Schedule of Events
Lawn & Landscape Business Builders Summit
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Registration Open
Starstruck Gallery Foyer
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Meet & Greet Reception
Starstruck Gallery
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Registration Open
Symphony III Foyer
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Networking Continental Breakfast
Symphony II Ballroom
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Getting Ready To Sell
Symphony III Ballroom
You may think your company is appealing to a buyer or investor, but you aren’t even close. Panelists will discuss the process of cleaning up the books and making their companies appealing to buyers, and will also detail what life is like, before, during and after the sales process.
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Branching Out
Symphony III Ballroom
Attendees will learn how to open up new branches or locations. Panelists will discuss how they knew it was the right time, how they determined where to open these locations, why take this route instead of acquiring a company and more. Panelists will talk about the difference between opening your 1st additional location vs opening your 5th or 10th. What are new obstacles that come up when opening multiple locations vs just one additional location? The session will also delve into how to communicate effectively as employees are in different locations.
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Networking Refreshment Break
Symphony III Foyer
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
The Culture Component
Symphony III Ballroom
With rapid growth either organically or by M&A, maintaining your core culture and getting the new employees to buy in can be challenging. You’ll hear the background on how these panelists built their culture to spur the growth and what do you have to do on the front end of a deal or when hiring to ensure your culture and the new pieces fit.
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Networking Lunch
Symphony II Ballroom
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
The Organic Route
Symphony III Ballroom
Not everyone wants to jump into the private equity world. Panelists will discuss their focus on organic growth and how they are achieving it. They will talk about the mindset to achieve their goals and managing the growth and will discuss plans for the future. Do they ever plan to sell, or do they have a different succession plan in place?
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Networking Refreshment Break
Symphony III Foyer
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Private Equity 101
Symphony III Ballroom
Private equity continues to invest in the green industry, but what does that mean for you? Owners who sold to private equity firms will discuss what it’s like working with these firms – the good and bad parts, as well as how M&A is different with private equity backing compared to working without it.
