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Walking the Talk, Giving Back with Jeffrey Scott
Jeffrey Scott, author, investor and founder of Jeffrey Scott Consulting, talks about “giving back” to charities and the community, from five unique angles. 1. The true meaning of Thanksgiving, and how you can live it every day. 2. How we pledged to raise money for...
Taking Big Risks with Dustin and Wade Vugteveen
Wade and Dustin Vugteveen are owners of DeHamer Landscaping, a 10M+ firm in Grandville, MI. They do a mix of snow, maintenance, landscape and irrigation. We discuss their history of startups, first with a baseball training business and then in retail. We discuss how...
Drive and Compassion with Ted Lucia
Ted Lucia is majority owner and President of the $13M Lucia Landscaping Inc., headquartered in Roseville, Michigan. Lucia Landscaping began as a small business in Metro Detroit and has rapidly expanded over the last 20+ years. Among other methods, this rapid expansion...
The Straight Dirt from the original OG, Steve Griggs
Steve Griggs is the founder and owner of Steve Griggs Design, based in Baluvelt, NY. He is author of the best-selling book, “Straight Dirt”. Steve is the original OG ("old guard") and very direct, and shares the straight dirt on contracting and how to work with...
Building a team and a profitable business with Scott Lamon
Scott Lamon owns the 17 yr. old firm, Tynic Landscaping in Southwick, MA. His firm revenues 3.5M with almost 50 people at peak including PT help; they do 60% commercial and 40% residential. Jeffrey and Scott discuss all the different jobs he had before he got into the...
From GM to Owner with Matt Hunter
Matt Hunter is the owner of New Garden Landscaping & Nursery in Greensboro, NC. Matt and his teams run a 12+M highly diversified business with three locations. Jeffrey and Matt discuss Matt’s rise from laborer to salesperson to branch manager to General Manager to...
The Life-Changing Power of a Peer Group with Sean Baxter
Sean Baxter, owner, Lawn and Landscape Solutions in Bucyrus, KS, joins Jeffrey Scott to discuss how peer groups have changed both of their lives, and the lives of many of members in Jeffrey Scott’s LEADER’S EDGE peer groups. Jeffrey shares some history of how the...
Improving Your Marketing Impact with Justin Queen
Justin Queen is owner and founder of Sales Engine, a marketing firm for the home services markets. He has 10 employees and is located in Wilmington, NC Jeffrey and Justin discuss how the old marketing model is broken, and how it needs to be addressed with a “results...
The Future of Irrigation with Brodie Bruner
Brodie Brunner is the Executive Vice President (and co-owner) of Weathermatic. They are the “World's leader in smart water technology." Weathermatic was founded in 1945 and is located in Dallas, TX. They have 150 employees and revenues slightly under $50M. Jeffrey and...
The Pool Market with Kevin Werbrich and Tim O’Connor
Kevin & Tim join Jeffrey to discuss how they are growing their companies by selling pools and/or being part of the pool sale. Kevin Werbrich is owner of Werbrich’s Landscaping in Cincinnati, OH. Tim O’Connor is head of Design/Build at LCI Landscapes in Columbus,...
