THE MAN BEHIND THE MIC
Builder. Operator. Relentless.
Doug Bartlett founded Bartlett Roofing in Boise, Idaho with nothing but a truck, a phone, and the willingness to outwork everyone around him. No investors. No industry connections. He knocked doors himself, negotiated every insurance claim personally, and hired his first crew on faith.
In his very first month, he signed 18 roofing contracts — and never looked back. Year after year, he reinvested in the business, built systems that could scale, and assembled a team of operators who shared his standard.
Today, Bartlett Roofing does $50M in annual revenue, employs 200 people, and has earned back-to-back placement on the Inc. 5000 — the definitive list of America's fastest-growing private companies. Doug still lives and works in Boise, Idaho, where the company was born.
Bartlett Roofing started with one person, one truck, and zero industry experience. Doug knocked every door himself, closed every deal himself, and ran every job himself — learning the business while building it at the same time.
No outside capital. No shortcuts. Just relentless forward motion from day one.
Growth came from building systems, not grinding harder. Doug learned to hire the right people, put processes in place that held up under pressure, and step back from the day-to-day so the company could scale beyond him.
Bartlett Roofing now operates across multiple states with 200 employees — and has made the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing companies two years in a row.
Doug built Monster Mindset because entrepreneurship gets sold as a highlight reel. It isn't. It's tough decisions, wrong hires, and pivots nobody sees coming.
Having built a $50M company from nothing in Boise, Idaho, Doug brings the real version of that story — no filter, no fluff — to every episode.
Listen to Doug's real-world playbook — no gurus, no shortcuts, no fluff. Just what it actually takes.