The Boardroom Buzz Pest Control Podcast

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Episodes: 176

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The Boardroom Buzzhosted 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.


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