In this episode of the Legacy Builders Podcast, Kyle sits down with Ryan Schmitt, Founder & CEO of Petticoat Schmidt, to unpack the extraordinary journey behind one of Florida’s fastest-growing heavy civil construction companies. Ryan shares the origin of the business, the early leap of faith, and the brutal season he calls “The Valley of Darkness,” where stacked job losses, financial collapse, and overwhelming pressure nearly took everything he built. Through transparency, grit, and the ...
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In this episode of the Legacy Builders Podcast, Kyle sits down with Ryan Schmitt, Founder & CEO of Petticoat Schmidt, to unpack the extraordinary journey behind one of Florida’s fastest-growing heavy civil construction companies. Ryan shares the origin of the business, the early leap of faith, and the brutal season he calls “The Valley of Darkness,” where stacked job losses, financial collapse, and overwhelming pressure nearly took everything he built. Through transparency, grit, and the ...
Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: A Conversation with Forrest Derr on Growth & Legacy
Legacy Builders with Kyle McGee
50 minutes
3 months ago
Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: A Conversation with Forrest Derr on Growth & Legacy
In this episode of Legacy Builders, host Kyle McGee sits down with Forrest Derr, an operator, strategist, and servant leader whose career has been defined by resilience, adaptability, and growth. From his first paper route at age 15 to nearly two decades in executive operations, to launching his own fractional COO firm, Forrest shares the lessons learned along the way. The conversation explores what it takes to build businesses across industries using people, process, and structure, the uniqu...
Legacy Builders with Kyle McGee
In this episode of the Legacy Builders Podcast, Kyle sits down with Ryan Schmitt, Founder & CEO of Petticoat Schmidt, to unpack the extraordinary journey behind one of Florida’s fastest-growing heavy civil construction companies. Ryan shares the origin of the business, the early leap of faith, and the brutal season he calls “The Valley of Darkness,” where stacked job losses, financial collapse, and overwhelming pressure nearly took everything he built. Through transparency, grit, and the ...
