--- title: Embracing the Dark Side with Paul Jones - BuildWitt description: Aaron and Paul discuss Pauls’s beginnings as a GC and how defining company values is essential to running a business, especially in the face of hardship. image: https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/118_cover.jpg --- ![Embracing the Dark Side with Paul Jones](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/118_cover.jpg) episode 118 # Embracing the Dark Side with Paul Jones May 5, 2022 • 60 min Get the Buildwitt app: --- [![appstore](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/2022%20-%20BuildWitt/Training%20page/appstore.svg) ](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/buildwitt/id1595174235) [![googleplay](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/2022%20-%20BuildWitt/Training%20page/googleplay.svg) ](https://andriodapk.com/androidapp/1595174235/) Listen on: --- [Apple Podcast ![Apple Podcast](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/ApplePodcast.svg) ](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirt-talk-by-buildwitt/id1494235724) [Google Podcast ![Google Podcast](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/GooglePodcast.svg) ](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS83Nzk2MDMucnNz?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjQ24rn4__2AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ) [Spotify Podcast ![Spotify Podcast](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/SpotifyPodcast.svg) ](https://open.spotify.com/show/2GK5UWkulNJ6tNFXvWngMt) Let your voice be heard! Answer a few simple questions at [buildwitt.com/feedback](http://buildwitt.com/feedback) and help us find more awesome listeners like you. Together, let’s make the Dirt World a better place! Don't forget that you can watch or listen to Dirt Talk on the BuildWitt app! Learn more at [buildwitt.com/buildwitt-app](https://www.buildwitt.com/buildwitt-app). If you have questions/comments/concerns, reach out to[ DirtTalk@buildwitt.com](mailto:DirtTalk@buildwitt.com). Stay Dirty! ## Any Dirt Questions? Ask us! And we will try to answer it in future Dirt Talk episodes. ## Featured Guest --- ![107_podcover](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/107_podcover.jpg) Nic Parish Job Title, Company ![icon-linkedin-black](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/BuildWitt_November2021/images/icon-linkedin-black.svg)   Host Aaron Witt has been very clear about his opinions on General Contractors over the years, and yet one was brave enough to be on the podcast. (To be fair, Aaron has softened and added some nuance to those hot takes). Enter Paul Jones, President of [Solomon Builders](https://www.solomonbuilders.com/) in Nashville, TN. Aaron has sung these guys' praises multiple times internally to the team, and so it made sense to have Paul on to set the record straight on GCs. This week on Dirt Talk, Aaron and Paul discuss Pauls’s beginnings as a GC and how defining company values is essential to running a business, especially in the face of hardship. 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