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ICYMI: 50% Tariffs Just Killed Your Next Project (+ The Insurance Hack Saving Contractors $300K Per Policy)

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Owen Drury
June 13, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

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W/C 9th June 2025

NEW EPISODES
12 Hour Quotes - Shepherd’s Industry Leading Insurance for Construction Companies + Path to $10m Revenue

Justin Levine shares how he's revolutionizing construction insurance by rewarding tech adoption, scaling to double-digit millions in revenue, and why reality capture tools reduce claims by 40-50%.

Find out how Shepherd shifts tech funding from contractors to insurance providers, why underwriters completely ignore technology when pricing policies and how construction tech partnerships create win-win scenarios for everyone.

open.spotify.com/episode/4QleCKmcg8naZaEJue8d36


New Steel Tariffs Hit, Is A 12hr Work-day Unreasonable, Decision Making Frameworks, ChaGPT NoteTaker Kills Startups

We dive deep into the chaos reshaping the construction industry and the startup world.

We cover the shocking 50% steel and aluminum tariffs that just doubled construction costs overnight, why rebar prices have exploded 26% and added $14,000 to every home and the brutal truth about why VCs pushing "996" work culture are dead wrong.

open.spotify.com/episode/7mzoSHu3ePG65Mx7PnIj5j


AI Will Kill All SaaS Companies - New Construction Tech Reality & What Works

Paul Hedgepath shares how major contractors are actually using AI agents right now, why nobody wins jobs with construction technology anymore, and the real ROI numbers behind reality capture.

Find out how a $50,000 "fancy tape measure" saves weeks of work, why construction tech companies need to solve the cold call problem and the truth about pilot programs and innovation budgets.

open.spotify.com/episode/3x9OOKttjwq689XcwagI8P

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Early Release Episodes

Stop Marketing Like It's 2010 - David Horesh - EARLY RELEASE

Construction pros hate corporate fluff. Here's what they actually engage with.

The $13 Trillion Messaging Mistake Killing AEC Startups - Kevin Ferguson - EARLY RELEASE

Product marketing expert Kevin Ferguson reveals why he can't figure out what most AEC tech companies do—and why that's costing them enterprise deals.

2 FAVORITE QUOTES:

"Cold calls really don't work with me. I don't answer too many of them or any of them... Because when you're the tech guy, you get a lot of stuff."

- Paul Hedgepath on the reality of vendor outreach fatigue

"Sorry, I invested in you. Turns out you're not defensible. So please work harder for me."

- Patric Hellermann summarizing the real message behind 996 demands

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