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Navigating the Founder Exit Kory Mitchell
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Fleet Strategy Driving Operational Efficiency Daniel Simpson
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Scaling Through Intentional Culture Katelyn Milanes
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Cultivating Growth Through Branding Karen Schakarov
Shape your vision, strategize, and build a strong team for increased valuation and growth
Kory Mitchell is a strategic growth expert, proven business builder, and trusted advisor. He has walked the exact path he now helps other Founders navigate. With over 25 years in […]
Daniel Simpson is a Product Marketing leader at Fleetio, where he helps fleet-driven businesses solve everyday operational challenges with practical, easy-to-adopt technology. Before entering the software world, Daniel worked in construction […]
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Katelyn Milanes is the Director of Culture & Employee Engagement at Fisk Lawnscapes. Katelyn has a proven track record of cultivating positive workplace cultures and creating people-centered organizations that thrive. […]
Brothers Kurt and Matt Bland grew up in an entrepreneurial household as the children of Tom and Nancy Bland in Apex, North Carolina. As founders of Bland Landscaping Company (ca. 1976), at an early age Tom and Nancy exposed Kurt and Matt to the successes and the challenges of running a family business. As young men, the boys worked in every aspect of the homegrown business from field work to estimating and financial planning. Through the late 1980’s, 1990’s and early 2000’s industry icons like Frank Ross, Kevin Kehoe, and Bruce Wilson were regular consultants for the Bland family. Exposure to these industry influencers afforded both Kurt and Matt the opportunity to explore new and forward-thinking ideas about the landscaping industry, at a time when industry maturity and consolidation was still spoken about in a future tense.
