When a devastating accident left Ryan Crownholm in a wheelchair and the housing market collapse wiped out his income overnight, his business looked finished. Instead, he used the setback to rebuild smarter.
In this episode, Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Ryan, a U.S. Army veteran turned entrepreneur, who transformed crisis into growth. From hauling junk to becoming America’s largest swimming pool removal contractor, Ryan reveals which of the key strategies from Your Business Growth Playbook turned struggle into sustainability.
You’ll hear how he:
- Pivoted from general contracting to a high-margin niche business
- Used data (not guesswork) to uncover hidden profit opportunities
- Built bulletproof systems that scaled without him on site
- Escaped the “Hustle Trap” and built a business that ran on metrics
- Doubled revenue year over year — by doing less, not more
Ryan’s story proves that sometimes losing control of your business is the best thing that can happen to it.
🎧 Tune in to learn what Ryan did that can transform any business — even in a downturn.
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📊 Hosted by: Jeremy B. Shapiro, Host and Author, Your Business Growth Playbook
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