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The Boardroom Buzz, hosted by Patrick Baldwin and Paul Giannamore, is the go-to resource for cutting-edge insight on strategy, valuation and mergers & acquisitions in the service industry.
Presented by the Potomac Pest Control Group.
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Episode 168 — Inside Modern Leadership with Skye LaJaunie
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Apr 25, 2024 |
Episode 167 — Hitting the Brakes on Growth
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Apr 18, 2024 |
Episode 166 — Breaking the Bias: In Honor of Daniel Kahneman
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Apr 11, 2024 |
Episode 165 — Partnership Agreements & Trusts
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Mar 28, 2024 |
Episode 164 — Paul Answers Listener Questions
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Mar 07, 2024 |
Episode 163 — The Wild Life of Mike Hurley
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Feb 29, 2024 |
Episode 162 — Nurturing a High-Performance Culture
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Feb 22, 2024 |
Episode 161 — The Rule of Ten
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Feb 15, 2024 |
Episode 160 — The Lies We Tell Ourselves
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Feb 01, 2024 |
Episode 159 — The Happiness of Pursuit
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Jan 25, 2024 |
Episode 158 — Are Your Goals Nothing More Than a Wishlist?
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Jan 18, 2024 |
Episode 157 — Scaling: Sales, Service, and SOPs
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Jan 11, 2024 |
Episode 156 — The Cost to Step Aside
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Jan 04, 2024 |
Episode 155 — Management Matters: Subscription Billing and Price Increases
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Dec 14, 2023 |
Episode 154 — Short-Term Risks and Long-Term Gains
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Dec 07, 2023 |
Episode 153 — Marcus Sheridan on Becoming the Voice of Trust
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Nov 30, 2023 |
Episode 152 — Subordinated Debt: Risk and Reward
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Nov 16, 2023 |
Episode 151 — Rob Greer: From Rove Pest COO to Chris Voss co-author
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Nov 09, 2023 |
Episode 150 — Reactions from Rentokil and Rollins Reporting
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Nov 02, 2023 |
POTOMAC TV: Live from PestWorld 2023
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Oct 26, 2023 |
Episode 149 — Ritz-Carlton Service at Courtyard Pricing
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Oct 12, 2023 |
Episode 148 — Jason Cupp: The Kolbe Index, Jerry Springer, and a Mexican Intervention
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Oct 05, 2023 |
Episode 147 — Succession Planning: Compensation and Communication
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Sep 28, 2023 |
Episode 146 — Urban Invasion: Market Share and Labor Unions
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Sep 21, 2023 |
Episode 145 — M&A 103: A Three-Way Merger
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Sep 14, 2023 |
Episode 144 — Holding Managers Accountable for Accounting
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Sep 07, 2023 |
Episode 143 — Nick Bartolo: Not Your Typical Wealth Advisor
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Aug 31, 2023 |
Episode 142 — The High-Stakes Home Game: Consumer Fears & Private Equity
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Aug 24, 2023 |
Episode 141 — More Than a Lawn Care Millionaire with Jonathan Pototschnik
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Aug 17, 2023 |
Episode 140 — Food Safety and Pest Control Intersect with PSSI’s Paul Lambert
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Aug 10, 2023 |
Episode 139 — Buy Versus Build and Preparing for a Recession
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Aug 03, 2023 |
Episode 138 — Brian Peters: From Franchise Support to Chief Encouragement Officer
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Jul 27, 2023 |
Episode 137 — Scaling for an Exit and Leveraging Consumer Data
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Jul 20, 2023 |
Episode 136 — Private Equity’s Impact: Dynamics, Risks, and Strategies
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Jul 13, 2023 |
Episode 135 — The Salesperson Spectrum: Technicians to Hunters
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Jun 29, 2023 |
Episode 134 — The Pain and Possibilities of Paying in Perpetuity
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Jun 22, 2023 |
Episode 133 — Cash is King and It Grows On Trees with Carroll Fitzgerald
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Jun 15, 2023 |
Episode 132 — Performance-Driven Data and Fat Pat Spills the Beans
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Jun 08, 2023 |
Episode 131 — Don’t Say Sorry?
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Jun 01, 2023 |
Episode 130 — AdVance Your Leadership with Garland Vance, PhD
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May 18, 2023 |
Episode 129 — Better Call Paul: More Listener Questions
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May 11, 2023 |
Episode 128 — Preventing Partnership Problems
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May 04, 2023 |
Episode 127 — The Mixed Bag of Questions One
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Apr 27, 2023 |
Episode 126 — From Pest Pro to Plumbing Proprietor with David Johnson
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Apr 20, 2023 |
Episode 125 — Commercial Broker to Janitor-in-Charge with Ryan Bishop
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Apr 06, 2023 |
Episode 124 — Pest to Mechanical: Working Across The Trades with Bryan Benak
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Mar 30, 2023 |
Episode 123 — Held Hostage by The Banks
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Mar 23, 2023 |
Episode 122 — Highs & Lows: Cross-Selling, Margins, and Capital Allocation
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Mar 02, 2023 |
Episode 121 — Moneyball
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Feb 23, 2023 |
Episode 120 — The Process to Create Wealth
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Feb 16, 2023 |
Episode 119 — The Flip Side: A Sell-Side Perspective
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Feb 09, 2023 |
Episode 118 — Buy-Side 102: Realistic Expectations
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Feb 02, 2023 |
Episode 117 — Next Level HR with Former Terminix CHRO David Dart
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Jan 26, 2023 |
Episode 116 — Breakthrough: Revenue Plateaus
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Jan 19, 2023 |
Episode 115 — Entries and Exits: Financing, Deal Structures & Partnerships
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Jan 12, 2023 |
Episode 114 — High Stakes: At Risk of Losing Urban Entomology at Clemson
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Dec 22, 2022 |
Episode 113 — One Focus: $40 Million in Commercial Pest with Ross Treleven
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Dec 15, 2022 |
Episode 112 — Former Terminix CFO Tony DiLucente: 4 CEOs in 4 Years
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Dec 08, 2022 |
Episode 111 — 14 Key Buyer Considerations for M&A Deals
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Dec 01, 2022 |
Episode 110 — Control the Narrative: Public Relations with Mike Harris
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Nov 10, 2022 |
Episode 109 — Blue Ocean: Lake Management with Kevin Tucker
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Nov 03, 2022 |
Episode 108 — Compensation and Culture Conundrums
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Oct 27, 2022 |
Episode 107 — Brett Madden: Listen. Learn. Lead.
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Oct 13, 2022 |
Episode 106 — Pour on some Rocket Fuel with Author Mark C Winters
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Oct 06, 2022 |
Episode 105 — The Battle of EBIT’s
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Sep 29, 2022 |
Episode 104 — What's next for The Buzz?
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Sep 22, 2022 |
Episode 103 - Daniel Schröer: Flipping the Switch on Green Tech
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Sep 15, 2022 |
Episode 102 — At Last, A Listener Drops His Termite Offering
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Sep 08, 2022 |
Episode 101 — Technical Services 101 with Cassie Krejci PhD
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Sep 01, 2022 |
Episode 100 — Know Thyself: The Dunning-Kruger Effect with David Dunning PhD
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Aug 25, 2022 |
Episode 99 — Franchising with The Redneck CEO, Gary Findley
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Aug 18, 2022 |
Episode 98 — Scaling a Commercial Powerhouse with Andrea Brubaker
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Jul 14, 2022 |
Episode 97 — A New Economy: A Wall Street Perspective with Jamie Clement
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Jul 07, 2022 |
Episode 96 — Bubble Trouble: Expanded
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Jun 02, 2022 |
Episode 95 — Developing Leaders the “American” Way with David Billingsly
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May 26, 2022 |
Episode 94 — The curious case of private equity and Fat Pat’s Pest
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May 19, 2022 |
Episode 93 — Byron Gifford: On 'Another' Mission From God
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Apr 28, 2022 |
Episode 92 — Frank & Cindy Miller: nobody goes into pest control to kill bugs
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Apr 21, 2022 |
Off The Record With Paul Giannamore - Episode 3
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Apr 19, 2022 |
Episode 91 — Jay Keating: Creating opportunities with PestCo and Thompson Street Capital
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Apr 14, 2022 |
Off The Record With Paul Giannamore - Episode 2
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Apr 12, 2022 |
Episode 90 — Jared Borg has never regretted being bold
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Apr 07, 2022 |
Off The Record With Paul Giannamore - Episode 1
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Apr 05, 2022 |
Episode 89 — Jared Borg and Jay Keating: A Blank Check to Grow and Grow
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Mar 31, 2022 |
Episode 88 — Sticktoitiveness (noun) : don’t quit with David Clark
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Mar 24, 2022 |
Episode 87 — Chris Eby: "Living In A Lambo, Down By The River."
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Mar 17, 2022 |
Episode 86 — Risks On The Horizon: The Buzz Returns to San Juan
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Mar 10, 2022 |
Episode 85 — Adam-ize It: Best Practices with Todd Leyse
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Feb 24, 2022 |
Episode 84 — A Legacy of Learning with Pest Daily’s Seth Garber
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Feb 17, 2022 |
Episode 83 — The Modern Firm: Culture & Incentives with John Roberts PhD
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Feb 10, 2022 |
Episode 82 — A Show About Nothing
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Feb 03, 2022 |
Episode 81 — From Acquaintance to Acquirer: Buy-Side with Bill Hoffman
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Jan 27, 2022 |
Episode 80 — The Rentokil / Terminix Merger Brings Back Tim Mulrooney
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Jan 20, 2022 |
Episode 79 — An Insider’s View on Executive Leadership with John Byrne
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Jan 13, 2022 |
Episode 78 — Teeka Tiwari: Bitcoin or Bust?
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Jan 13, 2022 |
Bonus Buzz — Merry Christmas from San Juan
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Dec 24, 2021 |
Episode 77 — The San Juan Sessions: Attorney Phil Tortorich Returns
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Dec 23, 2021 |
Episode 76 — Lessons from Disney: Systematic Magic with Vance Morris
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Dec 16, 2021 |
Episode 75 — The New Nisus President: Head Coach Lee Barrett
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Dec 09, 2021 |
Episode 74 — The Future is Now: A.I. Is Disrupting the Pest Industry
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Dec 02, 2021 |
Episode 73 — Plan Ahead: Entities and Estates with Attorney Phil Tortorich
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Nov 18, 2021 |
Episode 72 — Mike Agugliaro: From Vocational School to CEO Warrior
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Nov 11, 2021 |
Episode 71 — 7 Ways to Destroy Value in Your Business
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Nov 04, 2021 |
Episode 70 — HBS Search Fund Friends Find 10X in 6 Years
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Oct 28, 2021 |
Episode 69 — Disclaimer: This is Not Financial Advice
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Oct 21, 2021 |
Episode 68 — Marketing and More with #1 Bestselling Author Allan Dib
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Oct 14, 2021 |
Episode 67 — Fighting for Family Business with Bryan Dodge
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Oct 07, 2021 |
Episode 66 — Private Equity: A Sign of the Times
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Sep 30, 2021 |
Episode 65 — The Atlanta Sessions, Part 4: Anticimex North America President Brian Alexson
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Sep 23, 2021 |
Episode 64 — The Atlanta Sessions, Part 3: Leadership Lessons with Andreas and Victoria Roos Olsson
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Sep 16, 2021 |
Episode 63 — The Atlanta Sessions, Part 2: Arrow Exterminators CEO Emily Thomas Kendrick & President Tim Pollard
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Sep 09, 2021 |
Episode 62 — The Atlanta Sessions, Part 1: Mr. Mister’s Mosquito “Mad Man” Matt Brill
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Sep 02, 2021 |
Episode 61 — For Everything There is a Season: A Time to Sow, a Time to Reap
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Aug 26, 2021 |
Episode 60 — Terminix CEO Brett Ponton's Industry Media Debut Opens Season 2 of the Buzz
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Aug 19, 2021 |
Episode 59 — Project Black Bear
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Aug 18, 2021 |
Episode 58 — From Bubble to Boom: The M&A Supernova is on the Horizon
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Jun 10, 2021 |
Episode 57 — Kyle Varona on Exiting the Family Business in Style
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Jun 03, 2021 |
Episode 56 — Peter Schiff: Bet Your Assets He Likes Gold
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May 27, 2021 |
Episode 55 — Getting Out, Getting In, and Getting Crazy
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May 20, 2021 |
Episode 54 — Win BIG or Go Home with Phillip Stutts
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May 13, 2021 |
Episode 53 — Turning it Around the Responsible Way with Darin Huffaker
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May 06, 2021 |
Episode 52 — The Bug Guys on Breaking the Rules (of 23) and Selling to Certus
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Apr 29, 2021 |
Episode 51 — Boardwalk Empire: The Pest Control King of Atlantic City Sells to Anticimex
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Apr 22, 2021 |
Episode 50 — The M&A Miniseries - Part 1: Anatomy of a Merger
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Apr 15, 2021 |
Episode 49 — Author Mike Michalowicz: Profit First, Clockwork, and Get Different
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Apr 08, 2021 |
Episode 48 — Franchising, Scarce Assets and the Tax Catalyst
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Apr 01, 2021 |
Episode 47 — Cashing in the Blue Chip, Selling the Family Business with PCT Top 100 CEO Jeff Phillips
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Mar 25, 2021 |
Episode 46 — Banking on Pest Control & Real Estate to Build a $70M Empire with Sean McCauley
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Mar 18, 2021 |
Bonus Buzz — A New Start for PestPac with WorkWave CEO David Giannetto
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Mar 15, 2021 |
Episode 45 — A Suburban Family Goes Corporate with Jason Byer
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Mar 11, 2021 |
Episode 44 — Drag-Along, Tag-Along, Options and Agreements with M&A Attorney Mike Stanczyk
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Mar 04, 2021 |
Episode 43 — Service Agreements and The Recurring Reformation
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Feb 25, 2021 |
Episode 42 — Jeff Bain on the Power of Customer Retention
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Feb 18, 2021 |
Episode 41 — Leadership Lessons and Management Mantras with Edge COO Mitch Smith
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Feb 11, 2021 |
Episode 40 — Expect the Opposite: The Sell-Side M&A Discussion Continues
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Feb 04, 2021 |
Episode 39 — The Routing and 4-Day Workweek Wizard, Pam Blauvelt of Griffin Pest Solutions
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Jan 28, 2021 |
Episode 38 — The Dennis Rodman Paradox in Pest Control
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Jan 21, 2021 |
Episode 37 — Five Stars for Pest Control Pioneer Shelby Hawkins
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Jan 14, 2021 |
Episode 36 — 2020 M&A Wrap-Up, Channel Partners, Joint Ventures and Patrick Preps Paul for a Board Meeting
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Jan 07, 2021 |
Episode 35 — Twas the Listeners' Show of 2020
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Dec 23, 2020 |
Episode 34 — CEO Mark O’Hara of PCT Top 100 Anderson Pest Control on Building a Commercial Empire
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Dec 17, 2020 |
Bonus Buzz — Anticimex Enters California, Acquiring Pro Pacific Pest Control
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Dec 14, 2020 |
Episode 33 — Buckle your Seatbelts and Prepare for the Exit
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Dec 10, 2020 |
Episode 32 — The Stevenson Sessions, Part 2: CFO Doug on Modern's Moneyball
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Dec 03, 2020 |
Episode 31 — The Stevenson Sessions, Part 1: Scott Stevenson, the Modern Ambassador
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Nov 25, 2020 |
Episode 30 — John Myers, CEO of Rentokil North America: On Growing a $1.5 Billion Pest Control Business
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Nov 19, 2020 |
Episode 29 — Sage Advice on Life, Relationships and Business with Mike & Debbie Rogers of Killingsworth
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Nov 12, 2020 |
Episode 28 — Family Business Realities : The Good, The Bad, and the Unproven with Jeremy Kreer
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Nov 05, 2020 |
Episode 27 — ‘The Tax One’ : Top 20 Accounting Firm Partner Cory Vargo Proves his Worth in the Boardroom
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Oct 29, 2020 |
Episode 26 — Benchmarking, Integrating, and the Great P&L Giveaway
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Oct 22, 2020 |
Episode 25 — Jim McHale, CEO of JP McHale Pest Management, Steps into the Boardroom. Is the Buzz finally ready?
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Oct 15, 2020 |
Episode 24 — The Stockholm Sessions, Part 2: ‘Swedish Beast’ Jarl Dahlfors, President and CEO Anticimex
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Oct 08, 2020 |
Episode 23 — The Stockholm Sessions, Part 1: Svein Olav Stölen, Turn Around Artist & Former Nomor CEO
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Oct 01, 2020 |
Episode 22 — Open Book : A Transparent Conversation with Jeff Annis and Dena Thomas from Advanced Services
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Sep 24, 2020 |
Episode 21 — The Irony : U.S. Navy Officer to Harvard Business School to Pest Control Owner
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Sep 17, 2020 |
Episode 20 — Life After a Death: How Brandon Hier Saved His Family’s Business, Sold it to Rentokil and Found Happiness in an Unexpected Place
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Sep 10, 2020 |
Episode 19 — Private Equity in Pest Control: Clairvest’s Michael Castellarin and Mohit Kansal Discuss Alternatives to a Change of Control Transaction with a Strategic Acquirer
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Sep 03, 2020 |
Episode 18 — From $250K to PCT Top 100 to an Exit: The Curious Case of Brandon and Brian Lunsford
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Aug 27, 2020 |
Episode 17 — A Sell-Side M&A Discussion Puts Patrick Under the Interrogation Lamp - Part 1
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Aug 20, 2020 |
Episode 16 — Socialized Pest Control and Intrastate IPOs with Fan Favorite Jamie Clement and Guest Co-Host Andrew Barrows
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Aug 13, 2020 |
Episode 15 — Tim Mulrooney, Rockstar Analyst of Pest Control, Brings His Unique Perspective to the Buzz
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Aug 06, 2020 |
Episode 14 — Buy-Side: “The Opposite”
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Jul 30, 2020 |
Bonus Buzz — Jamie Clement and Andrew Barrows Debate TruGreen’s Entry into the Pest Control Industry
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Jul 28, 2020 |
Episode 13 — Incentive Structures, Opportunity Costs, Mindset and the Great Terminix / Copesan Disengagement
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Jul 23, 2020 |
Episode 12 — A Conversation with Transaction Attorney Mike Stanczyk on M&A Agreements, Stay Bonuses, Profit Interest Agreements, Leases and Trusts
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Jul 16, 2020 |
Episode 11 — Thinking About Your Business as an Investment, Using Proximate Objectives and the Mathematics of Your Exit
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Jul 09, 2020 |
Episode 10 — Killingsworth: From a Trailer to #37 on the PCT Top 100, the Fantastic Tales of Mike Rogers, an American Entrepreneur
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Jul 02, 2020 |
Episode 9 — Fifty Shades of Gray and McKay: Is Door-to-Door Sales the Armpit of the Industry?
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Jun 25, 2020 |
Episode 8 — Why You Shouldn’t Really Care What Acquirers Like or Dislike and Should Anticimex’s Portfolio Company Killingsworth Really Start Bundling Food Delivery and Medical Services with Pest Control?
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Jun 18, 2020 |
Episode 7 — Certus CEO Mike Givlin on Building a Private Equity-Backed Pest Control Company… from Scratch
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Jun 11, 2020 |
Episode 6 — A Rare, First-of-its-Kind Conversation with Independent Wall Street Equity Research Analyst Jamie Clement on Pest Control Industry Valuation and M&A
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Jun 04, 2020 |
Episode 5 — The King of Route Density and PCT Top 100 CEO Tony Sfreddo Steps Into the Boardroom
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May 28, 2020 |
Episode 4 — Extortion at the Closing, Stay Bonuses, and the Takeover of ServiceMaster’s Board of Directors
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May 21, 2020 |
Episode 3 — Valuations, Benchmarking, and KPIs
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May 15, 2020 |
Episode 2 — COVID-19 effects on Pest Control Investments
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May 07, 2020 |
Episode 1 — Deals, Contingencies, and Gotchas
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Apr 30, 2020 |