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Episode #171 – From One Crew to $31M with Michael Hommel
Mike Hommel (President) of Designs By Sundown. Under his leadership, Designs By Sundown in Denver Colorado has grown from 2 employees in 1985 to reach revenues of $31,000,000. To this day, Michael is still the driving force behind the day to day operations of the...
Episode #170 – Using Throughput To Drive Profitability, with 3 Special Guests
Making high profit requires more than achieving solid gross profit margins, it means gaining the most profit you can from each hour of your production staff’s labor. Jeffrey has been a student of this concept for years and has brought together two high-performing...
Episode #169 – Selling Your Business to Private Equity with Kurt Bland
As President and CEO of Bland Landscaping Company in Apex, NC. Kurt Bland has seen and experienced many sides of the landscape Industry since he first joined his family business at 15years old. Kurt and I discuss what it means running a Private Equity backed company...
Episode #168 – Selling Highly Creative Design Build For High Profit with Traven Pelletier
Traven Pelletier is the Owner of Lotus Gardenscapes. Lotus Gardenscapes is an award-winning design/build, maintenance and tree company located in Dexter, MI. Traven is an artist at heart, and a highly creative hardscape designer who has built a hugely successful firm...
Episode #167 – Hiring a COO and CEO with George Tucker
George Tucker is owner of LanDesign in MO. Founded in 2002, it is one of the most progressive, well-known green industry businesses in the St. Louis region specializing in commercial and residential landscape projects with a services arm and a new irrigation division....
Episode #166 – Economic Predictions For 2021 With Economist Dr. Charlie Hall
Dr. Charlie Hall is the top economist in the Green Industry. He is a passionate speaker on all things green (money and plants.) Growing up in the industry on a nursery in Western North Carolina, Dr. Hall currently is a professor in the Department of Horticultural...
Episode #165 – Live a Culture of Excellence; Pillar 2 from “Become A Destination Company®”
This is the second pillar from Jeffrey Scott’s book, Become a Destination Company®. A Roadmap to Attract, Motivate, and Retain Great Employees. Live a Culture of Excellence In this episode, Jeffrey will show you what you need to do as a company to create a Culture of...
Episode #164 – Two Brothers Grow Residential Firm To $30M and 6 Branches with Kevin McHale
Kevin McHale is the President and co-owner of McHale Landscape Design, MD. He started the business with his brother 40 years ago. Now, it is a $30M residential business with 300 employees spread over 6 locations. McHale's business is unique for three reasons: A...
Episode #163 Vision Is An Action Verb; Pillar 1 from “Become A Destination Company®”
This is the first pillar from Jeffrey Scott’s book, Become a Destination Company®. A Roadmap to Attract, Motivate and Retain Great Employees. Nurture Your Company By Making Vision an Action Verb. In this episode, Jeffrey explains why attracting, motivating, focusing,...
Episode #162 – Growing to $100M “Three Million at a Time” with Teddy Russell
Teddy Russell, owner, and CEO of Russell Landscape Group, based in Atlanta, runs a $40M company with 8 locations and 465 employees. He is the second-generation owner of a fabulous, southeastern enterprise growing with the growth goal of $100M. Teddy has made growth...
