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Episode 26 — Benchmarking, Integrating, and the Great P&L Giveaway
Season 1
It is one thing to look at the best industry performers, but what happens when you dig deeper into profit and loss statements?
Anticimex CEO Jarl Da…
5 years, 8 months ago
Episode 25 — Jim McHale, CEO of JP McHale Pest Management, Steps into the Boardroom. Is the Buzz finally ready?
Season 1
Jim McHale's dad knew his way around the bars. He cleaned beer taps when he wasn't logging hours at New York's Sing Sing maximum security prison. The…
5 years, 8 months ago
Episode 24 — The Stockholm Sessions, Part 2: ‘Swedish Beast’ Jarl Dahlfors, President and CEO Anticimex
Season 1
Paul literally steps into Anticimex's boardroom in Stockholm and sits down face-to-face with CEO Jarl Dahlfors, for this intimate and hard-hitting in…
5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 23 — The Stockholm Sessions, Part 1: Svein Olav Stölen, Turn Around Artist & Former Nomor CEO
Season 1
High pricing for pest control got Svein Olav’s attention as COO of Swedish retail coffee chain, Espresso House. Little did he know that he’d follow t…
5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 22 — Open Book : A Transparent Conversation with Jeff Annis and Dena Thomas from Advanced Services
Season 1
Jeff Annis avoided pest control growing up. In fact, it’s the last thing on earth that he would choose to do. Which path led Jeff to building a flags…
5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 21 — The Irony : U.S. Navy Officer to Harvard Business School to Pest Control Owner
Season 1
As you can imagine, only a few people ever dream or imagine of getting into pest control as a career. Joe definitely took a unique path for his world…
5 years, 9 months ago
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
Season 1
Brandon Hier recalls his experience responding to the responsibilities he inherited when his dad passed away and then ultimately selling the family b…
5 years, 9 months ago
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
Season 1
Private equity has demonstrated increasing interest in the pest control industry. What’s the draw for the Clairvest Canuck combo of Michael Castellar…
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 18 — From $250K to PCT Top 100 to an Exit: The Curious Case of Brandon and Brian Lunsford
Season 1
As newly minted grads from the University of Georgia, the world was their oyster. But finding themselves in careers that no longer excited them, they…
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 17 — A Sell-Side M&A Discussion Puts Patrick Under the Interrogation Lamp - Part 1
Season 1
Paul and Patrick start the show by celebrating The Buzz’s #1 business podcast ranking in Seychelles.
Episode 14 — Buy-Side: “The Opposite” tipped the…
5 years, 10 months ago