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The Billion-Person Problem: How AI Will Replace Your Project Managers

Greg Lawton, CEO and co-founder of Nodes and Links, reveals how AI is addressing the billion-person workforce shortage in construction and why 60% of his customers now come through referrals alone.

In this candid conversation, Greg breaks down the hard truths about scaling a construction tech company across 30+ countries, the surprising differences between raising capital in Europe vs. America, and why he believes we're heading toward a world where "people just cannot believe that people used to write reports."

In this episode, you’ll:

• Discover why construction needs a billion more project managers (and how AI workers will fill the gap)

• Learn the "prevent failure vs. maximize success" framework that transformed Greg's leadership approach

• Understand why American customers "bite your hand off" for ROI while Europeans still "think about it"

• Get insider tips on qualifying investors in construction tech (and why 18 out of 20 VCs in Silicon Valley are great vs. only 3 out of 20 in London)

• See how one customer achieved $63,000 in productivity gains per scheduler per year

Chapters

• 00:00 - Greg's unconventional path to construction tech

• 03:59 - The evolution of construction PMOs from 2010 to today

• 08:27 - Why the world needs a billion more project managers

• 14:29 - Target customers and global project scope

• 16:40 - The AI-first approach from day one (pre-ChatGPT hype)

• 18:16 - Customer onboarding and the 7-minute report revolution

• 24:32 - The brutal reality of 0.3% hiring acceptance rates

• 28:17 - Go-to-market strategy and customer qualification

• 36:27 - Global construction trends and demand patterns

• 41:22 - Managing a 50-person distributed team across continents

• 48:01 - The CEO's job: Prevent failure vs. maximize success

• 51:36 - "The Physics of Project Acceleration" book reveal

• 54:33 - $18M funding round and American expansion strategy

• 59:45 - Capital raising wisdom for construction tech founders

• 1:05:19 - Five-year vision: The end of manual report writing

• 1:07:38 - Cultural differences in global construction execution

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