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FuDog Core — Tier 1

Why Almost Every Home Service Contractor Is Dead Wrong About Scaling Their Business…

…And the Brutal Truth About How the Business You Built to Give You Freedom Turned Into a 70-Hour-a-Week Job That Keeps You Trapped in the Truck, Away From Your Family, and One Disaster Away From Falling Apart.

Your trucks on the road

Let's have a real "tailgate-to-tailgate" conversation…

You've done what most people could never do. You took a truck, some tools, and pure grit, and you built a $250K to $1.5M+ home service business.

Your revenue is up. Your wrapped trucks are on the road. To your friends and neighbors, you're the successful business owner who "made it."

But when you turn off the ignition at night and step into the house, how do you actually feel?

Are you building a real enterprise, or did you just buy yourself the most stressful, high-risk job in the world?

You thought growing your shop would give you your life back. Instead, it just bought you bigger payrolls, heavier overhead, and non-stop fires.

Ask yourself these four questions and be brutally honest with yourself:

01

When was the last time you ate dinner with your family without your phone ringing 10 times?

Does the thought of taking a single week off give you a knot in your stomach because you know sales will dry up, tech calls will go unanswered, and jobs will turn into total chaos without you there?

02

Are you still the main business owner, estimator, and firefighter?

Is your business stuck in your head, leaving your crew to stand around staring at you for every minor decision because nobody else knows how to run the jobs like you do?

03

Do you feel like you're one disaster away from a bad month?

Does a slow week, a bad quote, or a key technician quitting unexpectedly send a wave of panic through your bank account?

04

Do you keep saying, "I'll slow down when we hit $1.5 million"?

Only to realize that every step up the ladder just brings longer hours, more headaches, and keeps you further away from getting out of the truck.

You've built yourself a Contractor's Success Prison.

If you're nodding your head, you aren't alone.

You're grinding harder than ever, running active jobs, writing estimates late at night, and looking successful on the outside… yet behind closed doors, you are burned out, exhausted, and chained to a business that can't run a single day without your adrenaline.

It's the ultimate irony: the bigger your company gets, the heavier the chains become.

The "Work Harder, Hustle More" Lie

Most home service experts give you advice from a 30-year-old binder. They tell you to buy more trucks, take on more debt, and run faster.

Here is the truth nobody tells you in the home service industry:

Revenue is vanity. Profits and freedom are reality.

Adding more jobs to a broken foundation doesn't make you rich, it just breaks you faster. If your business requires you to be in the field or putting out fires 14 hours a day just to break even, you don't own a business. The business owns you.

To win this game, you need to make one massive shift: Get out of the truck, step fully into the office as the CEO, and build a machine that runs without you.

Introducing

FuDog Core

The field-tested system to get home service owners out of the field, out of the chaos, and back home to their families.

FuDog Core isn't theory taught by academics. It is the real-time operational playbook for home service owners generating $250K–$1.5M who are ready to scale systematically, protect their cash flow, and build a business that serves their life instead of consuming it.

FuDog Core

Operations

Get out of the truck and build systematic control.

Recruiting

Build an accountable crew that executes right.

Leverage

Field-tested SOPs and real-time coaching.

1

Operation Freedom (Out of the Field)

We give you the exact operational roadmap to transition from "Chief Everything Officer" to a true business leader. You stop guessing, eliminate the daily fires, and install systems so your crews run jobs correctly the first time.

2

Modern Field Strategies (What Works Now)

We don't teach tactics from 1995. You get battle-tested marketing, sales, and pricing strategies working in real home service markets right now, so you never have to worry about a slow week again.

3

Real-Time Execution (No Waiting)

Business moves fast. When a job goes wrong or a team issue comes up, you can't wait two weeks for a 1-on-1 coaching session. We give you instant access to expert guidance right when you need it.

Real Results

Real Numbers. Real Business Owners. No Fairy Tales.

Watch owners who were stuck in the exact same trap describe what changed, in their own words.

"I was actually ready to quit my own business. Joining FuDog completely changed my life. Two years ago we were stuck at $1.5M in sales; this year we are on track to do $7.7M."

Jason B. | JT Services

"We joined Mike's world four years ago when we were in a very dark place. FuDog didn't just grow our company; it aligned us back together as a family and put us on the same page."

Amy & Jim | Pearce Home Services

"Other coaching programs are just hands-off, one-trick ponies. What made FuDog a total no-brainer for me was the skillset they teach across Life, Business, and Wealth by Design. There is nothing else like it."

Joe W. | Thomas Edison Electric

Member Benefits

Everything Included in FuDog Core

Weekly High-Impact Core Trainings

Live, actionable sessions delivering step-by-step strategies complete with implementation worksheets and live Q&A. Can't make it? Recordings are uploaded immediately to your vault.

All-Access Pass to Multi-Day Virtual Events

Complete access to our intensive multi-day deep dives on Sales, Marketing, SOP Creation, Recruiting, and Leadership.

Public Value: $2,999+ per event — included 100% free for CORE members

The Plug-and-Play Template Vault

Hundreds of field-tested templates, swipe files, job descriptions, pricing models, and checklists. Stop reinventing the wheel. Just swipe, deploy, and execute.

On-Demand Real-Time Expert Support

Encounter a problem on a job site or with a customer? Drop your question into our private portal and get fast, tactical answers from Mike and top home service experts in minutes, not days.

Cutting-Edge Field-Tested Tactics

Stay ahead of market shifts with pricing models, recruiting campaigns, and lead generation frameworks currently tested and working across active home service companies today.

Manuals to Run Each Department

Proven, ready-to-implement operating manuals that give every department clear standards, repeatable processes, and measurable expectations, so your company can perform consistently without depending on you.

Lead Generation Strategies

Advanced, multi-channel strategies to create a more predictable flow of qualified opportunities, reduce dependence on any single lead source, and keep your sales pipeline full.

Who You're Learning From

Built by a Contractor. Not a Consultant.

Mike Agugliaro spent thirty-plus years in the trenches, not the classroom. He scaled his own companies past $500 million in sales, walked away with a successful exit, and now trains the owners other coaches learn from.

$500M+ In sales scaled across his own companies before a successful exit.
1,000+ Owners trained. That's why they call him the coach to the coaches.
Live training room
"The secret to success is simple: surround yourself with people operating at a higher level than you. And if there's one person in my list of who to surround yourself with, it's Mike Agugliaro. Mike is a business-builder… and a person-builder."
Mike Michalowicz — Author of Profit First

Ready to get out of the truck and build a business that runs without you?

Apply for FuDog Core

Qualification

Who FuDog Core Is Built For

Straight talk before you apply. If you recognize yourself on the left, we should be in the same room. If you land on the right, we are not the right fit right now, and that is a fine answer too.

Qualified
Not Qualified
Annual Revenue
$250,000 – $1,500,000
Past $1.5M and scaling (see FuDog Ascension)
Goal
Out of the truck, into a structured company
A magic bullet without installing systems
Playbook
Clear blueprints, zero corporate jargon
Offline theory that has not been updated in a decade
Life
Home in time for dinner, present with family
Content at 80 hours a week

Next Steps

How to Get Started

1

Submit Your Application

Click below to fill out a short application about your business and current bottlenecks.

2

Brief Qualification Call

We'll hop on a quick call to ensure CORE is the exact right fit for your revenue level and goals.

3

Instant Blueprint Access

Get onboarded immediately into the vault, join the real-time support platform, and start implementing this week.

Apply for FuDog Core Today

Stop running the most stressful job in the world. Build the machine, get out of the truck, and get your life back.

Apply for FuDog Core Today
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