Beyond The Owner's Trap

business, entrepreneurship · EN

Beyond the Owner's Trap: Running a trades or service business looks great from the outside. From the inside, it can feel like you're doing everything — the sales, the scheduling, the fires nobody else can put out — and there's no end in sight. Beyond the Owner's Trap is a show for owners who are stuck in that spot. Every episode, host Alan Melton sits down with real trades and service business owners — contractors, remodelers, roofers, accountants, and more — and talks about what running their business is actually like. Not the highlight reel. The long hours. The hiring headaches. The stuff nobody posts about. Alan's been there himself. He's founded or acquired 18 companies and coached over 1,100 small business owners through Small Business Coach Associates. He's built things up, and he's been stuck in the trap more than once. He doesn't coach from theory — he coaches from scars. Each episode digs into where a business really stands