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From Bankrupt to Making $750k Per Month (ft. James Martell) | Ep. 233
Episode 2338th July 2026 • The Profitable Tradie Podcast • Tony Fraser-Jones
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Three contractors went bust in the same year.

James Martell lost a heap of work overnight,

He was also left with a pile of unpaid invoices...

With no way of getting that money back.

The cash flow crisis got so bad it eventually pushed him into bankruptcy too.

Most trades business owners would've thrown in the towel.

But James didn't.

Today, he’s got 60 staff, does over $7M a year in revenue, and is on track to hit $10M this year.

This is his story...

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST:

  1. Brutal lessons learned from taking on the wrong customers
  2. The financial number every trades business owner should be watching
  3. How to shift from being “the technician” to actually leading like a CEO

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