# Tommy Mello

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How Saying No Unlocks Profitability with Yarin Gaon

George Wright III interviews Yarin Gaon of Fractional Partners about a common growth bottleneck for companies that reach product-market fit around $3–$5M in sales: continuing “growth by addition” by saying yes to too many customers, products, channels, and revenue streams, which increases complexit…

175 | Ellen Rohr: Brand, Basics, and What Ride-Alongs Really Teach You

Justin sits down with Ellen Rohr on the beach right after Home Service Hoorah wraps — Zoom Drain founder, Service Titan brand ambassador lead, and someone who's been humbled by this industry more times than she can count. Ellen walks through her path from founding Zoom Drain to running Service Tita…

The way I heard it ( Mike Rowe )

Tommy Mello garage door business The secret sauce in the grind

214 Are Websites Dead? The Future of AI Search with Phil Risher

I’m Chris Kiefer, and in this episode I sit down with Phil Risher of Phlash Consulting to talk about one of the biggest shifts happening in home service marketing: the move from traditional Google search to AI-powered search. We break down why websites are changing, Google AI Mode, zero-click searc…

The Guy Behind Tommy Mello's Emails Only Sends 4 A Month For A Reason | Zac Garside

🚀 FREEDOM 2026 Get your Tickets Today! https://freedomevent.com Zac Garside spent eight years training CSRs before he noticed the most profitable channel in home service was the one nobody used: the customer list. Now his agency Send It runs email for some of the biggest contractors in the country…

How Tommy Mello Spends $5 Million A Month On Marketing And Tracks Every Dollar | Sara Nay

🚀 FREEDOM 2026 Get your Tickets Today! https://freedomevent.com Sara Nay is the CEO of Duct Tape Marketing and the author of Unchained. In this episode, Sara and Tommy break down why most contractors rent their marketing instead of owning it, which accounts your agency should never control, why re…

Why Most Contractors Get Stuck ... And How the Best Keep Scaling | Jim Leslie, Home Service Freedom

What does it actually take to grow a home service business from $30 million to $250 million? Jim Leslie has seen it firsthand. As the former CMO/CTO of A1 Garage Door Service, Jim spent nearly a decade working alongside Tommy Mello as the company scaled. Now, as CEO of Home Service Freedom, he's h…

500: I Sold My Roofing Company and Didn't Like the View

After 30 years in roofing and 500 podcast episodes, Dave Sullivan shares how a one-page roofing business plan gave him the freedom to travel and enjoy his family, and what he didn't plan for when he finally sold his company. Plus, get his free 2027 One-Page Roofing Business Plan. In this episode ab…

Luke Lewis: From FBI Analyst to $24M in Pest Control

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Behind The Curtain of Tommy Mello’s $2B Deal

Tommy Mello is back on To The Point Home Services VIP Room to pull back the curtain on his massive $2B deal with KKR and what comes next for A1 Garage Door Service. Chris Yano, Chad Peterman, and Aaron Gaynor sit down with Tommy to discuss the deal, why he chose KKR, and how he's thinking about the…