My guest today is Dominic Rubino. Dominic Rubino is a seasoned entrepreneur and business coach with over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. He’s founded, developed, and sold multiple companies, focusing on implementing straightforward systems to help contractors work more efficiently and profitably.
As the host of the Profit Tool Belt podcast, Dominic educates contractors on the business aspects of the construction industry. The podcast covers a wide range of topics, including time management, estimating, profitability, hiring, and company Growth. Dominic interviews top business owners and Experts to provide valuable insights to his audience.
In addition to the Profit Tool Belt, Dominic hosts the Cabinet Maker Profit System podcast, further extending his reach within the construction sector. He is also the author of “Construction Millionaire Secrets,” a book that reveals strategies for building a million-dollar contracting business through simple systems.
Whether you’re a contractor, cabinet maker, or have or are thinking of embarking on virtually any other type of business, Dominic’s business Journey has taught him, and hopefully you, some valuable lessons.
Dominic’s Company:
https://www.profittoolbelt.com
Mike Konrad entered the electronics manufacturing industry in 1985. Four decades later, he continues to dedicate his career to advancing reliability within the industry. In 1992, he founded Aqueous Technologies, an equipment manufacturer serving the electronics sector. Becoming an entrepreneur was never part of his plan, he simply had a passion for a product he designed. When his employer declined to build it, he realized the only way forward was to create it himself.
Mike entered business with strong technical skills but no business acumen. His early assets were ego, passion, arrogance, ignorance, and above all, a poor assessment of risk. Ironically, those traits proved useful in the beginning, ignorance really was bliss. But as his company grew, Mike recognized that those same traits could lead to its downfall. To survive, he had to transform himself, developing business acumen, adopting sustainable strategies, and evolving from reckless enthusiasm into purposeful leadership.
Today, with 40 years of industry experience, Mike shares both his technical expertise and his entrepreneurial journey, offering lessons from personal and professional growth, the near-misses that almost derailed him, and the strategies that carried him forward. He is also a strong advocate of “conscious marketing”, moving beyond traditional chest-thumping advertising toward education-driven authority building. By offering value through knowledge rather than hype, Mike helps organizations connect with a new generation of decision-makers who prefer independent research over bold claims.
