Episodios

  • Consolidation Nation Season 2 Ep. 3: Unqualified Cowboys

    Consolidation Nation Season 2 Ep. 3: Unqualified Cowboys
    Mar 27 2026
    BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl, Consolidation Coach Owner Laura Gay and Consolidation Coach Business Development Specialists Chad Smith and Russell Winston talk about the "unqualified cowboys" in the consolidation world who are short on experience yet are out looking for shops that may want to sell — and how to sniff them out.

    Consolidation Nation is sponsored by Consolidation Coach, a consulting firm that is strictly a sell-side advisor that coaches and guides body shops through the selling process from beginning to end.
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    21 m
  • Consolidation Nation Season 2 Ep. 2: Auto Body Consolidation Market Update

    Consolidation Nation Season 2 Ep. 2: Auto Body Consolidation Market Update
    Mar 5 2026
    BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl, Consolidation Coach Owner Laura Gay and Consolidation Coach Business Development Specialists Chad Smith and Russell Winston provide an update on the auto body consolidation market, reading the current temperature in 2026 and the appetite for private equity to invest, buyers to buy and sellers to sell.
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    23 m
  • Consolidation Nation Season 2 Ep. 1: The History of Joe Hudson's

    Consolidation Nation Season 2 Ep. 1: The History of Joe Hudson's
    Feb 2 2026
    BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl and Consolidation Coach Owner Laura Gay chat with Traweek Dickson Sr., co-founder and former CEO of Joe Hudson's Collision Center, on his journey from a cotton farm to head of one of the largest national collision organizations in the country.
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    31 m
  • Consolidation Nation Ep. 12: Review of 2025 and Outlook for 2026

    Consolidation Nation Ep. 12: Review of 2025 and Outlook for 2026
    Dec 15 2025
    In episode 12 of Consolidation Nation, BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl and Consolidation Coach Owner Laura Gay review what kind of year it was for auto body consolidation in 2025 and what shops, consolidators and investors can expect in 2026. Consolidation Nation is sponsored by Consolidation Coach, a consulting firm that is strictly a sell-side advisor that coaches and guides body shops through the selling process from beginning to end.
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    20 m
  • Consolidation Nation Ep. 11: Regional Consolidators

    Consolidation Nation Ep. 11: Regional Consolidators
    Nov 11 2025
    BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl and Consolidation Coach Owner Laura Gay on Consolidation Coach's new pilot program identifying regional consolidators and independent shops that may be looking to sell who they may be interested in acquiring.

    Consolidation Nation is sponsored by Consolidation Coach, a consulting firm that is strictly a sell-side advisor that coaches and guides body shops through the selling process from beginning to end.
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    11 m
  • Consolidation Nation Ep. 10: Business Valuation

    Consolidation Nation Ep. 10: Business Valuation
    Oct 31 2025
    In episode 10 of Consolidation Nation, BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl and Consolidation Coach Owner Laura Gay discuss business valuation, specifically:
    • Where do collision repairers usually turn to get a business valuation?
    • Why are these valuations mostly unreliable in the collision space?
    • And more!
    Consolidation Nation is sponsored by Consolidation Coach, a consulting firm that is strictly a sell-side advisor that coaches and guides body shops through the selling process from beginning to end.
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    25 m
  • Consolidation Nation Ep. 9: Building the Value of Your Auto Body Shop

    Consolidation Nation Ep. 9: Building the Value of Your Auto Body Shop
    Oct 14 2025
    BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl, Consolidation Coach Owner Laura Gay and Matt DiFrancesco, principal and managing advisor of High Lift Financial and Consulting, discuss how to build the value of your auto body shop in order to exit on your own terms.Consolidation Nation is sponsored by Consolidation Coach, a consulting firm that is strictly a sell-side advisor that coaches and guides body shops through the selling process from beginning to end.
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    28 m
  • Consolidation Nation Ep. 8: Why is Clean Accounting Important?

    Consolidation Nation Ep. 8: Why is Clean Accounting Important?
    Oct 7 2025
    BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl, Consolidation Coach Owner Laura Gay and Consolidation Coach Analyst and Herm Stonitsch, CPA, discuss the importance of clean accounting and what it looks like: every profit and loss statement (which you should examine at least once a month) having a section for income, cost of goods sold and actual expenses — and what should go into those three categories.
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    30 m