57. From Family Construction to a National Repair Franchise
Ty McBride built Preservan, a franchise that repairs wood rot with epoxy instead of costly window and door replacement, often finishing the job in a single day.
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🎤 Episode 57 - Alan sits down with Ty McBride, Founder and CEO of Preservan, a franchise that repairs wood rot on windows, doors, siding, and more using a proprietary epoxy system instead of tearing anything out. Ty grew up in a three-generation construction family, left a corporate job to come back into it, and spent years running the business on chaos before a mentor and a well-known book on systems changed how he thought about the whole thing.
Learn why Ty considers undercapitalization his single biggest mistake and how a 45-day payment gap on one commercial job taught him more about cash flow than anything else, why he believes work-life balance is the wrong goal and "work-life integration" is the right one, how he and his wife April split responsibilities in the business using the Predictive Index tool, and why his advice for anyone leaving the corporate world is to find a real guide, not ChatGPT. Whether you're weighing a franchise decision, thinking about bringing your spouse into a business with you, or just want an honest account of what building something from scratch actually costs, this conversation covers all three.
⏱ Video Chapters
0:12 - Welcome to the Show & Meet Ty McBride
0:58 - Life Before Franchising: Growing Up in Construction
4:33 - A Mentor, a Book on Systems, and the McDonald's Model
8:33 - What Preservan Actually Does for Homeowners
11:28 - Repair vs. Replace: The Real Cost Comparison
12:38 - From Running the Business to Deciding to Franchise
16:51 - Seven Years from Idea to Franchise-Ready
17:39 - What the Franchise Model Looks Like for a New Owner
20:34 - Ad Break: Athlete to Owner Franchise Coaching
23:38 - Building the Business Alongside His Wife, April
26:21 - Work-Life Integration Instead of Work-Life Balance
32:15 - The Biggest Mistake: Undercapitalization
40:30 - "Just Keep Going": The Power of a Franchise Community
44:09 - Find a Guide, Not Just an AI
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