Acquisitions: What you should know about buying another tree care company.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 11:00 am EST

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There are many ways to grow your business. Acquisitions can provide both immediate growth and immediate problems. Tom can help you to approach the acquisition process in a proactive way that will greatly increase the odds of a successful endeavor. In his presentation, Tom will address these questions: ? Why should you consider acquisitions? ? Are you doing it for the right reasons or is your ego getting in the way? ? Build vs. buy ? The strategy of looking for deals. ? The tactics of executing deals. ? Valuations, what should you pay, what should you sell for? ? Lessons learned or, “so who is paying that bar bill the owner use to trade tree care out for?” Before you consider acquiring another tree care company, you owe it to yourself to learn from Tom’s experience. And, even if you’ve never considered an acquisition before, you might just find that it is a winning strategy for your business.

Thomas R Tolkacz CEO/Owner Swingle Lawn Tree and Landscape Care, Denver CO

Tom is an industry veteran with over 30 years in the green industry. He has held progressive responsibilities from field positions in private, public, golf, municipal to crew leader, sales person, manager, and owner of one the largest privately held landscape care companies in Colorado. Tom is an active industry volunteer holding positions on local, regional and national levels over the past twenty years. Tom has been recognized for his work through many industry awards, most recently the Bob Cannon, lifetime achievement award from the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado for leadership and development of industry programs, causes and team members. Tom has conducted ten acquisitions in the last six years of green industry companies and franchise businesses.

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