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(00:00):
This is Iheartradios CEOs. You shouldknow. I'm Gary David Good to have
you with us as today we're joinedby Amelia and Matt Pacta from Bald Cypress
Builders. This all part of anational Small Business Month and sponsored by the
Election and Chamber of Commerce. Solet's say hi to Amelia and Matt.
Good to see both of you,to say, now, tell us about
(00:25):
your business, which is you doremodeling of all sorts right at Bald Cypress
Builders. Yes, so we focusedon large scale remodels. We find that
our service is best offered when there'sa lot of different moving pieces in the
project. You know, if it'ssomething that needs an electrician, a plumber,
hvac, verson, framing, carpentry. That's where we come into play
(00:49):
because we help manage and execute theproject from start to finish. We try
to be that resource for our clientsto help them see them through the project.
That could be tough, right Amelia. I mean you're taking on a
big project on your own as ahomeowner and trying to contract that with these
people and those people and over there. I mean that be a nightmare for
folks. Yeah, absolutely, andthat's kind of part of the motivation of
why we started Waldziprist Builders in thefirst place was just to help kind of
(01:12):
combat the feelings that a lot offolks have about residential remodeling and taking on
projects like that. We really striveto create a good worth it experience for
our clients and help them kind ofdecrease the stress of the whole process.
It's never going to be perfect.You're always going to have stress as a
homeowner, but our role in thewhole process is really to kind of cut
(01:33):
that down and help it be anexperience that is they can look back and
say that was worth it. So, yeah, we do large scale remodels,
home editions. We've done a coupleof accessory dwelling units, those kinds
of things, and really our goalis just to help clients enjoy the process
as much as possible. Now,how long have you been in business together.
We started in January of twenty twenty, so interesting time to start it.
(01:59):
I actually quit my job on Marchninth of twenty twenty, and they
issued the stay at home orders Ithink the week after, so that was
a little bit scary, but itactually turned into a great time to get
into remodeling. We actually thought wewere going to be doing new builds and
remodels when we first started, andwe quickly realized that, partly because of
the pandemic, that remodels were actuallybetter suited for our personalities in the way
(02:23):
that we work. So and Iwas going to say, it actually turned
out to be a good time toget into it because what were people doing.
Right, There's cerently a blessing indisguise there. Yeah, So man
and wife working together in business.Your whole life is intertwined. But everything
you do you got to work together, which I think is fabulous. My
wife and I are in some businessventures together as well, so I think
(02:46):
it's very cool. But how didyou get here? Is this always been
a goal to work together as ateam and to do this sort of business?
I mean, how did you getto this point? Yeah? So
Matt, I mean, he's definitelywanted to own and operate his own company
since the day I met him incollege. I grew up with two parents
(03:07):
in very stable career, pass educationin the military, so that was never
something that was on my radar.But he had always wanted to do that,
and so through a series of lotsof different things, that happened in
our life and different experiences that weboth had, we eventually got to a
place where we both felt confident enoughto kind of take the leap. We
didn't have kids at that point,we didn't have anything that was a huge
(03:30):
barrier to taking that leap of faith, and had some folks that are encouraging
us and wanting us to take onprojects for and with them. So it
was one of those things where wejust kind of jumped into it. Yeah,
it's funny. Amelia says that shewas not the one who wanted to
be in business, but without herit would never have happened. Because I'm
an idea guy. I love tothink about things and have these ideas,
(03:53):
but realistically, when it came downto it, we moved down here in
twenty fourteen. Amelia family from thearea. But you mentioned you were an
Air Force brad. Amelia was aswell, and their last station was in
Virginia where we met in school,and she came to grad school down here.
We came down and through a seriesof events, like she said,
we had some friends who asked usto do projects for them, and I
(04:15):
always had this idea to start myown business and I never really thought about
when, but when that happened,Amelia, this is the time we need
to do it. And so withouther we wouldn't be where we are.
And I think that's what really startedus. But still, when you make
that leap of faith, I mean, there could be some days where you
go, wow, is this reallythe right thing to do? Lots of
days they still happen, sometimes foreverand ever. Yeah. I mean Matt
(04:42):
had been in construction, you know, since the time he started professional work,
it was always in construction. Mybackground is a little bit more peppered.
I was in a lot of administrativeroles, building programs and doing policies,
processes like stuff like that, andthen I did a little bit of
marketing and human resources type stuff.And so once I had those experiences kind
(05:02):
of gave us some confidence collectively tojump in. He had the expertise and
knowledge, and then I had somesoft skills that helped it. So what
advice would the two of you giveto somebody listening this is you know,
I think I might want to takethat leap of faith. What will best
prepare them to do what you've done? I would say that nothing can really
prepare you you really just need to. If it's something you want to do,
(05:25):
when the stars align, you haveto just take that chance. We
always laugh and say, if weknew then what we know now, we
wouldn't have taken that leap, butwe're so glad that we did, because
as you get into it, youjust figure the things out. Everybody looks
at these people who are successful,as you know, Jeff Bezos, Mark
Zuckerberg, all these people who havebuilt these great companies, and they think
(05:46):
that they know everything. But whatwe've learned through being in business is that
you really don't know. You learnas you go, and that everybody's figuring
things out. I think if youjump into it with the understanding and the
expectation that you are not going toknow all the answers and you are figuring
things out leaning on people who havewalked the path before you and helping helping
you to do the same thing,that's that's going to give you the best
(06:10):
confidence, just to know that you'renot going to know everything and that you're
going to kind of stumble through things. So I think that's that's the biggest
mindset advice I'd give someone. It'sjust to be okay. It's analysis paralysis.
You keep thinking about it and thinkingabout it and thinking about it,
waiting for the right time. Well, if you do that, there may
never be a right time exactly morethan likely. Is there anything you talk
about, you know, talking toother people. Has anybody influenced you and
(06:31):
how you operate your business or arethere you know, like maybe not a
mentor per se, but you knowcertain businesses or individuals you look to and
say, you know, we reallydraw inspiration from that. Well, you
mentioned that lexingon Chamber of Commerce.We're very involved. Amelia is very involved
in the Chamber of Commerce. AndI'm a member of the BIA of Central
South Carolina, which is our homebuildersassociation at which leads itself to be a
(06:55):
member of the National Association of Homebuilders. And we try to lean on in
those areas a lot. Just likeAmelia said, people who've been in the
situations where we are now and cangive us some guidance. Everybody has a
little bit of a different situation,but at least they can guide us in
the direction I also am. Ameliagives me a hard time because I live
on YouTube. There's so much accessto free information nowadays. Uh, there's
(07:19):
especially in our industry, there's there'syou know, five or six people out
there that do shows that are dedicatedto construction and building and remodeling. And
you can get a full college educationon the internet between podcasts and YouTube and
so free. So that's where weget a lot and gain a lot of
our our accesses through those mentors andthen through some free resources online we find.
(07:44):
Yeah, I do the same thing. I mean, it's it's it's
a great tool to have, right, It's amazing whenever you want it now.
Okay, so you're you're married,you own a business together, you
got kids. You mentioned this you'retalking about before you're kids one time,
and just had our first baby,boy, like seven weeks ago, so
we're fresh that that will rock yourworld, Yes, sir, yep,
(08:05):
yep, trust me. Yes,But is it and I know now seven
weeks old doesn't maan me much timefor anything else, I'm sure. But
are there other outside interests that theboth of you have individually as a couple,
or you know, things that you'reinvolved in community? Yeah, so,
I mean both you know, wespend a lot of time with friends
and family, love being outside.Anytime that we can we love going up
(08:26):
to the mountains. Matt does CrossFitin Lexington. I was gonna mention,
by the way, Amelia, probably, I guess you didn't gain any weight
when you are pregnant. No,I'm shocked when she said she's had a
baby seven weeks ago. Yeah,So just we're both collegiate athletes, so
just just super active and like tobe out and doing a lot of things.
(08:48):
As far as just being involved inthe community, that's a that's a
big thing that we're very focused onas a part of our company. I
think that's one of the main driversof being a locally based small business as
we like to be in and so, like Matt mentioned, we're big members
of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce andhave gotten a lot out of that that
membership. And then we've done everyyear we try to do some kind of
(09:11):
volunteer initiative with some kind of localcompany as a team as a bald Tiper's
Builders team, and so we've workedwith Mission Lexington and then Carolina Wildlife Center.
We've done just different volunteer things forthat. And then we also as
a company have kind of a partnershipbut more of a referral kind of program
that we do with Habitat for Humanity, the local chapter here for Central South
(09:33):
Carolina Habitat for Humunity where it wentin. Someone refers a client to us
and we do the project. Wemake a donation on the on behalf of
that referring partner. So for us, yeah, we just like to be
outside in nature, CrossFit, hangingout with friends and families, spending a
lot of time with our dogs andnow our little baby boy who's just entered
the world. So congratulations, thankyou, thank you Bald Coypress Builders in
(09:58):
Lexington, and we are pre preciateyou coming and taking part. Thank you
so much, thanks for having usabsolutely and this of course part of National
Small Business Month and sponsored by theElection and Chamber of Commerce. This is
iheartradios CEOs. You should know
This is Iheartradios CEOs. You shouldknow. I'm Gary David Good to have
you with us as today we're joinedby Amelia and Matt Pacta from Bald Cypress
Builders. This all part of anational Small Business Month and sponsored by the
Election and Chamber of Commerce. Solet's say hi to Amelia and Matt.
Good to see both of you,to say, now, tell us about
(00:25):
your business, which is you doremodeling of all sorts right at Bald Cypress
Builders. Yes, so we focusedon large scale remodels. We find that
our service is best offered when there'sa lot of different moving pieces in the
project. You know, if it'ssomething that needs an electrician, a plumber,
hvac, verson, framing, carpentry. That's where we come into play
(00:49):
because we help manage and execute theproject from start to finish. We try
to be that resource for our clientsto help them see them through the project.
That could be tough, right Amelia. I mean you're taking on a
big project on your own as ahomeowner and trying to contract that with these
people and those people and over there. I mean that be a nightmare for
folks. Yeah, absolutely, andthat's kind of part of the motivation of
why we started Waldziprist Builders in thefirst place was just to help kind of
(01:12):
combat the feelings that a lot offolks have about residential remodeling and taking on
projects like that. We really striveto create a good worth it experience for
our clients and help them kind ofdecrease the stress of the whole process.
It's never going to be perfect.You're always going to have stress as a
homeowner, but our role in thewhole process is really to kind of cut
(01:33):
that down and help it be anexperience that is they can look back and
say that was worth it. So, yeah, we do large scale remodels,
home editions. We've done a coupleof accessory dwelling units, those kinds
of things, and really our goalis just to help clients enjoy the process
as much as possible. Now,how long have you been in business together.
We started in January of twenty twenty, so interesting time to start it.
(01:59):
I actually quit my job on Marchninth of twenty twenty, and they
issued the stay at home orders Ithink the week after, so that was
a little bit scary, but itactually turned into a great time to get
into remodeling. We actually thought wewere going to be doing new builds and
remodels when we first started, andwe quickly realized that, partly because of
the pandemic, that remodels were actuallybetter suited for our personalities in the way
(02:23):
that we work. So and Iwas going to say, it actually turned
out to be a good time toget into it because what were people doing.
Right, There's cerently a blessing indisguise there. Yeah, So man
and wife working together in business.Your whole life is intertwined. But everything
you do you got to work together, which I think is fabulous. My
wife and I are in some businessventures together as well, so I think
(02:46):
it's very cool. But how didyou get here? Is this always been
a goal to work together as ateam and to do this sort of business?
I mean, how did you getto this point? Yeah? So
Matt, I mean, he's definitelywanted to own and operate his own company
since the day I met him incollege. I grew up with two parents
(03:07):
in very stable career, pass educationin the military, so that was never
something that was on my radar.But he had always wanted to do that,
and so through a series of lotsof different things, that happened in
our life and different experiences that weboth had, we eventually got to a
place where we both felt confident enoughto kind of take the leap. We
didn't have kids at that point,we didn't have anything that was a huge
(03:30):
barrier to taking that leap of faith, and had some folks that are encouraging
us and wanting us to take onprojects for and with them. So it
was one of those things where wejust kind of jumped into it. Yeah,
it's funny. Amelia says that shewas not the one who wanted to
be in business, but without herit would never have happened. Because I'm
an idea guy. I love tothink about things and have these ideas,
(03:53):
but realistically, when it came downto it, we moved down here in
twenty fourteen. Amelia family from thearea. But you mentioned you were an
Air Force brad. Amelia was aswell, and their last station was in
Virginia where we met in school,and she came to grad school down here.
We came down and through a seriesof events, like she said,
we had some friends who asked usto do projects for them, and I
(04:15):
always had this idea to start myown business and I never really thought about
when, but when that happened,Amelia, this is the time we need
to do it. And so withouther we wouldn't be where we are.
And I think that's what really startedus. But still, when you make
that leap of faith, I mean, there could be some days where you
go, wow, is this reallythe right thing to do? Lots of
days they still happen, sometimes foreverand ever. Yeah. I mean Matt
(04:42):
had been in construction, you know, since the time he started professional work,
it was always in construction. Mybackground is a little bit more peppered.
I was in a lot of administrativeroles, building programs and doing policies,
processes like stuff like that, andthen I did a little bit of
marketing and human resources type stuff.And so once I had those experiences kind
(05:02):
of gave us some confidence collectively tojump in. He had the expertise and
knowledge, and then I had somesoft skills that helped it. So what
advice would the two of you giveto somebody listening this is you know,
I think I might want to takethat leap of faith. What will best
prepare them to do what you've done? I would say that nothing can really
prepare you you really just need to. If it's something you want to do,
(05:25):
when the stars align, you haveto just take that chance. We
always laugh and say, if weknew then what we know now, we
wouldn't have taken that leap, butwe're so glad that we did, because
as you get into it, youjust figure the things out. Everybody looks
at these people who are successful,as you know, Jeff Bezos, Mark
Zuckerberg, all these people who havebuilt these great companies, and they think
(05:46):
that they know everything. But whatwe've learned through being in business is that
you really don't know. You learnas you go, and that everybody's figuring
things out. I think if youjump into it with the understanding and the
expectation that you are not going toknow all the answers and you are figuring
things out leaning on people who havewalked the path before you and helping helping
you to do the same thing,that's that's going to give you the best
(06:10):
confidence, just to know that you'renot going to know everything and that you're
going to kind of stumble through things. So I think that's that's the biggest
mindset advice I'd give someone. It'sjust to be okay. It's analysis paralysis.
You keep thinking about it and thinkingabout it and thinking about it,
waiting for the right time. Well, if you do that, there may
never be a right time exactly morethan likely. Is there anything you talk
about, you know, talking toother people. Has anybody influenced you and
(06:31):
how you operate your business or arethere you know, like maybe not a
mentor per se, but you knowcertain businesses or individuals you look to and
say, you know, we reallydraw inspiration from that. Well, you
mentioned that lexingon Chamber of Commerce.We're very involved. Amelia is very involved
in the Chamber of Commerce. AndI'm a member of the BIA of Central
South Carolina, which is our homebuildersassociation at which leads itself to be a
(06:55):
member of the National Association of Homebuilders. And we try to lean on in
those areas a lot. Just likeAmelia said, people who've been in the
situations where we are now and cangive us some guidance. Everybody has a
little bit of a different situation,but at least they can guide us in
the direction I also am. Ameliagives me a hard time because I live
on YouTube. There's so much accessto free information nowadays. Uh, there's
(07:19):
especially in our industry, there's there'syou know, five or six people out
there that do shows that are dedicatedto construction and building and remodeling. And
you can get a full college educationon the internet between podcasts and YouTube and
so free. So that's where weget a lot and gain a lot of
our our accesses through those mentors andthen through some free resources online we find.
(07:44):
Yeah, I do the same thing. I mean, it's it's it's
a great tool to have, right, It's amazing whenever you want it now.
Okay, so you're you're married,you own a business together, you
got kids. You mentioned this you'retalking about before you're kids one time,
and just had our first baby,boy, like seven weeks ago, so
we're fresh that that will rock yourworld, Yes, sir, yep,
(08:05):
yep, trust me. Yes,But is it and I know now seven
weeks old doesn't maan me much timefor anything else, I'm sure. But
are there other outside interests that theboth of you have individually as a couple,
or you know, things that you'reinvolved in community? Yeah, so,
I mean both you know, wespend a lot of time with friends
and family, love being outside.Anytime that we can we love going up
(08:26):
to the mountains. Matt does CrossFitin Lexington. I was gonna mention,
by the way, Amelia, probably, I guess you didn't gain any weight
when you are pregnant. No,I'm shocked when she said she's had a
baby seven weeks ago. Yeah,So just we're both collegiate athletes, so
just just super active and like tobe out and doing a lot of things.
(08:48):
As far as just being involved inthe community, that's a that's a
big thing that we're very focused onas a part of our company. I
think that's one of the main driversof being a locally based small business as
we like to be in and so, like Matt mentioned, we're big members
of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce andhave gotten a lot out of that that
membership. And then we've done everyyear we try to do some kind of
(09:11):
volunteer initiative with some kind of localcompany as a team as a bald Tiper's
Builders team, and so we've workedwith Mission Lexington and then Carolina Wildlife Center.
We've done just different volunteer things forthat. And then we also as
a company have kind of a partnershipbut more of a referral kind of program
that we do with Habitat for Humanity, the local chapter here for Central South
(09:33):
Carolina Habitat for Humunity where it wentin. Someone refers a client to us
and we do the project. Wemake a donation on the on behalf of
that referring partner. So for us, yeah, we just like to be
outside in nature, CrossFit, hangingout with friends and families, spending a
lot of time with our dogs andnow our little baby boy who's just entered
the world. So congratulations, thankyou, thank you Bald Coypress Builders in
(09:58):
Lexington, and we are pre preciateyou coming and taking part. Thank you
so much, thanks for having usabsolutely and this of course part of National
Small Business Month and sponsored by theElection and Chamber of Commerce. This is
iheartradios CEOs. You should know
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