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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 45 — A Suburban Family Goes Corporate with Jason Byer

45 mins; March 11, 2021

Episode 44 — Drag-Along, Tag-Along, Options and Agreements with M&A Attorney Mike Stanczyk

69 hours 10 mins; March 04, 2021

Episode 43 — Service Agreements and The Recurring Reformation

50 mins; February 25, 2021

Episode 42 — Jeff Bain on the Power of Customer Retention

79 hours 52 mins; February 18, 2021

Episode 41 — Leadership Lessons and Management Mantras with Edge COO Mitch Smith

75 hours 48 mins; February 11, 2021

Episode 40 — Expect the Opposite: The Sell-Side M&A Discussion Continues

52 mins; February 04, 2021

Episode 39 — The Routing and 4-Day Workweek Wizard, Pam Blauvelt of Griffin Pest Solutions

109 hours 3 mins; January 28, 2021

Episode 38 — The Dennis Rodman Paradox in Pest Control

65 hours 21 mins; January 21, 2021

Episode 37 — Five Stars for Pest Control Pioneer Shelby Hawkins

74 hours 2 mins; January 14, 2021

Episode 36 — 2020 M&A Wrap-Up, Channel Partners, Joint Ventures and Patrick Preps Paul for a Board Meeting

51 mins; January 07, 2021

Episode 35 — Twas the Listeners' Show of 2020

72 hours 5 mins; December 23, 2020

Episode 34 — CEO Mark O’Hara of PCT Top 100 Anderson Pest Control on Building a Commercial Empire

94 hours 45 mins; December 17, 2020

Bonus Buzz — Anticimex Enters California, Acquiring Pro Pacific Pest Control

34 mins; December 13, 2020

Episode 33 — Buckle your Seatbelts and Prepare for the Exit

63 hours 33 mins; December 10, 2020

Episode 32 — The Stevenson Sessions, Part 2: CFO Doug on Modern's Moneyball

90 hours 43 mins; December 03, 2020

Episode 31 — The Stevenson Sessions, Part 1: Scott Stevenson, the Modern Ambassador

94 hours 58 mins; November 25, 2020

Episode 30 — John Myers, CEO of Rentokil North America: On Growing a $1.5 Billion Pest Control Business

118 hours 11 mins; November 19, 2020

Episode 29 — Sage Advice on Life, Relationships and Business with Mike & Debbie Rogers of Killingsworth

128 hours 13 mins; November 12, 2020

Episode 28 — Family Business Realities : The Good, The Bad, and the Unproven with Jeremy Kreer

91 hours 35 mins; November 05, 2020

Episode 27 — ‘The Tax One’ : Top 20 Accounting Firm Partner Cory Vargo Proves his Worth in the Boardroom

112 hours 18 mins; October 29, 2020

Episode 26 — Benchmarking, Integrating, and the Great P&L Giveaway

49 mins; October 22, 2020

Episode 25 — Jim McHale, CEO of JP McHale Pest Management, Steps into the Boardroom. Is the Buzz finally ready?

117 hours 55 mins; October 15, 2020

Episode 24 — The Stockholm Sessions, Part 2: ‘Swedish Beast’ Jarl Dahlfors, President and CEO Anticimex

142 hours 24 mins; October 08, 2020

Episode 23 — The Stockholm Sessions, Part 1: Svein Olav Stölen, Turn Around Artist & Former Nomor CEO

120 hours 11 mins; October 01, 2020

Episode 22 — Open Book : A Transparent Conversation with Jeff Annis and Dena Thomas from Advanced Services

105 hours 17 mins; September 24, 2020

Episode 21 — The Irony : U.S. Navy Officer to Harvard Business School to Pest Control Owner

84 hours 0 mins; September 17, 2020

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

64 hours 22 mins; September 10, 2020

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

89 hours 17 mins; September 03, 2020

Episode 18 — From $250K to PCT Top 100 to an Exit: The Curious Case of Brandon and Brian Lunsford

103 hours 3 mins; August 27, 2020

Episode 17 — A Sell-Side M&A Discussion Puts Patrick Under the Interrogation Lamp - Part 1

79 hours 57 mins; August 20, 2020

Episode 16 — Socialized Pest Control and Intrastate IPOs with Fan Favorite Jamie Clement and Guest Co-Host Andrew Barrows

122 hours 37 mins; August 13, 2020

Episode 15 — Tim Mulrooney, Rockstar Analyst of Pest Control, Brings His Unique Perspective to the Buzz

104 hours 7 mins; August 06, 2020

Episode 14 — Buy-Side: “The Opposite”

72 hours 28 mins; July 30, 2020

Bonus Buzz — Jamie Clement and Andrew Barrows Debate TruGreen’s Entry into the Pest Control Industry

41 mins; July 28, 2020

Episode 13 — Incentive Structures, Opportunity Costs, Mindset and the Great Terminix / Copesan Disengagement

81 hours 13 mins; July 23, 2020

Episode 12 — A Conversation with Transaction Attorney Mike Stanczyk on M&A Agreements, Stay Bonuses, Profit Interest Agreements, Leases and Trusts

79 hours 19 mins; July 16, 2020

Episode 11 — Thinking About Your Business as an Investment, Using Proximate Objectives and the Mathematics of Your Exit

38 mins; July 09, 2020

Episode 10 — Killingsworth: From a Trailer to #37 on the PCT Top 100, the Fantastic Tales of Mike Rogers, an American Entrepreneur

130 hours 29 mins; July 02, 2020

Episode 9 — Fifty Shades of Gray and McKay: Is Door-to-Door Sales the Armpit of the Industry?

65 hours 14 mins; June 25, 2020

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?

54 mins; June 18, 2020

Episode 7 — Certus CEO Mike Givlin on Building a Private Equity-Backed Pest Control Company… from Scratch

55 mins; June 11, 2020

Episode 6 — A Rare, First-of-its-Kind Conversation with Independent Wall Street Equity Research Analyst Jamie Clement on Pest Control Industry Valuation and M&A

87 hours 51 mins; June 04, 2020

Episode 5 — The King of Route Density and PCT Top 100 CEO Tony Sfreddo Steps Into the Boardroom

93 hours 18 mins; May 28, 2020

Episode 4 — Extortion at the Closing, Stay Bonuses, and the Takeover of ServiceMaster’s Board of Directors

47 mins; May 21, 2020

Episode 3 — Valuations, Benchmarking, and KPIs

51 mins; May 14, 2020

Episode 2 — COVID-19 effects on Pest Control Investments

26 mins; May 07, 2020

Episode 1 — Deals, Contingencies, and Gotchas

25 mins; April 30, 2020

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