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Scaling Through Intentional Culture Katelyn Milanes
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Cultivating Growth Through Branding Karen Schakarov
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Building Great Companies Takes Patience Richard Sperber
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Timing Your Strategic Exit Aaron Kroll
Shape your vision, strategize, and build a strong team for increased valuation and growth
Where is your company headed?
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. […]
How to improve your brand and improve your company awareness.
Karen Schakarov joined Monarch in January 2024. As Chief Marketing Officer, Karen is responsible for leading strategic marketing initiatives and enhancing the Monarch brand to drive growth and value for […]
How to become better leaders in your company.
Richard Sperber is a veteran landscape industry entrepreneur best known for leading the family legacy behind ValleyCrest Landscape Companies and later founding Sperber Landscape Companies. He began his career at […]
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.
