The Fastest Growing Blue-Collar Business in America (And Nobody's Talking About It)
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Beacon Turf
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Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers raw redemption with Brandon Bess, the Beacon Turf founder who traded a childhood surrounded by drugs and prison for a $500 startup that's now reshaping Middle Tennessee's artificial turf market.
Brandon breaks down the decision that nearly cost him everything, why he ditched a red-ocean landscaping business for turf's blue ocean, and the franchise blueprint he's using to hand independent contractors a shot at the same success.
A kid who grew up watching his family deal drugs is now running a multimillion-dollar company — proof that where you start has nothing to do with where you end up.
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Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/thatbeaconguy
Business IG: https://www.instagram.com/beaconturf
Website: https://www.beaconturf.com
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Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.
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| 0:00.0 | We were moments away from doing something that would have probably put me in prison for the rest of my life, or I would have died that day. My mom was addicted to drugs. I was in prison my whole life. I was radically saved when I was 18. Literally everything changed that day. You're doing good money, good revenue, and you're growing faster than you know what to do with. It's the fastest growing in the nation. Cost of entry is so low and not a lot of people |
| 0:22.1 | are doing it. |
| 0:23.1 | I'm going to share something that I've never publicly shared online. |
| 0:25.4 | I'm probably going to get trouble for this. |
| 0:29.8 | What it is, Brad Lee back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio. |
| 0:35.4 | Folks, as always, I got a real treat for you. Brandon Bess in the house. |
| 0:39.4 | Let's go, baby. Now, folks, if you guys don't know this dude, you're going to. You got to go check him out at that beacon guy on Instagram. |
| 0:48.8 | It's companies at beacon turf on Instagram or you can find him BeaconTurf.com. |
| 0:55.3 | So basically, a little entrepreneur out of Nashville. |
| 0:59.0 | That's right. |
| 1:00.1 | And you're not very old. |
| 1:01.8 | How old is you? |
| 1:03.4 | 27. |
| 1:04.3 | 27. |
| 1:04.7 | You already got yourself a nice little company growing, married, kids. |
| 1:09.8 | How long have you guys been married? |
| 1:11.6 | Eight years, nine years this December. have you guys been married? Eight years, |
| 1:17.6 | nine years this December. So you got married as a kid. Yeah, 19. Dang. You know, you know, baby. |
| 1:23.6 | You guys are moving and moving quick. That's right. So beacon turf. You built beacon turf. |
| 1:27.7 | You're about ready to go nationwide. You're getting ready to franchise this thing. |
| 1:34.6 | What's the story? Now, let's go back to just high school. Yeah. Well, I dropped out of high school. How'd you get into turf? I spent most of my life in construction, my upbringing, monkey see, monkey do. |
| 1:42.2 | So most of my life, my mom was addicted to drugs. |
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