Jul 28, 2026 · 43 min · 11 segments
Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg. Collision repair has never lacked for technical expertise. But as our industry continues to evolve…
Dan CarranzaGuestCole StrandbergHostIf you're on LinkedIn or social media, you've seen it, you've heard about Collision Next.
Uh, we've pulled together a lot of the, uh, the industry's leading speakers, coaches, former owners.
But, uh, why, why I'm doing this, why now, why, why today, this industry's thirsty for education in, in, in summary.
It's not a conference where we shovel people in and we have the same content, same information over the course of a day and a half.
This is dynamic, so the attendee, uh, will get to choose his or her content for the breakouts.
Uh, we've got shops that are signing up where they're gonna maybe divide and conquer.
Um, but why now, why today? You know, the, the theme that I chose for, for Collision Next is, uh, uh, uh, see what's now, prepare for what's next, and that's really twofold, right? You think about where are we today, what are the things that I can attack right now, what's my right now plan, and then start to look out forward-looking, what is '27 gonna look like, and into the future, what are the things I need to be aware of? Um, so again, I'm encouraging the networking, the conversations.
Uh, we've left enough time to make sure that those discussions happen within the attendees, and I'm super excited about it because we, we've allotted time with our vendor partners and, and, you know, I, I give a, a, a hats off to them.
If, if it wasn't for the vendor partners, this thing does not launch, right? So the vision that I had for it, uh, you know, I was talking with somebody the other day, I'm super proud, I keep saying relationship capital, man, uh, for my ex-competitors that I compu- competed fiercely, you know, that maybe I didn't sell their brands to support me in, in this event is huge.
And hats off to them because this is not about competition, this is about elevating an industry, and that's where Collision Next came.
Well, I am so excited for the event itself and to talk a little bit more about it here today.
To do that, I wanna rewind and double-click on a couple of the points you made earlier.
If you're on LinkedIn or social media, you've seen it, you've heard about Collision Next.
Uh, we've pulled together a lot of the, uh, the industry's leading speakers, coaches, former owners.
But, uh, why, why I'm doing this, why now, why, why today, this industry's thirsty for education in, in, in summary.
It's not a conference where we shovel people in and we have the same content, same information over the course of a day and a half.
This is dynamic, so the attendee, uh, will get to choose his or her content for the breakouts.
Uh, we've got shops that are signing up where they're gonna maybe divide and conquer.
Um, but why now, why today? You know, the, the theme that I chose for, for Collision Next is, uh, uh, uh, see what's now, prepare for what's next, and that's really twofold, right? You think about where are we today, what are the things that I can attack right now, what's my right now plan, and then start to look out forward-looking, what is '27 gonna look like, and into the future, what are the things I need to be aware of? Um, so again, I'm encouraging the networking, the conversations.
Uh, we've left enough time to make sure that those discussions happen within the attendees, and I'm super excited about it because we, we've allotted time with our vendor partners and, and, you know, I, I give a, a, a hats off to them.
If, if it wasn't for the vendor partners, this thing does not launch, right? So the vision that I had for it, uh, you know, I was talking with somebody the other day, I'm super proud, I keep saying relationship capital, man, uh, for my ex-competitors that I compu- competed fiercely, you know, that maybe I didn't sell their brands to support me in, in this event is huge.
And hats off to them because this is not about competition, this is about elevating an industry, and that's where Collision Next came.
Well, I am so excited for the event itself and to talk a little bit more about it here today.
To do that, I wanna rewind and double-click on a couple of the points you made earlier.
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