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The Boardroom Buzz: Grow, Sell, or Exit

Boardroom Buzz is the straight-talk playbook for owners who built their service businesses from the crawlspace up and want to master the next move—whether that’s doubling down on growth or preparing for a life-changing exit. Hosted by Jason & Jeremy Julio—“The Blue-Collar Twins” who turned a service-truck start-up into a multimillion-dollar success—and mentored by veteran deal-maker Paul Giannamore, the show turns boardroom finance into stories you’d swap over a tailgate. Expect 40-minute deep-dives that unwrap one real transaction and one valuation lever you can pull today, plus quick “Market Pulse” riffs that flag shifts every operator should watch. If y...

Episode 138 — Brian Peters: From Franchise Support to Chief Encouragement Officer

85 hours 46 mins; July 27, 2023

Episode 137 — Scaling for an Exit and Leveraging Consumer Data

48 mins; July 20, 2023

Episode 136 — Private Equity’s Impact: Dynamics, Risks, and Strategies

50 mins; July 13, 2023

Episode 135 — The Salesperson Spectrum: Technicians to Hunters

36 mins; June 29, 2023

Episode 134 — The Pain and Possibilities of Paying in Perpetuity

45 mins; June 22, 2023

Episode 133 — Cash is King and It Grows On Trees with Carroll Fitzgerald

78 hours 44 mins; June 15, 2023

Episode 132 — Performance-Driven Data and Fat Pat Spills the Beans

39 mins; June 08, 2023

Episode 131 — Don’t Say Sorry?

49 mins; June 01, 2023

Episode 130 — AdVance Your Leadership with Garland Vance, PhD

77 hours 29 mins; May 18, 2023

Episode 129 — Better Call Paul: More Listener Questions

41 mins; May 11, 2023

Episode 128 — Preventing Partnership Problems

49 mins; May 04, 2023

Episode 127 — The Mixed Bag of Questions One

41 mins; April 27, 2023

Episode 126 — From Pest Pro to Plumbing Proprietor with David Johnson

54 mins; April 20, 2023

Episode 125 — Commercial Broker to Janitor-in-Charge with Ryan Bishop

69 hours 45 mins; April 06, 2023

Episode 124 — Pest to Mechanical: Working Across The Trades with Bryan Benak

70 hours 8 mins; March 30, 2023

Episode 123 — Held Hostage by The Banks

55 mins; March 23, 2023

Episode 122 — Highs & Lows: Cross-Selling, Margins, and Capital Allocation

41 mins; March 02, 2023

Episode 121 — Moneyball

61 hours 49 mins; February 23, 2023

Episode 120 — The Process to Create Wealth

44 mins; February 16, 2023

Episode 119 — The Flip Side: A Sell-Side Perspective

49 mins; February 09, 2023

Episode 118 — Buy-Side 102: Realistic Expectations

58 mins; February 02, 2023

Episode 117 — Next Level HR with Former Terminix CHRO David Dart

79 hours 0 mins; January 26, 2023

Episode 116 — Breakthrough: Revenue Plateaus

32 mins; January 19, 2023

Episode 115 — Entries and Exits: Financing, Deal Structures & Partnerships

39 mins; January 12, 2023

Episode 114 — High Stakes: At Risk of Losing Urban Entomology at Clemson

49 mins; December 22, 2022

Episode 113 — One Focus: $40 Million in Commercial Pest with Ross Treleven

77 hours 50 mins; December 15, 2022

Episode 112 — Former Terminix CFO Tony DiLucente: 4 CEOs in 4 Years

84 hours 6 mins; December 08, 2022

Episode 111 — 14 Key Buyer Considerations for M&A Deals

51 mins; December 01, 2022

Episode 110 — Control the Narrative: Public Relations with Mike Harris

84 hours 14 mins; November 10, 2022

Episode 109 — Blue Ocean: Lake Management with Kevin Tucker

71 hours 53 mins; November 03, 2022

Episode 108 — Compensation and Culture Conundrums

78 hours 28 mins; October 27, 2022

Episode 107 — Brett Madden: Listen. Learn. Lead.

92 hours 13 mins; October 13, 2022

Episode 106 — Pour on some Rocket Fuel with Author Mark C Winters

67 hours 43 mins; October 06, 2022

Episode 105 — The Battle of EBIT’s

49 mins; September 29, 2022

Episode 104 — What's next for The Buzz?

12 mins; September 21, 2022

Episode 103 - Daniel Schröer: Flipping the Switch on Green Tech

77 hours 47 mins; September 15, 2022

Episode 102 — At Last, A Listener Drops His Termite Offering

55 mins; September 08, 2022

Episode 101 — Technical Services 101 with Cassie Krejci PhD

90 hours 52 mins; September 01, 2022

Episode 100 — Know Thyself: The Dunning-Kruger Effect with David Dunning PhD

101 hours 31 mins; August 25, 2022

Episode 99 — Franchising with The Redneck CEO, Gary Findley

80 hours 7 mins; August 18, 2022

Episode 98 — Scaling a Commercial Powerhouse with Andrea Brubaker

90 hours 34 mins; July 14, 2022

Episode 97 — A New Economy: A Wall Street Perspective with Jamie Clement

66 hours 21 mins; July 07, 2022

Episode 96 — Bubble Trouble: Expanded

85 hours 42 mins; June 02, 2022

Episode 95 — Developing Leaders the “American” Way with David Billingsly

64 hours 56 mins; May 26, 2022

Episode 94 — The curious case of private equity and Fat Pat’s Pest

50 mins; May 19, 2022

Episode 93 — Byron Gifford: On 'Another' Mission From God

51 mins; April 28, 2022

Episode 92 — Frank & Cindy Miller: nobody goes into pest control to kill bugs

60 hours 29 mins; April 21, 2022

Off The Record With Paul Giannamore - Episode 3

17 mins; April 19, 2022

Episode 91 — Jay Keating: Creating opportunities with PestCo and Thompson Street Capital

27 mins; April 14, 2022

Off The Record With Paul Giannamore - Episode 2

34 mins; April 12, 2022

Episode 90 — Jared Borg has never regretted being bold

52 mins; April 07, 2022

Off The Record With Paul Giannamore - Episode 1

26 mins; April 05, 2022

Episode 89 — Jared Borg and Jay Keating: A Blank Check to Grow and Grow

40 mins; March 31, 2022

Episode 88 — Sticktoitiveness (noun) : don’t quit with David Clark

51 mins; March 24, 2022

Episode 87 — Chris Eby: "Living In A Lambo, Down By The River."

48 mins; March 17, 2022

Episode 86 — Risks On The Horizon: The Buzz Returns to San Juan

44 mins; March 10, 2022

Episode 85 — Adam-ize It: Best Practices with Todd Leyse

91 hours 57 mins; February 24, 2022

Episode 84 — A Legacy of Learning with Pest Daily’s Seth Garber

85 hours 11 mins; February 17, 2022

Episode 83 — The Modern Firm: Culture & Incentives with John Roberts PhD

49 mins; February 10, 2022

Episode 82 — A Show About Nothing

47 mins; February 03, 2022

Episode 81 — From Acquaintance to Acquirer: Buy-Side with Bill Hoffman

58 mins; January 27, 2022

Episode 80 — The Rentokil / Terminix Merger Brings Back Tim Mulrooney

88 hours 1 min; January 20, 2022

Episode 79 — An Insider’s View on Executive Leadership with John Byrne

86 hours 9 mins; January 13, 2022

Episode 78 — Teeka Tiwari: Bitcoin or Bust?

42 mins; January 12, 2022

Episode 78 — Teeka Tiwari: Bitcoin or Bust?

2 mins; January 06, 2022

Bonus Buzz — Merry Christmas from San Juan

1 min; December 24, 2021

Episode 77 — The San Juan Sessions: Attorney Phil Tortorich Returns

75 hours 50 mins; December 23, 2021

Episode 76 — Lessons from Disney: Systematic Magic with Vance Morris

84 hours 12 mins; December 16, 2021

Episode 75 — The New Nisus President: Head Coach Lee Barrett

41 mins; December 09, 2021

Episode 74 — The Future is Now: A.I. Is Disrupting the Pest Industry

81 hours 51 mins; December 02, 2021

Episode 74 — The Future is Now: A.I. Is Disrupting the Pest Industry

81 hours 51 mins; December 02, 2021

Episode 73 — Plan Ahead: Entities and Estates with Attorney Phil Tortorich

92 hours 19 mins; November 18, 2021

Episode 72 — Mike Agugliaro: From Vocational School to CEO Warrior

88 hours 14 mins; November 11, 2021

Episode 71 — 7 Ways to Destroy Value in Your Business

51 mins; November 04, 2021

Episode 70 — HBS Search Fund Friends Find 10X in 6 Years

60 hours 17 mins; October 28, 2021

Episode 69 — Disclaimer: This is Not Financial Advice

51 mins; October 21, 2021

Episode 68 — Marketing and More with #1 Bestselling Author Allan Dib

54 mins; October 14, 2021

Episode 67 — Fighting for Family Business with Bryan Dodge

90 hours 6 mins; October 07, 2021

Episode 66 — Private Equity: A Sign of the Times

49 mins; September 30, 2021

Episode 65 — The Atlanta Sessions, Part 4: Anticimex North America President Brian Alexson

74 hours 23 mins; September 23, 2021

Episode 64 — The Atlanta Sessions, Part 3: Leadership Lessons with Andreas and Victoria Roos Olsson

91 hours 51 mins; September 16, 2021

Episode 63 — The Atlanta Sessions, Part 2: Arrow Exterminators CEO Emily Thomas Kendrick & President Tim Pollard

136 hours 44 mins; September 09, 2021

Episode 62 — The Atlanta Sessions, Part 1: Mr. Mister’s Mosquito “Mad Man” Matt Brill

84 hours 34 mins; September 02, 2021

Episode 61 — For Everything There is a Season: A Time to Sow, a Time to Reap

30 mins; August 26, 2021

Episode 60 — Terminix CEO Brett Ponton's Industry Media Debut Opens Season 2 of the Buzz

89 hours 55 mins; August 19, 2021

Episode 59 — Project Black Bear

45 secs; August 18, 2021

Episode 58 — From Bubble to Boom: The M&A Supernova is on the Horizon

21 mins; June 10, 2021

Episode 57 — Kyle Varona on Exiting the Family Business in Style

58 mins; June 03, 2021

Episode 56 — Peter Schiff: Bet Your Assets He Likes Gold

91 hours 0 mins; May 27, 2021

Episode 55 — Getting Out, Getting In, and Getting Crazy

33 mins; May 20, 2021

Episode 54 — Win BIG or Go Home with Phillip Stutts

82 hours 10 mins; May 13, 2021

Episode 53 — Turning it Around the Responsible Way with Darin Huffaker

91 hours 35 mins; May 06, 2021

Episode 52 — The Bug Guys on Breaking the Rules (of 23) and Selling to Certus

61 hours 23 mins; April 29, 2021

Episode 51 — Boardwalk Empire: The Pest Control King of Atlantic City Sells to Anticimex

73 hours 9 mins; April 22, 2021

Episode 50 — The M&A Miniseries - Part 1: Anatomy of a Merger

47 mins; April 15, 2021

Episode 49 — Author Mike Michalowicz: Profit First, Clockwork, and Get Different

96 hours 57 mins; April 08, 2021

Episode 48 — Franchising, Scarce Assets and the Tax Catalyst

45 mins; April 01, 2021

Episode 47 — Cashing in the Blue Chip, Selling the Family Business with PCT Top 100 CEO Jeff Phillips

101 hours 44 mins; March 25, 2021

Episode 46 — Banking on Pest Control & Real Estate to Build a $70M Empire with Sean McCauley

116 hours 13 mins; March 18, 2021

Bonus Buzz — A New Start for PestPac with WorkWave CEO David Giannetto

98 hours 0 mins; March 15, 2021

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