Jimmy Talks
Hosted by Jimmy and James and James Starbuck · James Starbuck
4.9from 134 ratings
- 72
- Episodes
- 59
- Transcribed
- 134
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Jimmy Talks
Jimmy Talks Construction is an Australian construction podcast focused on real conversations with builders, contractors, tradies, and business owners across the construction industry. Each episode dives into construction business growth, civil construction, earthmoving, excavation, leadership on site, hiring subcontractors, scaling trade businesses, and the real challenges of running a construction company in Australia. From infrastructure projects and heavy machinery to cash flow, management, and lessons learned the hard way, this podcast shares honest insights from people building successful construction businesses from the ground up.
- Publisher
- James Starbuck
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 May 2025
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
59 of 72 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why It’s So Hard to Do Business in Victorian Construction Right Now | Annie Kessel CCF
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How a 24-Year-Old Built a Construction Business From Door Knocking | Jed Coinu
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
From Cancer at 15 to 10 Years in Business | Craig, EDI Tree Services
Inside a recent episode
Why It’s So Hard to Do Business in Victorian Construction Right Now | Annie Kessel CCF
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And, you know, there is – everyone knows it. There's a massive shortage in skills. You know, a certain – a very significant percentage of the contractor owners are resigning or retiring, sorry, in the next two to five years. Who's filling the gap? You know, so some of the things that we work on are ways to make our industry attractive, you know, make our industry a place of, you know – really good and rewarding employment. And then the next challenge on top of that is actually keeping people in this industry. Retaining them. Because it's hard. It's hard. It is. And so like, you know, with apprentices and like we always talk about the next generation. […]
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- Annie Kessel
- Jed Coinu
- Craig
- Dylan Welsh
- Matt Garland
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Who hosts Jimmy Talks?
Jimmy and James and James Starbuck host the show. Published by James Starbuck.
How often do new episodes come out?
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