Specified: Building Materials & Construction Growth Podcast

About Specified: Building Materials & Construction Growth Podcast

Welcome to the Specified Growth Podcast, hosted by Tats Nakagawa, CEO of Castagra Products. Each week, Tats talks to leaders and experts about how to overcome adversity, grow massive organizations, and how to create meaningful change in the building materials and construction industry. Check out YouTube.com/tatstalks for more!

Publisher

Tatsuya Nakagawa

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Feb 2019

Latest episode

15 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

28 of 414 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S3. Ep. 15: Focusing On Your Customers (With Armen Alajian)

   Host Tatsuya Nakagawa interviews Armen Alajian, CEO of ARTO, discussing ARTO's history, customer service, and growth mindset.

2. 

   1 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S3. Ep.14: Using Data To Provide Solutions (With Peyvand Melati)

   Host Tatsuya Nakagawa interviews QEA Tech CEO Peyvand Melati about leveraging data to solve building owner challenges and entrepreneurial advice.

3. 

   18 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S3. Ep. 13: Making A Positive Impact In Construction (With Brandon Smith)

   Brandon Smith, Co-Founder of New Vision Projects, shares insights on making a positive impact in construction through confidence, strategic partnerships, and a positive mindset in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

S3. Ep. 15: Focusing On Your Customers (With Armen Alajian)

Published 15 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I was good at that. As you can see, I'm very friendly. So I walk into a place cold call and say, hello, how are you? And it was great. And then we blew up. And we were just the L.A. company then. We had no sales outside of L.A. County for a long time. And where am I with the store? Are you happy with that where it ended or do you want me to add more? you're good so you had dealers right you're growing dealers but as you know when you have dealers they're different businesses right so how did you get to a point because i think you're streamlined working with them very well um on how that relationship worked with the dealers to be successful Well, first of all, it's customer service. […]

Who has been a guest on Specified: Building Materials & Construction Growth Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Armen Alajian
• Peyvand Melati
• Brandon Smith
• Cory Sherman
• Buz Artiano

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

60,498

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

94

YouTube

76

Engagement

51