Wealth Building Summit Announced for Landscape Companies

Wealth Building SummitDay-long event, set for Oct. 21 in Louisville, Ky., will feature LandCare’s Mike Bogan, Jeffrey Scott and Ron Edmonds.

July 17, 2015 —Announcing the first-of-its-kind Summit on how to create and accumulate wealth as a landscape business owner. It is scheduled to take place during the Green Industry Expo in Louisville, KY Wednesday October 21.

The keynote speaker will be Mike Bogan, CEO of LandCare, formerly TruGreen LandCare. He will share his insights on the industry and his experiences from 25 years in the landscape business, and his involvement with acquisitions, integrations, private equity and what buyers are looking for.

This Summit is the brain child of Ron Edmonds and Jeffrey Scott, highly regarded consultants in the green industry. After spending many years helping their clients one-on-one with questions on how to buy and sell firms and build wealth, they developed this Summit. They will present practical ideas for improving your personal wealth, and building the value and salability of your firm. Participants will receive take-home tools to help with implementation after the Summit.

The all-day program includes:

  1. Presentations by industry experts: Ron Edmonds and Jeffrey Scott.
  2. Keynote presentation and Q&A with Mike Bogan, CEO of LandCare (formerly TruGreen LandCare) and former EVP of The Brickman Group
  3. Panel Discussion with owners who have hands-on experience in the acquisition or sale of a business.
  4. Case studies and exercises to reinforce the content.
  5. Networking with liked-minded contractors.

The program will help lawn and landscape business owners understand how to:

  • Develop a game plan for building wealth.
  • Understand your options for succession; begin to develop a plan
  • Identify key areas of your business that need strengthening; develop strategies to address weaknesses.
  • Dramatically expand the value of your business by applying Ron and Jeffrey’s wealth-building concepts.
  • Improve the saleability of your firm.

Seats are limited to 50. The Summit will be held at the Hyatt Regency Louisville, and there is an early-bird discount if you sign up before August 15. To learn more or sign up, visit www.WealthBuildingSummit.Info.

For help in signing up, you may contact Ron Edmonds or Jeffrey Scott by email at [email protected] or call 901-231-4180.

About The Presenters:

Ron Edmonds is the president of The Principium Group.  Principium provides services related to mergers & acquisitions, exit planning and capital strategies to lawn and landscape and other service businesses throughout the USA.  He is a frequent speaker at industry events and the author of Green Exit-Exit Planning for Lawn & Landscape Business Owners and several other books.  He has played a key role in hundreds of merger & acquisition transactions in the green industry over the past 13 years.    To learn more,visit www.principiumgroup.com.

Jeffrey Scott, author, coach and business consultant, is the expert in growth and profit maximization in the lawn & landscape industry. He grew his company into a successful $10 million enterprise (15 million in today’s dollars), and he’s now devoted to helping others achieve profound success. Over 6000 read his monthly newsletter. He facilitates the Leader’s Edge peer group for landscape business owners; his members achieved a 27% profit increase in their first year.  To learn more visit www.GetTheLeadersEdge.com.

Michael Bogan, chief executive officer of LandCare, formerly TruGreen LandCare.  Michael Bogan has served as CEO of LandCare,  a leading national landscape and property services company, since November 2014. Bogan is an industry veteran, having spent 23 years with The Brickman Group, rising to the position of Executive Vice President. During his tenure at Brickman,  Bogan was a significant contributor to both organic and acquisition growth opportunities. His teams were consistently among the Brickman’s top performers in profitability, customer satisfaction and employee morale. To learn more about Landcare, visit www.LandCare.com.

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Ron Edmonds

Jeffrey Scott

Mike Bogan

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