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Episode 16 — Socialized Pest Control and Intrastate IPOs with Fan Favorite Jamie Clement and Guest Co-Host Andrew Barrows
Season 1
Brett Ponton is rolling out of rubber retail into the revolving ServiceMaster CEO seat. Does he check guest co-host and EPS M&A Director Andrew Barro…
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 15 — Tim Mulrooney, Rockstar Analyst of Pest Control, Brings His Unique Perspective to the Buzz
Season 1
Asset managers, hedge funds and private equity firms, collectively managing almost $1 trillion, call on Tim Mulrooney for his investment advice. As W…
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 14 — Buy-Side: “The Opposite”
Season 1
For nine years, Patrick has asked Paul about buy-side M&A in order to grow his Texas-based pest control firm. While Patrick knows that Paul’s true lo…
5 years, 11 months ago
Bonus Buzz — Jamie Clement and Andrew Barrows Debate TruGreen’s Entry into the Pest Control Industry
Season 1
Industry colleague Andrew Barrows, head of M&A at Environmental Pest Service, joins The Buzz this week as guest co-host to interview equity research …
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 13 — Incentive Structures, Opportunity Costs, Mindset and the Great Terminix / Copesan Disengagement
Season 1
In this Episode, Patrick and Paul discuss Terminix Commercial pulling millions of dollars in Copesan accounts from Copesan partners and affiliates, P…
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 12 — A Conversation with Transaction Attorney Mike Stanczyk on M&A Agreements, Stay Bonuses, Profit Interest Agreements, Leases and Trusts
Season 1
Attorney Mike Stanczyk has advised on over a dozen transactions in the pest control industry, many of them with Potomac. Paul and Patrick along with …
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 11 — Thinking About Your Business as an Investment, Using Proximate Objectives and the Mathematics of Your Exit
Season 1
Paul and Patrick respond to two PCT Top 100 listener questions with a previously glossed-over term from Episode 3, proximate objectives. By the way, …
6 years ago
Episode 10 — Killingsworth: From a Trailer to #37 on the PCT Top 100, the Fantastic Tales of Mike Rogers, an American Entrepreneur
Season 1
Mike Rogers started Killingsworth Environmental of Charlotte in a double-wide trailer. Who could have imagined that a high school-educated Rogers, wo…
6 years ago
Episode 9 — Fifty Shades of Gray and McKay: Is Door-to-Door Sales the Armpit of the Industry?
Season 1
Patrick and Paul’s longtime friends Lenny Gray (author of Door-to-Door Millionaire) and McKay Bodily (author of some emails and a birthday card) – pa…
6 years ago
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?
Season 1
In this episode, Paul and Patrick answer listeners’ questions and discuss topics that were raised in previous episodes with Tony Sfreddo, Mike Givlin…
6 years ago