Vince Perri

06/06/2026

AI is taking a lot of jobs.

It is not fixing your pipes.

Plumbing is one of those businesses where the demand never goes away, the skill cannot be faked, and the quality gap between a good operator and a bad one is obvious to every customer. Add a subscription inspection model on top of that and now you have predictable recurring revenue alongside strong demand.

Trades are underrated when it comes to scaling and eventually selling. Most people overlook them. That is the opportunity.

Full episode on YouTube. Link in the comments.

Would you consider building or buying a skilled trades business? Drop it below.

06/05/2026

Here is something most business owners never consider when they are preparing to sell.

The buyer sitting across from you already thinks they can run your business better than you.

Not because they are arrogant. Because that is how serious buyers think. They see the gaps. They see the opportunities you have not gone after yet. They see the market you have not expanded into. And in their head they are already in the driver's seat.

Ann Carden talked about this on the podcast and it completely changed how I think about preparing sellers. Stop presenting the business as a finished product. Start presenting it as a platform with clear upside.

That is what gets buyers excited. And excited buyers pay more.

Full episode on YouTube and Spotify. Links in the comments.

What is the one thing in your business you know is an untapped opportunity but have not had time to go after? Drop it below.

06/05/2026

A pressure washer costs a few hundred dollars.

You knock on your neighbors' doors. You wash their driveway. You come back next month.

That is a business. And you can start it at fourteen years old.
I talk to owners every day who are trying to build enterprise value, scale their company, and eventually exit. Almost none of them started with everything in place. Most of them started exactly like this. With one customer, one skill, and the discipline to show up again.

That foundation never changes. The owner who figured out how to get their first customer at fifteen is the same person building something worth buying at forty.

Full solo episode on YouTube. Link in the comments.

What was the first business or hustle you ever started? Drop it below.

06/04/2026

I have had this conversation more times than I want to count.

Someone shows me their business. Good revenue, solid following, people buying consistently. And then I ask one question.

If that platform shut down your account tomorrow, what do you have left?

Ann Carden said it on the podcast and she is right. Building a Facebook group and selling through it is a marketing strategy. It is not a business. And if Facebook decides you are done, you are done. No list, no clients, no business.

I see the same thing from the exit side. Owners who built everything around one channel, one client, one relationship.

When that thing changes, the valuation changes. Because a buyer is not going to pay a real multiple for something that can disappear overnight.

Build the actual business. Not just the channel you are running it through.

Full episode on YouTube. Link in the comments.

Is your business built around one platform or one client right now? Drop it below.

06/04/2026

Here is something most people overlook about landscaping.

Every single customer is basically already on a subscription model. Grass grows every week. You show up, you cut, you come back. Nobody has to sell the recurring revenue. The nature of the work does it for you.

And right now more people than ever are paying for this service not because they are lazy but because their time is genuinely worth more than the cost. Business owners especially. They would rather spend that hour growing their business or being with their family.

That is a customer who does not cancel. That is a customer who refers. That is the foundation of a business that a buyer will actually pay a real multiple for.

New solo episode on YouTube. Link in the comments.

Do you use a landscaping service or do you still cut your own grass? Drop it below.

06/03/2026

New video is up.

Today I’m breaking down the top 5 home service businesses I think are worth looking at if your goal is to buy, scale, and eventually sell a business for generational wealth.

We’re talking about HVAC, landscaping, pressure washing, plumbing, and the trades — businesses that solve real problems and can become powerful assets when they are built with the right systems.

The goal is not just to own a business that depends on you every day. The goal is to build something that can grow, operate with structure, and eventually give you options.

Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/3DZF2XvXhiU

If you could buy one home service business, which one would it be?

What are the best home service businesses to buy, scale, and eventu...

06/03/2026

I have talked to a lot of business owners who have spent serious money on marketing and got nothing back.

Not because they were doing it wrong. Because someone sold them a strategy built for a completely different business.

Ann Carden called it the magic juice myth on the podcast. Google ads. Lead magnets. A new website. Everyone is selling the one thing that is going to change everything.

And she said this. If you are going after high-level CEOs and serious decision makers, they are not opting into a Facebook ad lead magnet. Not going to happen. They are not giving up their name and email to download something.

The strategy has to match the audience. One size fits all is a sales pitch, not a marketing strategy.

Full episode on YouTube. Link in the comments.

What is the worst marketing advice you have ever been sold? Drop it below.

06/02/2026

Probably no public adjusting firm does this. And that is exactly the point.

A subscription model. $200 to $400 a year or $25 to $50 a month. You do a free policy review and a home inspection. You save the policy, the photos, and the inspection report.

Now when a loss happens you already have pre-loss photos on file. You already know the policy inside and out. You are three steps ahead of any carrier that tries to fight the claim.

But here is the bigger picture. Predictable cash flow every single month. And a valuation that looks completely different to any buyer who comes in.

Almost nobody in PA is doing this. That is the opportunity right now.

Full episode on YouTube. Link in the comments.

Would you consider building a subscription model in your PA firm? Drop it below.

06/02/2026

I have had this conversation more times than I can count.

Owner builds a great business. Good revenue, solid team, everything running. Then a buyer comes in and asks one question that changes everything.

What happens here when you are not around?

Ann Carden has sold multiple businesses. I asked her what the biggest lesson was from all of it and she did not hesitate. Build it turnkey. Something someone steps into and it keeps running like a well-oiled machine.

That is not just good advice. That is the difference between a business that sells and one that sits on the market for two years and never closes.

New episode on YouTube. Link in the comments.

Could someone run your business without you in 90 days? Drop it below.

06/01/2026

Ann Carden has helped dozens of service businesses move from working with anyone who will pay to building a premium, high-value client base.

The first thing she looks at is never the sales process. It is the foundation. Revenue model, market positioning, how the business is packaged and priced, and how it is perceived from the outside.

Get that wrong and you can add all the clients you want. You will just be busier with the wrong people.

New episode at the YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

What is the biggest thing holding you back from charging more? Drop it below.