Culture For Breakfast
Culture For Breakfast
Walter Kearns
Culture for Breakfast explores the elusive pursuit of finding, developing, and retaining your dream team. FireSeed's VP of Sales, Walter Kearns, talks with guests and business owners from around the country as they discuss the various aspects vital to building and maintaining an incredible culture. Finding the right talent is hard enough, but finding the right culture fit is even harder. Join us every Tuesday to hear how leaders can practically and positively impact your workplace!
Corporate Assistance Programs
Have you ever wondered how you could help your employees beyond their health benefits?On today's episode, I sit down with Connor Green at Helping Hands Ministry, and we unpack their corporate assistance program. They have developed a program that makes blessing your people and providing for their needs an easy and effective process built on accountability.
Sep 10, 2025
22 min
The Impact of Healthy Conflict
Slade McLendon, CEO of Sunbelt Fire, joined us for this episode to discuss healthy conflict.Slade and I had some healthy conflict earlier this year, and it got us thinking, maybe other people have tough conversations too...so we got together to talk about it. If you have a tough conversation or want to hear from a man who has tough conversations every day to learn how to impact your family, friends, and business, you will not want to miss his wisdom!
Aug 28, 2025
35 min
Maintaining culture after an acquisition.
Chris Baldus, Co-Founder & CEO at Ridgeline Roofing & Restoration joins Culture for Breakfast this week!Chris took on a partner and sold a portion of his business AND maintained the culture he had worked so hard to build. In this episode, Chris shares how he led his people through and acquisition and came out stronger on the other side. If you are thinking about or have taken on an equity partner, you will want to hear what Chris has to say about his experience!
Jul 22, 2025
24 min
How People & Culture Shape Investment Grades
Zane Tarence, Partner and Managing Director at Founders Advisors joins Culture for Breakfast to talk about how a business can identify if they are investment grade, and how their people and culture play a part in that. Zane speaks all over the country and has helped 100's of business owners sell their businesses. If you are a business owner looking to sell or simply become more profitable, you will gain insight and knowledge from this episode. To provide securities-related services discussed herein, certain principals of Founders Advisors, LLC are licensed with Founders M&A Advisory, LLC, member of FINRA & SiPC. Founders M&A Advisory is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Founders Advisors. Neither Founders M&A Advisory nor Founders Advisors provide investment advice.
Dec 24, 2024
37 min
Doing The Right Thing For The Long Haul
Interested in learning what Kestaa means? Check out our recent conversation with Benjamin Holmgren, Founder of Kestaa as we talk about his passion for serving civil contractors, starting a business and prioritizing authentic relationships.
Dec 17, 2024
30 min
Big Rocks & Small Rocks
Curious to hear how big rocks are turned into smaller rocks? Check out the latest episode of Culture for Breakfast where Ben Cottingham joins Jon Scepaniak to talk about how they’ve maintained a winning culture for 50+ years in their family business. Bonus: you’ll get a few great breakfast suggestions for the next time you’re in St. Cloud, Minnesota!
Dec 11, 2024
29 min
When is the right time to start my company?
Listen as we host one of the hottest civil contractors in the state of Texas, Joseph Villareal, owner and founder of Villareal Civil Group. Joseph shares what led him to take the plunge into entrepreneurship, how he’s built a winning culture, and gives insight on how to set yourself apart from your competitors. Bonus: You’ll get to hear how Joseph brought in a well-known football coach to take his team to the next level… You don’t want to miss this episode!
Nov 26, 2024
24 min
Maintaing Culture Through Four Generations
75+ years, 4th generation family-owned business, Complex Water / Wastewater projects, and the best breakfast spots in Jackson, Michigan. What does all this have in common? You guessed it. Dunigan Bros. In this episode of Culture for Breakfast, check out our conversation with Patrick Dunigan and Marcus Beal at Dunigan Bros. We had a chance to discuss successional leadership, differentiating your culture from your competitors, and, of course - the best breakfast spots in Jackson, Michigan.
Nov 3, 2024
21 min
“Faith, Raw Milk and Building a Winning culture in the Dirt World”
Interested in learning about how a combination of raw milk and JOCKO FUEL’s MOLK, basically taste like Blue Bell Icecream?Give this a listen today!We had had the privileage to sit down with one of our partners, Justin Harris, COO at Gregory Construction.Justin shared insight on how he wins at home while leading a rapidly growing civil construction company and talks about the integration of faith in the workplace and how EOS Worldwide has changed the game for their business.Bonus: You’ll get a recommendation for the best diner spot in all of Columbus, MS! We’ll be hanging out with the Gregory Construction team next week at the Ariat Dirt World Summit and would love to see you there!
Oct 30, 2024
25 min
How Relationships Increase Profitability
Have you ever heard someone say they don't want to do something because the activity does not produce revenue? While that is not a bad sentiment, it is short-sighted. Garrett Perkins, CRO for Givingtons, joins Culture for Breakfast and discusses how building authentic relationships throughout the years has paid dividends for his ability to hire and retain great talent.
Oct 22, 2024
27 min
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