Trent and Friends Podcast

Trent Lowenstein
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The Trent and Friends Podcast is where real talk meets real results. Trent sits down with the people who've actually done it — built big companies, broken the mold, and figured out a thing or two about life along the way — and just... talks to them. It's part business, part philosophy, part "why didn't anyone tell me this sooner." If you're in the trades, running a company, or just trying to figure out how to stop being an NPC in your own story — pull up a chair.

  1. 6d ago

    He Rebuilt Himself in Prison. Here's What Trades Owners Can Learn From It // Sean Michael Crane

    Sean Michael Crane spent his childhood watching addiction destroy his family. By 14, he was headed down the same road. By 23, he was facing a potential life sentence for attempted murder, sitting in a six by six jail cell with nothing but time. What he built in that cell is the reason he's here today. Sean now coaches some of the biggest operators in the trades, and the pattern he keeps finding is always the same. The guy who can scale a company can't scale himself. In this episode, Sean breaks down what he built with nothing, why willpower never lasts, and the only kind of change that actually sticks. If he could rebuild himself in a jail cell, what's your excuse. Sean Michael Crane | Unstoppable365.com | Instagram: @sean_crane_official Trent Lowenstein | @TrentLowenstein #tradeslife #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #entrepreneurship #trentandfriends

    1h 7m

  2. Jun 17

    A Father's Love: The Story of Lillian Bijou

    Some conversations change you. This is one of them.Chance Forman has been building something out of nothing since he was a kid. He's the kind of man who figures it out no matter what's in front of him. Then his daughter Lilly was born. And everything changed.What followed was seven years of hospital rooms, cross-country train rides, care conferences, doctors who told him to let her go, businesses that crumbled while he wasn't looking, people who disappeared when things got hard, and a love for his daughter that never once wavered.This is a conversation about what it means to be a father, a husband, and a human being when the worst possible thing happens and you have to keep going anyway.Chance also shares what he learned about leadership, resilience, and the kind of strength that doesn't look like strength from the outside. His story will change the way you see your morning. It will change the way you see your kids. It might change the way you see yourself.Viewer discretion is advised. But we encourage you to listen to every word.Get Involved With Lillian’s Legacy:Website: LillianBijouFoundation.OrgEmail: julie@lillianbijoufoundation.orgInstagram: @lillianbijoufoundationConnect with Chance Forman:Instagram: @chance.formanConnect with Trent:Email: Trent@gonextlevelpros.comInstagram: @itstrentlowensteinFacebookl: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DLSewd4Vh/Alyssa HigginsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wheel.life.in.the.wheel.world/?hl=enYouTube:  @WheelLifeInTheWheelWorld ​

    2h 44m

  3. Jun 10

    20 Business Owners vs. 1 Sales Insider: The Emotional Selling Debate Nobody Expected

    Harley Winters spent years at the highest levels of the sales training world as the former CRO for Jeremy Miner. He walked into a room full of home service business owners and made one claim: emotion is the only deciding factor in every decision your customer makes. The room had opinions.What started as a conversation about sales gurus targeting the trades turned into one of the more honest and heated debates we've had on this show. Business owners, contractors, and entrepreneurs pushed back from every angle — on the ethics of emotional selling, on where persuasion becomes manipulation, and on what happens to the trades industry's reputation when the wrong people are teaching your sales team.The second half of this conversation gets uncomfortable in the best way. Trent and Harley work through real scenarios — the kind that force you to define your own line between closing a deal and taking advantage of someone. If you're in the trades, you've either seen this play out or you work for someone who has.Featuring Harley Winters and Trent Lowenstein, recorded in front of a live studio audience.

    56 min

  4. Jun 3

    The Business Flywheel Every Trades Owner Needs to Understand

    Trent Lowenstein took the stage at a Standard Plumbing Supply event hosted at the Any Hour Services office to walk trades business owners through the exact flywheel Next Level Pros teaches — from marketing spend to customer retention.Trent breaks down why 8–12% is the marketing benchmark and how to allocate it across channels, what a $200 lead actually means for your CSR's job, the sales process steps that drive higher close rates and average tickets, and why reviews, memberships, and referrals are how you reduce customer acquisition cost over time.If you run a trades business and want a clear framework for where your numbers should be and why, this one's worth your time.

    35 min

  5. May 27

    The "Batman" of Trade Services: Confronting the Scammers Who Are Ripping Off Homeowners

    From sleeping in his car with just $200 in his pocket to becoming the "Batman" of the home service space, Dmitri Lipinskiy's one-in-a-generation story proves what happens when you refuse to quit. In this raw confrontation, we pull back the curtain on how he exposes corrupt contractors, fights multi-million dollar lawsuits, and defends both homeowners and ethical business owners from intentional fraud. If you want the ultimate blueprint on grit, business execution, and building an unshakeable reputation in a broken industry, this is an episode you cannot afford to miss.**Subscribe to Dmitri's YouTube Channel  @RoofingInsights3.0  👉https://www.youtube.com/@RoofingInsights3.0/videos

    52 min

  6. May 20

    The Metrics That Make Your Trade Business Worth Buying // Dustin Van Orman & Bill Russell

    Trent Lowenstein sits down with Dustin Van Orman and Bill Russell — two guys who've done six exits across five verticals, totaling over $130 million in sales — to break down exactly what makes a trade business worth buying.If you're sitting at $2-5 million and wondering what it actually takes to attract private equity, this is the conversation you need to hear. Dustin and Bill get into the real metrics buyers look at, why a 20% EBITDA at $3 million is actually a red flag, how to structure equity for your team so nobody wants to leave, and why turnover is the number one EBITDA killer most operators never see coming.This one goes deep. Two days of recording, one conversation you won't want to miss.What's covered:- What PE buyers look for beyond the financials- The 40% gross margin floor and why it matters- Lifestyle business vs. enterprise business- The trailing 12 equity model for sales reps- Why retention is your most important growth lever- Onboarding that actually keeps people

    47 min

  7. May 14

    What Jews Actually Believe! What Judaism Actually Says About Heaven, Hell, and the Chosen People

    Trent has been Jewish his whole life. And in the last two years, he's heard more conspiracies about what Jews believe than in all 35 years before that combined. So he brought in Rabbi Zalman — Chabad rabbi, subject matter expert, and someone who's spent his career making Judaism accessible to people inside and outside the faith — to set the record straight. No agenda. No filter. Just two people who care about getting it right. They cover: What actually makes someone JewishWhy Judaism doesn't seek converts — and what people get wrong about thatThe "chosen people" — and why enlisted is a better wordDo non-Jews have souls? Can they go to heaven?What Judaism actually believes about hellThe Talmud — what it is and why you can't pull a single line out of contextWhat Jews think about JesusTikkun Olam and the half of the verse nobody quotesWhy antisemitism never goes away — and why the target never changesThis isn't a debate. It's an education.

    1h 56m

  8. May 7

    Don’t Quit Your Job Yet: Why Working IN A Business Might Be A Safer Path to $1M (Heated Debate!)

    Want to work with Trent? Get in touch here: https://www.godmodeconsulting.comIs "burning the ships" a requirement for being a successful entrepreneur, or is building within a bigger ecosystem the smartest move you’ll ever make? We tear down the 4:00 AM hustle myth and the "Wizard of Oz" facade of business to reveal why high-level strategy always beats raw effort in the trades. Watch this debate to decide once and for all if you have the "dog" in you to go solo or if you're built to dominate as a high-level intrapreneur.

    28 min
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The Trent and Friends Podcast is where real talk meets real results. Trent sits down with the people who've actually done it — built big companies, broken the mold, and figured out a thing or two about life along the way — and just... talks to them. It's part business, part philosophy, part "why didn't anyone tell me this sooner." If you're in the trades, running a company, or just trying to figure out how to stop being an NPC in your own story — pull up a chair.

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  • Creator
    Trent Lowenstein
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Trent Lowenstein
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    Trent and Friends Podcast

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