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Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast

LARGEST Plumbing Contractor in AZ Talks Growth and Trading a Legacy Business for Legacy Money with Mike Brewer of Brewer Companies - Part 2

Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast

Brian Burton & Nate Minnich

Entrepreneurship, Business:entrepreneurship, Business

5.0548 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

In today’s show, we are putting Mike Brewer in your passenger seat for the conclusion of a conversation around growth and leadership. Mike brings 44 years of experience in the plumbing industry as the Chief Executive Officer for the Brewer Companies, a family of businesses that provide plumbing services to the retail, residential new construction and commercial markets. He has held the role of strategist and visionary for the overall enterprise since its inception. Michael is devoted to the contracting industry and is past President of the American Subcontractors Association of Arizona (ASAA) and is the past chair of the steering committee for the Build Your Future Arizona initiative (BYFAZ.org).  Michael was instrumental as one of the initial leaders of the concept of a marketing campaign to attract the youth of our state to consider a career in the trades while striving to change the perception of the general public from trade workers being dead-end jobs to the deserved recognition that they are actually a gateway to highly lucrative and sound careers. He is also a lifelong learner, problem solver and inventor and holds two patents on a plumbing test device for the industry. Michael has lived in Arizona since 1968 and is married with 6 children, 4 of those working within the businesses. Mike joins us again to discuss the conclusion of his incredible story.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It is. There's a lot of sleepless nights, a lot of, you know, risk taken. The thing that comes

0:06.4

to mind is like childbirth. You forget about it. You think of the good stuff, right? You think

0:10.4

of the great stuff, the outcomes, the people who've affected, the opportunities you've produced

0:14.6

for people and for my own family. I mean, you know, I don't kid anybody about my, the reason

0:20.7

and my executive team

0:22.0

does the reason we go to work every day is to take care of our families, period. I don't care

0:28.5

who you work for anywhere in this world. That's why we go to work. Welcome to the Waste No Day podcast, a podcast specifically for and about the home services industry as it relates to plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical.

0:48.9

More than a podcast, Waste No Day is a credo, a determination, a mindset.

0:54.5

It is a never-ending discipline. It is a never-ending discipline.

0:56.6

It is a refuse to lose pursuit.

0:59.1

It is a wake-up call every morning to waste no day.

1:03.1

Now here's your host, Brian Burton and Nate Minnick.

1:17.5

Thank you. Hey, welcome to another episode of the Waste No Day podcast.

1:19.8

Your host, Nate and Brian are hanging out with you again,

1:23.2

and we are excited to wrap up our conversation with Mike Brewer.

1:27.2

Last week, we had him on for the first part of our show to talk about his journey from a two-man operation to the largest plumbing company in the state of Arizona.

1:31.3

This week, we're going to be concluding that conversation picking right up where we left off with him in the middle of some of his thoughts.

1:38.1

But before we do that, we're going to do a quick little intro.

1:41.8

You must have a level of discontent to feel the urge to want to grow.

1:50.0

Idawu, Koyaniken.

1:52.1

I feel like I've heard that name before.

1:53.5

You've heard that, you heard that name a week ago, my friend.

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