The Showroom Funnel: How a Retail Store Fuels a Build Firm | Noah Hutchison - Hutch Design + Build

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Stop chasing low-bid work. Noah Hutchison reveals his integrated design-build and retail store model for attracting predictable, high-margin projects.

🔥 Tired of the feast-or-famine referral cycle? This episode reveals a game-changing strategy to build a predictable pipeline of high-margin projects.

In this powerful episode of Beyond the Bid, Grant sits down with Noah Hutchison, co-founder of the award-winning Hutch Design + Build and Hutch Home Co. Noah reveals the exact playbook he used to turn a physical retail furniture store into a lead generation machine for his high-end residential construction company, effectively ending his reliance on unpredictable referrals.

📊 THE BRUTAL TRUTH:

  • Over-reliance on passive word-of-mouth makes forecasting and scaling impossible for most builders.
  • Without a unique differentiator, you’re forced to compete on price, crushing your margins.
  • The hidden cost of chasing unqualified leads is thousands of dollars in wasted time and resources annually.

🎯 WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER:

  • [00:00] - The $100K Profit Leak 9/10 Builders Suffer From: Referral Dependency
  • [03:15] - The "Retail to Remodel" Model: How a Furniture Store Became a Lead Machine
  • [14:40] - The Client Journey: From Showroom Browser to High-Value Build Client
  • [22:10] - Implementation: 3 Steps to Create a Physical Marketing Funnel
  • [29:50] - The Numbers: Quantifying the ROI of an Integrated Business Model
  • [36:15] - Common Mistakes: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of a Brick-and-Mortar Presence
  • [42:30] - Your Next Steps to Build a Predictable Sales Engine

💰 PROFIT ACCELERATORS MENTIONED:

✅ Hutch Design + Build - https://www.hutchdesignbuild.com

✅ Hutch Home Co. - https://www.hutchhome.co

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🏗️ ABOUT OUR GUEST: Noah Hutchison is the co-founder of Hutch Design + Build and Hutch Home Co. in Fort Collins, Colorado. Alongside his wife Alli, Noah has built an integrated company that guides clients from architectural design and high-end construction all the way through to furnishing and styling. Their model is built on restoring trust in the industry through transparency, quality, and a seamless client experience.

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🚀 ABOUT BEYOND THE BID: Hosted by Grant Fuellenbach, CEO of GO First Consulting. After helping 312+ builders generate $5.3M+ in additional revenue, Grant brings you conversations with industry leaders who share their proven systems for predictable profitability.

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