Pod House Vegas: Why the Best Business Conversations Happen After Hours Ep. #471

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Profits with Pajak - Pod House Vegas: Why the Best Business Conversations Happen After Hours (Ep. #471)

Release Date: March 6, 2026
Host: John Pajak
Featured Guest: Mike Garvey (Side Hustle Squad Podcast)
Setting: Pod House, Las Vegas – during Con Expo, the largest North American trade show for landscape and construction equipment

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Episode Overview

In this engaging episode, John Pajak broadcasts live from the "Pod House" in Las Vegas, where a group of green industry podcasters and business owners are staying together during Con Expo. The episode centers on the concept of the Pod House: a communal environment that extends meaningful business conversations and content creation beyond traditional trade show hours. Pajak and recurring guest Mike Garvey (Side Hustle Squad Podcast) discuss the unique value of after-hours connections, share stories from the show, and dive into the future of live events for business owners and content creators in the green industry.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Power of After-Hours Business Conversations (01:03–06:43)

• Pod House Concept:
  The idea sprouted after realizing much of the best networking and industry insight happens outside of official conference hours, often missed or unrecorded.
  • "Some of the best content comes with after the fact, and we don’t record it... that’s some of the stuff that people love to hear." – John Pajak [07:00]
• Benefits of Living and Working Together:
  Staying under one roof not only deepens relationships, but creates opportunities for genuine discussions, brainstorming, and spontaneous collaborations.
  • "It seems like this is becoming like a family reunion... the ball just keeps rolling. It’s cool. It’s awesome." – Mike Garvey [04:42]

2. The Scale and Impact of Con Expo (02:28–04:18)

• Trade Show Perspective:
  The hosts describe the immense scale of Con Expo, which dwarfs other shows like Equip and exposes them to unfamiliar, massive equipment and influential industry players.
• Personal Reflections:
  Mike jokes about finding comfort in familiar brands and the need to make a plan to navigate such an overwhelming event.

3. Capturing Authentic Content On the Go (07:02–11:22)

• On-site Flexibility:
  Pod House setup enables them to seize content opportunities wherever they occur—whether on the trade floor, in a booth, or around the dinner table.
  • "Let’s make these... conversations that we would have with them about their equipment or about what they want to talk about." – Mike Garvey [08:45]
• Natural Interviews:
  Removing the intimidation of studio setups allows for more relaxed interviews, especially when meeting people in their own environments.
  • "When we go to them, we’re in their habitat, and they're super comfortable..." – Mike Garvey [09:23]
• Growing Industry Influence:
  Their group approach draws attention from major brands and helps develop new strategies for future collaborations.

4. Evolving Event Participation: Pod House Meets Pod Row (11:22–13:58)

• Complementary Content:
  Daytime Pod Row interviews with CEOs and exhibitors are complemented by deeper, unscripted conversations back at Pod House.
• Increased Access:
  The after-hours format accommodates guests who can’t make daytime interviews, creating more opportunities for in-depth discussion.
  • "Hey, we couldn’t catch you during regular hours because you were working… Come tonight." – John Pajak [13:05]

5. Creative Recharge and Work-Life Balance (14:21–21:49)

• Recharge Routines:
  Despite a lively Pod House setting, everyone finds ways to decompress—whether by the pool, over ping pong, or working on lesson plans in quiet moments.
  • "You get this opportunity to recharge and... I don’t feel worn out." – John Pajak [20:33]
• Not a Vacation:
  Even in a fun atmosphere, "work" continues with advice being sought, plans being made, and business problems discussed.

6. Pod House as a Pilot for the Future (16:35–22:22)

• Experimentation:
  The current Pod House gathering serves as a test run for expanding and improving the concept at future events, including boosting AV capabilities and creating multiple recording studios.
  • "This is the pilot... what possibilities are in the future for us." – John Pajak [17:13]
• Potential for Industry Impact:
  The hope is to provide richer, more diverse content for their audience, capturing discussions and insights typically lost between formal sessions.

7. Looking Ahead: Profits with Pajak’s AV and Content Expansion (22:22–25:24)

• Video and Livestreams:
  Upcoming "Whiteboard Wednesdays"—regular live video deep dives into business numbers and strategies—will be publicly broadcast across platforms, expanding accessibility for both viewers and listeners.
  • "You’re going to be able to watch these as well as listen to them… we’re going to be releasing more video, more live streams..." – John Pajak [22:22]

8. Community Resources and Partnerships (24:45–26:46)

• Yardbook Support:
  Shoutouts to Yardbook as a key sponsor and resource, along with the Yardbook users group – celebrating 11 years as of March 2, 2026.
• Mentorship and Friendship:
  Mike and John reflect on their ongoing support for each other’s projects and the power of peer mentorship.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On After-Hours Magic:
  "Some of the best content comes with after the fact, and we don’t record it..." – John Pajak [07:00]

• On Shifting Podcast Culture:
  "Pod House really complements Pod Row, because... we could bring that to our listeners and everything. But the other part is now if we have our Pod House, where people can actually come in and be guests..." – John Pajak [12:20]

• On Business Community:
  "It seems like this is becoming like a family reunion... the ball just keeps rolling. It’s cool. It’s awesome." – Mike Garvey [04:42]

• On the Need to Recharge:
  "You get this opportunity to recharge... I don’t feel worn out." – John Pajak [20:33]

• On Technical Innovation:
  "This is also a preview of all the audio visual things that Profits with Pajak is moving into… you’re going to be able to watch these as well as listen to them." – John Pajak [22:22]

• On the Episode’s Spirit:
  "This is the pilot… what possibilities are in the future for us." – John Pajak [17:13]

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Key Timestamps

• 01:03: John Pajak welcomes listeners from Pod House, Las Vegas
• 02:28: Reflections on the scale and diversity of Con Expo
• 04:42: The Pod House as a business “family reunion”
• 07:00: The value of after-hours conversations
• 09:23: Benefits of recording interviews in guests’ own “habitat”
• 12:20: How Pod House and Pod Row complement each other
• 17:13: Framing this Pod House as the pilot for future innovation
• 20:33: Personal routines for decompressing and sustained energy
• 22:22: Announcement of Profits with Pajak’s move toward video and live streams
• 24:45: Whiteboard Wednesdays and expanding educational content
• 26:43: The importance of Yardbook and community resources

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Summary

"Pod House Vegas: Why the Best Business Conversations Happen After Hours" offers listeners a behind-the-scenes look at how the Pod House model elevates real, raw business discussion in the green industry. Pajak and Garvey’s camaraderie highlights the deeper relationships and richer insights that emerge when industry leaders ditch the conference room for a more relaxed, communal environment. Their conversation doubles as a masterclass on creating valuable networking opportunities and innovative content for business owners.

Listeners are left with a preview of the vibrant future that Profits with Pajak and its partners are building—where after-hours, authentic discussions are not just preserved, but amplified for everyone in the green industry community.

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Transcript

[John Pajak]

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Welcome to Profit. This is Pajak, the podcast where we talk about business strategies and financial insights for the green industry. And today we're here at Pod House in Las Vegas, Nevada. We're covering the Con Expo, which is the largest landscape, excuse me, largest trade show in North America. And I've got Mike Garvey from the side Hustle Squad podcast joining me today. We've got some other friends that probably they might jump in a little bit later, but as things go. Mike, how you doing, man?

[Mike Garvey]

Well, thanks for having me. I'm becoming a reoccurring guest here. Yeah, I hope it's, I hope your audience enjoys it.

[John Pajak]

I hope so too.

[Mike Garvey]

Like Jesus again.

[John Pajak]

So, yeah, we, we, we're, we're here at Pod House. There's several other podcasters here with us. We got Larry Delisante, who's also co host of the side Hustle Squad podcast. If you guys haven't listened to that yet, you got a do it. Eric Triplett, the pond digger, also known from the, he's the host of the Deep End. He may be joining us a little bit later. And Naylor Taliaferro, who's left town but is the host of LCR Summit and excuse me, LCR Media podcast. We all got together and having a good time, but we're also getting a lot of work done bringing you guys content and, you know, covering the show.

Huge.

If you've never been to this show in Vegas, it's not really lawn scape or lawn and landscape related at all. But if you like big equipment, this is an amazing.

[Mike Garvey]

If you like equipment and it may not even be equipment for your field. If you just like equipment, this is the place to be. I mean, I would say you think equip is big. This is equip is probably one eighth of this show. Yeah. Just by the, the size, the, the size of the equipment. The attendance is over is 140,000. It's, it's overwhelming. I think we. Yesterday we took a kind of look around, kind of could see where some things are. Some rooms I did not feel comfortable in because I didn't know what these things were. These ginormous. You saw, you saw the trailer, like things with like totally the heaviest of heavy equipment. And then we went into one area where I was like, okay, I feel better here now. There's, you know, some. There's a, there's a mower, there's a skag. I saw Relco. I'm like, okay, the brands that I know, you know, and it was, it was, it was cool. And then. So we got to see that yesterday. But then make a plan. Last night we all came back here. You came in from to town, we had dinner, we hung out. We got some time outside. We have a pool here, palm trees. It's multiple bedrooms. Another pool house in the back where Nailers they.

[John Pajak]

There's a whole house back there.

[Mike Garvey]

I'm taking, I'm taking it because, you know, triplet and Larry are up at 5:30 in the morning you know, barking orders at their teams back home and all that stuff. It's funny.

[John Pajak]

Or just like in mid conversation. Hey, I'm answering a sales call right now.

[Mike Garvey]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't care if you're talking to me. It doesn't matter. Doesn't stop.

[John Pajak]

Do we have to leave?

[Mike Garvey]

Right? But, but it's really cool. And this was the concept, you know, back at Equip, Eric stayed with us and we talked about this and like, man, we lose so much time after the show. We love pod row and we love what we do there. But then, you know, okay, where are we going to dinner or are we losing time waiting to go to dinner? And then like we're not capturing these conversations that we have after hours. And, and I think people want to hear more, more about what goes on. Us covering stuff and us talking about our businesses and us essentially living together. It seems like this is becoming like a family reunion. Right? We were just in, we were just in New Orleans. We're, we're, we're here. I'm going to hopefully see you in Pittsburgh for Cornell Max event. And then it's like the ball just keeps rolling. It's cool. It's awesome.

[John Pajak]

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's like there is a whole bunch of stuff. It's like. But now I think with the. The pod house, we're. We're literally. You're good. You guys are getting a glimpse of, like, my regular life of.

[Mike Garvey]

Right, your sleep schedule. Yeah.

[John Pajak]

You're like.

[Mike Garvey]

But. But it's cool. Like, like, you know, you learn a lot about people, right? It's like when you travel with them and live with the. It's like, cool. It's like, you know, everyone. What. What. What motivates you, what. You know, but, like, even watching, like, I watch triplet and I, like, see how his day. Right. All right. I have a coaching call at 8am and 9. He's very, like, regimented and, like, has reminders and everything. Like, I need to do this. Okay, okay. Okay, let's do that. You know, like. Like that. And then it's fun. It's cool to, like, you know, see everything, you know, see the people that you interact with from afar, but actually be under one roof.

[John Pajak]

Right.

And, you know, like, when we do events, we have our schedule or who we're interviewing. You know, we'll have all types of guests on. But then, you know, not to say that there isn't good content after the fact. Some of the best content comes with after the fact, and we don't record it, you know, and that's.

[Mike Garvey]

Yeah.

[John Pajak]

Some of the stuff that people love to hear.

[Mike Garvey]

You know, a lot of times too, we were saying, it's like, hey, I'd love to get you on my podcast. And you're out of. And you're like, okay, when do you want to do it? We could do it tonight. Oh, where do I meet me. It's like, oh, like my hotel room.

[John Pajak]

Here's my hotel room, buddy.

[Mike Garvey]

Yeah. It's like, okay. Hello. You know, I don't know. It's kind of weird. It's not intent intended to be.

[John Pajak]

No.

[Mike Garvey]

But I think, like, you know, we have people. We're gonna have people at these other events. Like, hey, man, come back to. Come back to. You know, this is. We'd love to have you. You don't have to stay here, but we'd love to come by, have dinner with us. We can make it like a, you know, a thing. And that's where I see equipment being, you know, hopefully having, you know, we have close to Between. There's a couple. The location, I think, is close to 10 bedrooms. And then, you know, we're gonna have hopefully bring a chef. And so, like, no one has to worry about a thing. It's just, like, done like, okay, here, like, podcast and there's multiple studios Right. Like, okay, there's a patio. Like a rooftop. Mm. This rooftop. This. This. This section. That section. Even here, it broke down that Naylor had his own setup. And then I had this set up here. We had two studios in one, in, like, one compound, which I think is great. And then last night, after we went, we ingested all of what we saw and then digested it. Right. That, like, say, wow, okay, well, what do we want to do tomorrow? Well, let's hit these brands. Let's go talk to Ro. Let's go talk to Vermeer, and let's do podcasts in the booth with them. Not with necessarily with the whole board and headsets and everything, but let's go mobile. Let's make these. It's Mike. These guys up, and let's have the conversations that we would have with them about their equipment or about what they want to talk about.

[John Pajak]

Yeah, we're in their habitat, not. They're not in ours.

[Mike Garvey]

Right.

[John Pajak]

And it's like, I think part of that, too, is, like, how many times has this happened to you? And it's happened to me quite a few times where somebody will come on the show and they get a little intimidated by the board and the headset and all that stuff, and they kind of freeze up, and you don't see how they really are. But when we go to them, we're

[Mike Garvey]

in their habitat, and they're super comfortable and, like. And that's a skill, too. Like, I really see it, too, especially in sales. And now I'm seeing it with, like, engineering, manufacturing, these big companies, it's like, they know their products. Like, hey, well, how long this take to. To develop? And, you know, and why is this knob here? And why do. Like, you're in. They. They. They know this. And. Yeah, right. You're in their habitat, and they're more comfortable. Curtains down a little bit. It's like the. It's very. More chill for them.

[John Pajak]

Yeah, definitely. Which brings better content for you guys.

[Mike Garvey]

Yeah. And I think it was cool because we had, like, a little min. Entourage rolling, and it was like, hey, we got, you know, pothouse stuff on. Like, who are these guys? Like, oh, what's going on? Like, like, someone from Mack Trucks, like, came up to me like, hey, what. What is that? Like, what. What's pothouse like? Oh, well, it's a cluster of us from the lawn and landscape industry that have a pothouse. We stay under one roof, but, like, we're recording back at the house, but also, like, recording in the boots with different vendors and stuff. She's like, wow, okay.

[John Pajak]

Like, do you talk to Matt about mad craps? We're like, no, I don't have one. Like, no, no. I mean, you know, I was like,

[Mike Garvey]

I want to hang out with the dog.

[John Pajak]

Yeah, exactly.

[Mike Garvey]

They. They had Wilson.

[John Pajak]

Yeah, Wilson. Wilson the bulldog. Man, he was cool.

[Mike Garvey]

I got a picture of him. I'll put it on Instagram. But it was cool, you know, but like, oh, what's going on here now? I think we're developing, like, a strategy moving forward. It's like, oh, man. Like, let's. Okay, we'll come to you. We'll set up the lighting, we'll set up the mics, and, like, we'll do the video, audio, everything, and like, boom, let's go. And then, you know, and then you see a vision, too, with Pod Row in the future, too, right?

[John Pajak]

Yeah. You know, Naylor, Tally Farrow definitely had the brainchild of it, but, you know, we've been doing it for several years now. And, you know, since we've been at Equip Expo the past, you know, what, three years, I think is. Two years. Two years. We've just been doing Pod Row for multiple years. Two years at Equip. And I want to. I really want to make a spectacle of it, man. I really think you're on the.

[Mike Garvey]

You're. Man, you. You. You could do anything you set your mind to, man. Like, I've seen it. Like, you got. You got the brain power. You got the, you know, you got the stamina to. To work into the night. So I think. And that was kind of. That was motivation to. For me and Triplet to develop Pod House was from Pod Row is like, man, they got. This is cool. And it's like, I don't want to stop it at 5 o'. Clock.

[John Pajak]

Pack up, dude. Even though, you know, that's the cool thing is, like, I really think Pod House really compliments Pod Row because, yeah, during Pod Row hours, we are with the. The. The vendors, the manufacturers, all those CEOs.

[Mike Garvey]

CEOs, like, owners.

[John Pajak]

Like, you're sitting there, you're like, this guy's got too many commas in his bank account. Like, can I talk to this guy? It's right, you can. And, you know, we. We could bring that to. To our listeners and everything. But the other part is now if we have our, you know, Pod House, where people can actually come in and be guests and whatever. Yeah. It's not a party.

[Mike Garvey]

No, it's not.

[John Pajak]

It's not at all. But at the same time, it's like, hey, we couldn't catch you during regular hours because you were working. Yeah.

[Mike Garvey]

You know, come tonight, you know, like we're going to hopefully have multiple studios. But hey, John's going to be on the rooftop with X person, you know, interviewing them.

[John Pajak]

Yeah.

Or whatever.

[Mike Garvey]

The 7 to 7:45 time slot.

[John Pajak]

Right.

[Mike Garvey]

It's all going to be like organized.

[John Pajak]

But you know, it's like, hey, come and see how it is. Not only, hey, become a guest on our show and tell us about, you know, like, especially because we're doing this at all events, tell us what you really feel about the event. You know, it's a more chill environment. It's not like a busy hall that we're mostly stuck in during like when we have pot row and everything. It's like a spectacle. It's like, well, this is still cool, but it's chill.

[Mike Garvey]

Yeah.

[John Pajak]

And you know, you could decompress a little bit. You don't have as much craziness going around you.

[Mike Garvey]

No. You kick your shoes off, right. Wear your feet up, have a beer and just like, let's like, you know, let's, let's jump into whatever you want to jump into. Business problems, you know, numbers. Yeah, anything. And let's, let's do it.

[John Pajak]

And that's a. This is not vacation time at all. But you know, there's a really cool setup here. Like this place is beautiful. You know, it's got a pool, it's got the pool house, it's got the main house. But inside the main house, you know, we're looking, we're like in the communal area where it's like the living room slash kitchen and there's a ping pong table, there's a pool table, there's Mortal Kombat and Pong. And you know, out back here we got all these other cool games and stuff. It's like, yeah, this is still cool, chill hang out and everything. But you know, it's not vacation because I said, you know, like even with, you know, actually everybody has asked me for something like, hey, can you take a look at this for me real quick?

[Mike Garvey]

Hey, can you do this? Yeah.

[John Pajak]

Can you take a look at my website? Can you take a look at this? Can you give me some advice on that? You know, it's like, yeah, oh yeah, yeah, no problem. You know.

[Mike Garvey]

Right.

[John Pajak]

And like you said, you kind of get an insight of people. Even though I came in late yesterday because I had a. I was out in Texas, you know, for most of

[Mike Garvey]

the day yesterday, we've been traveling the country yeah. In a day.

[John Pajak]

It's like 3. I. You know, I left my home at 3:00am I to get to start that journey. I didn't sleep the night before. And then even when I got here, I think most humans would just collapse. And I got such a third wind from hanging out with you guys that I didn't go to bed until like 4:30 or 5:00 clock this morning.

[Mike Garvey]

Right.

[John Pajak]

And that's when everybody starts waking up and I'm like 7:48. All right, that's enough time.

[Mike Garvey]

That's enough charge.

[John Pajak]

I put, I put the dead phone on the charger for a little bit. It's still got a little bit. I got like 23%. That's good.

[Mike Garvey]

It's fine. That works. Whatever.

[John Pajak]

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[Mike Garvey]

We learned a lot today, though. It's like we need, you know, everyone found their job, found their niche at the boots of. Of, you know, with, you know, Eric Triplet was doing the interviewing and photos and like, it was very cool. Think it was, it was a good experiment. I think we're finding our way with that. And then, you know, we're going to. This is the pilot. You know, this, it, it reminds me of like, you know, everyone started somewhere, right? It's like Seinfeld, you know, pilot episode. All these shows have pilots, right? It's like.

[John Pajak]

And, you know, this is an excellent one because, like, nobody's. Well, knock on wood, we haven't gotten through the Larry vortex. Yeah, there's something that could still happen, but we're basically winding down things a little bit. We'll have a. We've got like 12 hours left. Yeah. You know, essentially. So I think we're. It's pretty smooth sailing. But this is like a really good indicator of like, what possibilities are in the future for us. And not only the content that we normally bring, but just, you know, the, the potential of grabbing, you know, not like friends, you know, bringing them out, like I said. But again, you, you have an pod house provides an environment to where we could get different interviews and more interviews from people that maybe we couldn't get before.

[Mike Garvey]

Yeah. It extends the hours until.

[John Pajak]

Yeah.

[Mike Garvey]

Till, you know.

[John Pajak]

So, like, you guys will start working like, I do, where I just work all the time, right.

[Mike Garvey]

Yeah, Right. But it just was like, we lose a lot after the show, and it's like, everyone goes, all right, I'm going to go back to my room. I'm going to go. You know, we'll meet up for dinner. Where are we meeting? All right, let's. I'll see at 8 o'. Clock. All right, well, you know, that's three hours of potential.

[John Pajak]

Yeah.

[Mike Garvey]

Conversations that we have, and we've had them, and, like, we're just hanging out in the rooms or whatever, but, like, this is so much better. And then we're not like, oh, also, too. All right, where are we going to dinner? And, like, do we decide yet? All right, let's go there. And then we wait there for an hour, and then we have more conversations. Like, we could be doing this while everything's already. And then it's ready. And boom. Like, and then we want to say the quip. We want to. Okay. Eat dinner. And then we go to. We. We go out to the different events at night. We don't have to worry about that stuff. It's already done.

[John Pajak]

Right. And I mean, honestly, this. I feel less fatigued.

[Mike Garvey]

Like, yeah.

[John Pajak]

Like, okay, in Vegas here, the Con Expo is gigormous. Like we said, It's. It's ridiculously large. And, hey, we got a little tuckered out. You know, we hit. We hit all the milestones we needed.

[Mike Garvey]

Yep.

[John Pajak]

And then we were kind of tuckered out. We came back here, and everybody kind of just took a break. We didn't talk about it. We were like, hey, I'm gonna take a nap or whatever.

[Mike Garvey]

Whatever. Everyone. Yeah.

[John Pajak]

You know? You know, everybody kind of just had their little quiet time.

[Mike Garvey]

Yeah.

[John Pajak]

You know, Mike went out on the. You know, all I want to do

[Mike Garvey]

is sit in the sun. I haven't been in this. I know, like, months, and I'm like, all I want to do. I love my pool at home. I love, like, sitting by my pool. I love just being near water. Right. Being close to the beach. And I'm just like, I just want to just sit down and just like, I did. I don't have my phone.

[John Pajak]

Right.

[Mike Garvey]

My phone died. I was like, I need to leave my. And, like, you know, what takes. Take a little bit of that was the recharge I needed. I'm like, all right, let's go. Like, all right, everyone did their thing.

[John Pajak]

Yeah.

[Mike Garvey]

It's like I worked on your. Yeah.

[John Pajak]

Like, sat out there and I was like, oh, I'm going to work on this. I had a couple little lesson plans that I want to put together and, yeah. You know, jot some ideas down. I don't have to talk all the time, which is kind of rare, you know, But I'm like, Mike's going to take a little nappy nap.

[Mike Garvey]

Yeah.

[John Pajak]

Sit in the sun. I'm going to get some vitamin D, too. I'm going to sit there. And, you know, it was nice. It was just really nice. And then, you know, you get this opportunity to recharge and it's like, again, I feel I, you know, not to. This is. Don't live your life like this. Okay. Don't live where you're not getting enough sleep. I've talked about this ad nauseam. Take care of yourself. But I'm dumb. I'm a dumb human being. I will stay up way too late all the time. But anyway, this little recharge is nice. It's like, I don't feel, like, worn out. And I could imagine after multiple days, you know, like a lot of the. Some of these events that we go to, I really overextend myself. And it's.

[Mike Garvey]

Oh, quip was the. Probably I've been fatigued in my life by. By Friday night. I was like, I'm gonna need like three days of sleep.

[John Pajak]

You're like a zombie.

[Mike Garvey]

I was. I wasn't even listening to people talking right before. I'm like, my mind is like, it's fried.

[John Pajak]

Exactly. But, you know, things like this where, you know, pod house being. It's like immediate rest recovery for us. I know you're, like, listening and going, what? How does it benefit me? It's like, because you're going to be able to get, like, great greater content with us.

[Mike Garvey]

Yeah. And. And, you know, we're going to be able to have, you know, eight guests on it. Eight people talking. Or we could be sitting around the table with eight of us, you know, talking about what's going on. Right, Exactly. And you're getting more. More business where you wouldn't normally get that off a, you know, a zoom or a phone call interview or that type of. And we love these live events and we're. We're some of the best content and collaboration and ideas are born.

[John Pajak]

Yeah. And another thing is, too, is like, you know, this is. This is kind of like, you know, Mike, you've already said this a couple times to Me, I don't remember if it's been on air yet, but you know, this is the pilot. This is the first run. This is, you know, a good one. Yes, we did talk about it. My bad. Jesus. Sliding off the cracker again here, buddy. But the other thing is too, this is also a preview of all the audio visual things that profits with Paycheck is moving into. Right. So, you know, the streaming and the video content that's going to be coming and this is like the inspiration for it just to take things to the next level. You're going to be able to watch these as well as listen to them. So if you're, you know, if you still just love the podcast, well then you. It's still going to be there. We're not changing that, but we're going to be releasing more video, more live streams, not only on a regular basis, but especially when we're on site at an event. And then, you know, really, if you can't make it, hey, at least you'll feel like you're part of it.

[Mike Garvey]

Part of it, yeah. And you, you can see, watch the clips and the shorts and the everything, you know, then the people can, however they want to digest the content, they can.

[John Pajak]

And so this is kind of your notification that, you know, be looking very shortly here. Whiteboard Wednesdays. I'm gonna make it's reco. It's coming back. I've been getting my stuff in line. I had to test out my equipment. Cool. That's been in a private Facebook group, but now it's going to be on YouTube. It'll be distributed on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn. It's gonna, you know, we're gonna be going live once a week to talk about Whiteboard Wednesday. That way you can see the numbers as we're running them. You know, you'll see me writing stuff down in that way. Especially when it comes to numbers. You'll be able to visually see things and then from events, which is super helpful. Oh yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Because I mean, I could talk about numbers but man, it's. Sometimes it's hard to. Even when you're looking at it.

[Mike Garvey]

I have trouble even when I'm, when I'm seeing them in front of me.

[John Pajak]

Right.

[Mike Garvey]

I wasn't a great math student, but I tried my best.

[John Pajak]

But you know, especially things like, you know, for future events with Pot House, that's one of my goals is the profits of Paycheck Podcast bringing up the behind, not just the behind the scenes, but actually well produced content. And I only feel you can't do that from a hotel room, you know? And, you know, this is an environment where we could really make some magic happen. And I'm. I'm really thankful and excited to be part of this.

[Mike Garvey]

Awesome. Well, thank you for your support in it and also your mentorship, your guidance, and being such a great friend that you are.

[John Pajak]

Oh, thanks, Mike. It's my pleasure, man. It really is. But we're gonna. We're gonna kind of cap this one off. The boys are out there. I think they're gonna be coming back soon with some accoutrements for the. For the meal tonight.

[Mike Garvey]

Chef Larry.

[John Pajak]

Chef Larry made some broccoli this morning at 5:30am smelled up the whole house of the day. The whole house smells like burnt broccoli. But okay, we love them. We. We love them.

[Mike Garvey]

But thanks again, John.

[John Pajak]

You're welcome, Mike. And again, everybody, check out the Side Hustle Squad podcast that's available on every podcast library. It's a great show, but we also want to thank Yardbook for their continued support. And if you are wanting, if you're looking for any guidance with that, we have a Facebook group, the Yardbook users group just turned 11 years old. March 2nd of 2026. It is officially 11 years old.

[Mike Garvey]

Almost a teenager.

[John Pajak]

I can't believe it.

[Mike Garvey]

Congratulations.

[John Pajak]

It's like, oh, he's growing up. But if you. But if you have any questions or anything, this is a great free resource that we offer so that you could get the questions answered about, you know, Yardbook, the features it has. Not only that, but like, I do a lot of walkthroughs and, you know, a lot of support videos and in live stuff, but check that out. And if you want to get bump it up to Premium. You get 30 days free by using promo code PayJack, that's P A J A K gives you 30 days free. You get all the goodies with that. So as anyway, we're live from Pod House in Las Vegas, Nevada. I hope that you enjoy this. Please listen and subscribe and do all those cool things, but God bless, keep pushing through and we'll catch you on the next one. Thank you once again for listening. If you've enjoyed the show, please leave a review and share it with fellow business owners. Your support means the world to me and helps keep the show going strong. I want to give a special shout out to our friends at Yardbook. Their continued support has been instrumental in bringing this podcast to you week after week. If you haven't checked them out yet, visit yardbook.com and see how they can give you the tools to streamline and manage your lawn care business. Also, don't forget to explore the resources and upcoming events that I've collected just for you in the show Notes. These are curated to help you stay ahead in your your business with the latest tips, tools and networking opportunities. Whether it's a new tool, an insightful article, or an event you don't want to miss, I've got you covered. Until next time, keep pushing through and God bless.

[Mike Garvey]

Sam.