091: Dustin DeVan and Sarah E. Brown (She's back) Connect a Highly Collaborative and Equally Fragmented Industry with Software

Helping Sells Radio

There is a first time for everything and this episode has two first times. First, we took Helping Sells Radio on the road to visit Dustin DeVan, founder and CEO of BuildingConnected at his office to talk about disrupting the construction industry with collaborative software. Second, Sarah E. Brown, founder and long-time co-host of Helping Sells Radio and director of content marketing at BuildingConnected, joins the show as a guest host AND a guest. She even took over the show open.

So, this was an exciting shows on multiple levels.

Riddle me this: How does a mechanical and aeronautical engineer with no aspirations to get into construction or technology, start a technology company for the construction industry? Think about that there for a moment.

In this episode you will learn how Dustin got into the construction industry, and while he was working in it, how he discovered that the construction industry is one of the most collaborative and also one of the most fragmented industries in the world. And with the gigantic number of construction projects around the world, organizing a seemingly endless number of contractors and sub-contractors and suppliers...none of them are connected in any modern collaborative sense. Dustin saw a need to create a network of contractors and sub-contractors to help all of these people work together better. For example, to help sub-contractor win more business, help contractors find the right sub-contractors, and ultimately help build better construction projects.

Learn more about BuildingConnected: https://www.buildingconnected.com

Dustin DeVan on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustindevan/

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