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Margin Makers

Bennie Sheally and Danny Reynolds 1 Episodes Aug 18, 2026

Margin Makers is hosted by Bennie Sheally, an entrepreneur and insurance agency founder, alongside co-host Danny Reynolds. The show features conversations with founders and operators across trades, property management, insurance, and service industries who are building real businesses through experience. Each episode focuses on practical lessons in leadership, operations, profitability, growth, and the challenges of scaling a business while staying grounded in the work.

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From UNCW Coach to Top Mortgage Producer w/ Shaun Utterson | Ep 4 Aug 18, 2026 00:33:26 Shaun Utterson loved coaching college soccer. The problem was never the job, it was the math. Climbing the ladder meant uprooting his family every two or three years, and staying put meant waiting a decade or more for someone else's chair to open. Either way, an athletic director he did not control was holding his family's future.So he and his wife Katy picked Wilmington first and worked b

Built a Performance Culture, Not Just a Gym w/ Mike Barnhart | Ep 3 Aug 11, 2026 00:40:04 Mike Barnhart crosses the Memorial Bridge into Wilmington and can see the hotel lobby where four federal agents put him in handcuffs. He served 63 months, came home, and decided the city that saw him at his worst was going to see him at his best. Then he signed a lease less than a block from that lobby.He tells Bennie and Danny about taking it on the chin downtown for a year and a half, the flood

From Handshake Deals to Million Dollar Custom Homes w/ Chris Delaney | Ep 2 Aug 6, 2026 00:37:55 A buddy told him about all the fences that blew down after Hurricane Florence. Chris Delaney already had the LLC and the job platforms from weekend side work, so the two of them sat in a bar with a laptop and started bidding. That was 2018. Today he builds custom homes across Southeastern North Carolina, including houses over a million dollars.The harder part came later. Chris gets into the handsh

Scaling a Youth Soccer Club to 5,000 Families w/ Carson Porter | Ep 1 Aug 4, 2026 00:34:29 For years Carson Porter got the same backhanded question whenever he explained his job: "Is that really a full-time job?" He played at North Carolina, coached a national title team at Wake Forest, and worked with US Soccer. Then he walked into a youth club in Wilmington that was, by his own description, in disarray.Carson sits down with Bennie and Danny to talk about what the rebuild actually took

Welcome to Margin Makers Jul 31, 2026 00:00:36 Margin Makers is hosted by Bennie Sheally, entrepreneur and insurance agency founder, and co-host Danny Reynolds. The podcast features conversations with founders and operators across the trades, property management, insurance, and service industries who are building real businesses and learning through experience. Each episode focuses on practical lessons around leadership, operations, profitabil

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