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Oct 8, 2026
Ep. 158: Sean Dowling, President, Eastern Operations Area at TurnPoint Services
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39:16JordanHOST
How did you do this with zero business experience? And what is the message to the other employers out there?

Sean DowlingGUEST
It was incredibly intimidating, and, uh, I will say that, that, uh, you know, it, it was like a daunting front-end experience.

Sean DowlingGUEST
Like, staring down the pipe of a 97% Span- Spanish primary speaking business, uh, where I couldn't have direct conversations with any of my employees.

Sean DowlingGUEST
Uh, uh, customers who, who, who really needed a lot from us, more than we were sort of capable of giving in real time.

Sean DowlingGUEST
Um, vendors who expected more timely payments 'cause the change of business entity, uh, sort of seizing an opportunity to kinda, kinda seize some margin from us and, and some cash flow.

Sean DowlingGUEST
And just like the litany of business issues, like hits you like a semi-truck in real time.

Sean DowlingGUEST
And, uh, I remember having a conversation with Ben Gibbs and I was like, "Ben, like all this stuff is broken." He's like, "Hey man, that's how every business is that we've ever acquired.
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48:57JordanHOST
We talked about it in the beginning.