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Episode #192 A 35 Year Run with Brian Ham
Brian Ham is the previous owner of Santa Rita Landscaping, Tucson, AZ. He built the business with his brother, got crushed in the great recession, and then rebuilt the business and took on a partner, and finally sold the 20M business one week before the pandemic hit....
Episode #191 Economic Predictions for 2022 with Dr. Charlie Hall
Dr. Charlie Hall is the "Ellison Chair in International Floriculture” at Texas A&M University. He is the foremost economist in the green industry. Jeffrey and Dr. Hall discuss supply chain outlook, inflationary outlook, workforce development and consumer spending....
Episode #190 Rolling Up with Technology and a People-First Strategy, with Keith Freeman
Keith Freeman, co-founder, and CEO of Green Group Companies in Raleigh, NC, joins in on Jeffrey’s podcast. In this episode, we discuss his unique business model of buying lawn care companies but leaving the original brand intact. Keith and his partner have developed...
Episode #189 From Lawn Care to Robotic Mowing with Jennifer Lemcke
Jennifer Lemcke is the CEO of Weedman, a lawn care franchise system that has franchisees across the USA and Canada. They are the second-largest lawn care company in North America with their sights on being #1. Jeffrey and Jennifer discuss Weedman's history, management...
Episode 188 – 7 Lessons from 2021, 7 Questions for 2022, with Jeffrey Scott
Jeffrey Scott shares with you 7 lessons he learned working with landscape professionals from around the US and Canada over the past year. He touched on these in his newsletter and elaborates here, giving extra insight. You will also hear 7 questions to ponder in 2022...
Episode 187 – Building a Team of Super Foremen, with Brandon Lair
Brandon Lair is managing partner of the Site Group in Dayton, OH, a 26 year old company doing $5M in revenue. Jeffrey and Brandon discuss balancing out his partnerships, and focus the majority of our time diving into the role of the Super Foremen who are able to act...
Episode 186 – Extreme Accountability Without Being Extreme with John Caramanico Jr.
Caramanico and Sons is a multi generational, 14M business based in Philadelphia, PA, that has figured out how to create extreme ownership and accountability without being extreme. In fact the owners of this firm are exceptionally nice, and have learned how to empower...
Episode 185 – Hiring an HR Manager, with Arnie Arsenault and Dustin Wolfe
Jeffrey Scott speaks with these two landscape entrepreneurs about their experiences hiring a Human Resource manager. Arnie Arsenault is managing partner of A. Arsenault and Sons, and Dustin Wolfe is owner of Artistic Grounds, both located in Massachusetts. Arnie and...
Episode 184 – The Peer Group Experience with Blair Walton
Blair Walton runs a large, fast-growing, technology-forward design-build maintain company in Wilmington, NC. He shares his experience as “the host" of a recent Leader’s Edge peer group run by Jeffrey Scott, where over a dozen landscape business owners descended on his...
Episode 183 – Becoming A Second In Command with Dale Drier
Dale Drier is the General Manager for Drost Landscape (MI), a multi decade, multi division company where he started as a laborer, and grew into this position of GM to help grow and transform the company. Jeff and Dale talk about many the facets of being a second in...
