello buying 25% of his business), and the brutal truth about hiring "killers" vs. architects in your sales org.
If you're a roofer, home services pro, or door-to-door rep trying to scale beyond just knocking — this one's a blueprint.

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Most leaders think culture is the words on the wall. It's not.
Culture is what you do and don't tolerate — and if you're tolerating the wrong behaviors, you don't have a culture. You have a poster.
On this episode of The D2D Podcast, Sam Taggart sits down with Stephen Childs, Chief Human Resources Officer of Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America and author of Just Be Undeniable: The Science, Habits, and Tools of an Unstoppable You. With 25+ years of senior leadership experience leading culture transformations inside one of the largest corporations in the world, Stephen unpacks how to build an undeniable culture — one that attracts elite talent, drives elite performance, and refuses to tolerate behavior that drags the team down.
Inside this episode:

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Did you know that 75 percent of successful door-to-door reps might have ADHD? Discover how to turn distraction into a sales superpower and level up your game with The D2D Experts.

We are redefining what it means to be an out-of-the-box thinker. If you have ever felt like your patience level is very low because you only want to focus on things you care about, this conversation is going to change your perspective.

We break down why traditional environments fail the most innovative minds and how being relentlessly obsessed is the ultimate secret weapon for closing deals on the doors.

In this episode, Sam Taggart sits down to explore the raw truth about ADHD and entrepreneurship, tracing a wild path from fruit trees to Forbes.

We hear a powerful firsthand story from our guest about surviving the medical approach of being prescribed Ritalin at seven years old, and how that struggle led to building a school specifically designed for out-of-the-box thinkers.

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Sam Taggart and Josh Nilsen discuss DRIPZ Energy Candy, a new on the go tool for D2D reps looking to maximize their time while knocking doors. They break down stories about Golden Door winners and what life looks like after a door-to-door career, including how to turn those skills into long-term business and leadership opportunities.

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Rosaki Hilt lost his AI company, his apartment, his car, and had to move his wife and kids onto his mom's floor. He grew up in foster care and had avoided door-to-door sales for 10 years because he thought it was the lowest rung on the ladder.

Then he found a job on Indeed. He almost didn't show up. William Turner bought him a plane ticket. Rosaki missed the flight. Turner bought him a second ticket anyway. Rosaki told him if he did, he'd become his number one guy.

One year later, he was CEO of Turner Abrams Fiber with $7 million in revenue and 60 reps.

In this episode, Sam sits down with Rosaki to break down:

• The moment he knew he had to lower his ego and get a job
• Why the owner took a chance on him after he no-showed
• How he went from rep to CEO in one year
• The "walk in straight lines" mentality that kept him locked in
• Why he still sleeps on the floor sometimes to stay grounded
• The Dragon Ball Z analogy about compressing your restart time
• Building D2D Dashboard to solve the pay transparency problem
• Balancing 6 kids, two businesses, and high school leadership workshops

Connect with Rosaki @rosakihilt on Instagram

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First year. First summer. Golden Door.

In this Golden Door Podcast episode, Hunter sits down with first-time Golden Door winner Dallin Peterson to break down exactly how he went from brand-new pest control rep to elite producer in a single season.

Dallin shares:

How he went from slow first month to pacing for a Golden Door

The mantra that kept him locked in: “I only judge myself based off inputs”

His non-negotiable habits (no late starts, no early nights, no long breaks)

The morning and night routines that kept him mentally sharp all year

How he handled slumps, doubt, and the temptation to lower the goal

If you’re a rep or manager coming into 2026 saying, “This is my Golden Door year,” this episode gives you a simple, repeatable blueprint: work the inputs, protect your routine, and stop giving yourself an out.

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Noah Eubanks started painting curbs at 16 after seeing it on a YouTube video. Now he's 22, runs a 60-person fiber team, and just hit Golden Door while earning well over $200K.

In this episode, Sam sits down with Noah to break down the problem most fiber reps don't want to hear: the product is so good that it's turning salespeople into order takers. Noah explains why that's costing reps thousands of dollars in missed deals and shares how he still pulls 10-13 sales in fiber vs fiber neighborhoods where everyone else struggles. He walks through his approach to cable bundlers (the doors most reps walk away from), using speed tests to create pain, and why customers aren't buying fiber—they're buying you.

Noah also breaks down how he balances running a team with selling: 8:30am Starbucks meetings, split shift knocking, a personal assistant handling admin, and nightly check-in calls from the gym.

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