Ep 039: The Core of Success w Dan Cassara

Ep 039: The Core of Success w Dan Cassara

Welcome to the Restoration Domination Podcast Episode 039 With your Host, Rico Garcia Jr.  In this episode, we are joined by Dan Cassara, the CEO of Core Group. In this episode, we discussed marketing, the new breed of contractor, the benefits of having a team behind you,  and so much more!

What We Talk About

  • Who is Dan and What is Core
  • The Un-TPA 
  • Distancing from TPA title
  • Benefits of Being with Core
  • Evolution of Best Practices
  • Collaboration in the Industry
  • How Restoration Business Owners Have Changed
  • In House Marketing and Program Work
  • Fastest Path to Success
  • What Do Core Members Get
  • Future Predictions for the Market and Industry 
  • Technology 
  • Book Recommendations
  • How to Reach Dan and Core

Biggest Takeaways

  1. Surround Yourself with People with the same goals to support each other to the top
  2. Marketing is becoming an increasingly important aspect of business in the restoration industry, more than ever before, business owners need to at least understand the basics. 
  3. There are many businesses that consider themselves successful but rely too heavily on outside lead sources that can be taken from them at any time and potentially destroy their business.

Find our Guest

The Collective By Core

AUSTIN MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN 304 East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX

July 24-26, 2022

Guest Book Recommendations

In The Four Agreements, bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.

The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success.


Pay new employees $2000 to quit. Make customer service the entire company, not just a department. Focus on company culture as the #1 priority. Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business. Help employees grow both personally and professionally. Seek to change the world. Oh, and make money too.

Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you? All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrations—personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or, once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It's not complicated or theoretical.The Entrepreneurial Operating System® is a practical method for achieving the business success you have always envisioned. More than 80,000 companies have discovered what EOS can do.

In 
Traction, you'll learn the secrets of strengthening the six key components of your business. You'll discover simple yet powerful ways to run your company that will give you and your leadership team more focus, more growth, and more enjoyment. Successful companies are applying Traction every day to run profitable, frustration-free businesses—and you can too

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About Your Host

Rico Garcia is a husband and father to two young boys and the host of Restoration Domination as well as the founder of EcoTek Pro and owner of a private marketing firm for contractors, Alpha Media Agency.

About the Show

The Restoration Domination Podcast with your host Rico Garcia. A show sharing information, tactics, business strategies, experiences, for the Restoration industry. Solo shows and interviews with some of the top industry leaders to help your business move up to the next level.

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