Aussie LawnStars

Scott Osbourne has a wide experience in both mowing and running a dealership. We cover his history mowing and running the shop. We cover Wright Standers and Scag and we tough on Husqvarna products and if you find mental health and suicide triggering, please anticipate this episode will be challenging. If you need help you can call Life Line in Australia on 13 11 14 and New Zealand on 0800 LIFELINE...

Cody Owen runs Light Speed Social Agency and shares with us about his specialty in facebook marketing and how to improve targeted advertising to improve your results. Lawn Care Millionaire https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvVviEknqa0NR2sQudFAfUw   How to do your own facebook targeted advertising https://youtu.be/5kQT7NoTNOE   https://lightspeedsocialagency.com

Aaron McDaid comes from the fifo world and wanted to work closer to home while Cassie Sellars has a corporate background. They have brought their skills together to create a successful business. They each have their own skill set and they both get on the tools and mow.

Luke Smith runs a business with around 10 staff in West Aus. We talk more specifically about knowing if you are profitable, employing staff and assessing your expense ratio. Check out Luke Smiths business @ http://silverstonegardening.com.au

Steve Tyrell started mowing in 1986 and he still mows today. Along the way he has done some big landscaping jobs and moved between his own lawncare business and working a couple of different jobs.

Kalib has built on years of experience in several countries and has built a social media following to match his business skills and gardening skills.

Travis is not interested in working as many hours as he can. He has another job and lawncare needs to provide balance, not destroy it. Listen in as we talk about the health of lawns and a small mowing round to go with it.

Macca realised mining was preventing him from being with his family when it's most important. Mowing has proved to be a win win for his family life and business decisions.

Jakk Hamilton shares how he started and how education can drastically improve your business.

Steve Gornall runs a great business that isn't aimed at high end, high priced customers, but efficiency is key to his successful lawncare business.

Jarryd Bywaters is a legend, he is very intelligent, has an interesting career journey and is running a successful business while working with aspergers. This interview was a little emotional for me as I relate to the struggles Jarryd has quite closely.

Join Kial Kilgallon on the journey from start up to his focus on high end acreage mowing. Kial has a clear focus, and a plan to ensure his business provides a decent income without needing to take on employees. While Kial is still on the journey, it is clear he has thought about what is important to him.

Dan Cahill started his own mowing franchise with a fire lit to succeed, and he has built his business quickly and now teaches others how to do this too.

I started podcasting just as Jeremiah Jennings started the Growing Green Landscapes Podcast. Jeremiah is a young entrepreneur running a successful lawn and landscaping business in the USA in Alabama as well as a podcaster. Listen in as we discuss podcasting, and running a lawncare business comparing his local environment with Australia.

Join me as I talk to Pellenc Australia about their battery range and we compare the battery v petrol market with hand held tools and their mower range. 

I had the opportunity to interview Ryan Walker recently and we had a fun time talking about the heritage of Walker Manufacturing and Walker Mowers, and the various mowers that Walker currently offer to the commercial market. Check out https://www.walker.com/ for their main site and https://www.walkermowers.com.au/ for the Australian Content. SME is the Australian distributor for Walker Mowers.

I've been working on this episode for a long time and I'm happy to say its an interesting and insightful look at how we can utilise robotic lawn mowers in a contractors world. Phil Esterman from www.husqvarna.com.au and Rob Kerslake from Viduous Gardens are two outsanding people in the industry that were able to help me with the discussion and exploration of robotic lawn mowers. *Audio quality in...

The Mean Green mower company has built a solid commercial quality zero turn mower or two, but not everyone is going to see the value. I've had a demo, and now I talk to Tony Millar about the technical questions and value you will find if you are ready to switch to battery power for a full commercial mower. https://www.ecoteq.com.au/ https://meangreenproducts.com/  

Mitchell and Hannah Tasker have grown from the start to build a mowing team and add a road building team and a tree climbing team and now they have a mower shop in Bega. Listen as Mitchell explains what has worked and why he has changed directions. His experience can help you in your business

Lenny is in QLD and he is the creator of Australian Lawn Fanatics, a hugely successful facebook group for Lawn inspiration in Australia. Lenny also runs his own business which focuses on lawn aerations and renovations while also managing the crew on a golf course.

James Miotto is 15 years old and mowing on weekends with his Dad. They are making plans to grow the business and take it full time soon. James and I cover pricing, equipment, weather, location and the future.

Leroy has astounded us with fun antics and his celebrity from naked gardening to working on Movie sets and he has been a true blue, down to earth single Dad doing what works to raise his two children. His lawncare business offers him what nothing else could.

Enjioy the story telling from Jim Penman as we talk about his starting point and how he came to build a franchise opportunity so many Lawn contractors have taken up. His respect for the independant guys as well as the franchisee's he works with daily.

James Nankervis started his business in high school and has learnt a number of valuable lessons along the way.