Passing Down the Business, Doubling Sales & Eliminating Blind Spots w/ Doug Brown | Top Contractor School Podcast

Welcome back to the Top Contractor School Podcast, where contractors come to grow

stronger, scale smarter, and build businesses that last.

In this episode, Eric Guy sits down with Doug Brown — CEO of CEO Sales Strategies,

revenue expert, and the mind behind the Double Your Sales methodology. Doug has built,

scaled, burned down, rebuilt, and advised 37 companies, including several in the contracting

space. His sales systems have powered some of the world’s top organizations, and today he

brings that elite-level knowledge straight to the TCS community.

From navigating family dynamics to building real leverage to mastering sales follow-up, Doug

lays out a blueprint that every contractor needs to hear.

🔥 Inside this episode:

✅ Growing up in a family business and learning leverage at six years old

✅ The real challenges of working with family — and how to make it work

✅ When you shouldn’t pass the company to your kids (and why selling is sometimes smarter)

✅ How to safely transition your business to the next generation without destroying its value

✅ Why most contractors destroy profit by taking the wrong clients

✅ The Double Your Sales methodology explained step-by-step

✅ Why follow-up is the #1 blind spot costing contractors millions

✅ How to convert more proposals using simple math & consistent action

✅ The difference between the business of the business and the business in the business

✅ How to build a company that doesn’t collapse when the owner takes 90 days off

✅ Why the ideal right-fit buyer changes everything

✅ How your mindset can sabotage growth — and how to fix it

✅ The exact response-time rule that increases close rates by 5X

✅ Real stories of lost deals, lost money, and lessons every contractor should hear

Doug brings decades of battle-tested experience, brutal honesty, and practical strategies that

contractors can implement immediately to increase revenue and decrease stress.

If you’re serious about growing your contracting business — and want to stop leaving money on

the table — this episode is a masterclass in sales, leadership, and transition planning.

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