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Derek Cornish

Co-owner of Top Home Improvements, a Grand Rapids/Traverse City, Michigan home remodeling company (bathrooms, windows, roofing, siding, doors).

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Sep 17, 2026

The Home Service Expert Podcast

The Home Service Expert Podcast

The First KPI Every Home Service Owner Should Track (Not Revenue) |

Sep 17 · 1h 24m

Tommy MelloHOST

1:10

How did you get into home service, and what were those early days like?

Derek CornishGUEST

1:13

So actually, I was, uh, working at a company screen-printing, uh, sport apparel, and, uh, they were kinda going down.

Derek CornishGUEST

1:21

Lost my job and went home.

Derek CornishGUEST

1:23

Was bummed out and just got online and saw this ad for company vehicle at 100K plus.

Derek CornishGUEST

1:30

And, uh, so I jumped on, ended up getting the job.

Derek CornishGUEST

1:33

Actually brought me in for an interview for, uh, canvassing and call center.

Derek CornishGUEST

1:37

I was like, "Well, I really wanna be in sales." So they brought me in for another interview, got that job, and, uh, from there took off.

40 MINS LATER

Tommy MelloHOST

41:52

Ob- obviously you get to know them, but when most people give up, what are some of your best tips?

The Wealthy Contractor

The Wealthy Contractor

The Home Improvement Sales System Behind a Million-Dollar Week

Aug 31 · 42m

Brian KaskovalsianHOST

25:41

And and then putting in a system that sells value, not the price.

Derek CornishGUEST

25:46

And we've done it the barbaric way.

Derek CornishGUEST

25:48

If anyone saw us before this last year, they wouldn't even know how we were operating.

Derek CornishGUEST

25:54

Our back end was dirty.

Derek CornishGUEST

25:55

I mean, not install, but like the books.

Derek CornishGUEST

25:58

We were still growing.

Derek CornishGUEST

25:59

We were still doing we're still bringing in money.

8 MINS LATER

Brian KaskovalsianHOST

34:12

You know, all of that stuff.