Building Your Business with CCPIA Ep. 25: Ian Dolby on Turning Proposals into Profits

Specific Inspection Topics Commercial Inspections / CCPIA
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Episode #25 — September 9, 2025:

How investment banking experience translates into inspection success and stronger client relationships.

In this episode, host Rob Claus sits down with Ian Dolby, a CCPIA® Certified Commercial Property Inspector and owner of Smart Choice Inspection in southwestern Michigan, who brings an unusual background to the industry.

With experience in construction, real estate, and senior-level investment banking in mergers and acquisitions, Ian shows how diverse professional experience creates competitive advantages in commercial inspections.

:television: WATCH: https://ccpia.org/building-your-business-with-ccpia-25-ian-dolby-on-turning-proposals-into-profits/

:studio_microphone: LISTEN: https://ccpia.org/commercial-inspector-podcast-by-ccpia/

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