Aussie LawnStars

Darren has been in the industry for most of his adult life and he has taken a couple of different directions from Green Keeper to Landscape construction to robotic mowers.

Brandon is only 24 and he is running two maintenance teams and a landscaping team.  He is in the beautiful Southern Highlands of New South Whales servicing many beautiful properties.  Look him up on instagram @thrive_horticultural_planning We talk about motorbikes (at the end) and we cover employing staff, calculating rates, equipment, fertiliser, grass types and much more.

Jesse and Harrison are brothers that have been working hard to build a successful lawn and garden maintenance business along with their existing cleaning business. We discuss a wide range of topics, tools and you are sure to learn some valuable business skills with these smart young Aussies.

Michael works in NSW servicing retirment villages and large commercial premises. We talk about employing staff, quoting tenders and work expectations in these environments. If you want to grow your business you can't miss this one.

Who loves being asked to mow on Christmas Eve

Adam Samuel from Koala talks about working in Western Sydney and building his business from the ground up

Dan brought a lot of skills and ambition and drive from his plumbing career in Sydney when he moved up the midnorth coast of NSW to escape the ratrace and start a business doing lawncare and handyman work. He has refined his business and helps others do the same thing

Tas has been mowing part time while in school and now he is mowing part time while doing a green keepers apprenticeship.

Guy Vassallo runs his business in sydney and has made a business around weekly customers with cylinder mowing and premium services. When you deliberately target your business towards the kind of clientelle you want, they want your services  

Laura has a great understanding of what her business needs and lifestyle needs are and she has found a great balance. She also shares a hilarious story of client misunderstanding

We talk about a full range of topics including a sticky fly in the dungeon. Hedging, contracts, sub contractors and I give him the tech talk questions.

Daniel has been in business a long time. He has moved from Newcastle to Hervey Bay and learnt that mulching grass in QLD is problematic. He has a lot of experience and wisdom to share.

James Lafiatis has built a great business in South NSW. He has also modified it as his needs and lifestyle choices have changed. He has a lot of wisdom th share around makeing a business work when your needs change.

Martyn Saifiti from Mowing and Growing has been in business for longer than I have but we are interested in the Changes over the last few years. Employing staff and running crews. How to treat employees. Systems and procedures to manage teams. And we talk a lot about equipment.

This episode was recorded with Will Pearce from ICL on September 19th. Will has a long history as a true expert in the field. From agronomy and turf grass research, previously working for STRI, Will has a lot of experience and wisdom to share with us. I ask him about a couple of my own jobs and we talk about getting customers set up on programs that improve their lawns and the number of services w...

26th September 2023 with Thomas Hansen and he is particularly interesting because he has achieved a lot in under 12 months. The Jim's Franchise model really does give people an unfair advantage when starting up, but Thomas has taken his business in a unique direction running all EGO tools including the EGO 42 inch ztr. Enough of me talking, let's go meet Thomas.

I believe that most people at some stage will ask the question what does it take to start a successful business, and his leads a lot of us to ask what does it take to start and run a successful lawncare business. Well Prez and I are here to tell you why your lawncare business will fail. So many lawncare businesses fail or serve a very short term goal. Lets look at what it takes to get it right and...

While at BJ's event in Brisbane I met Tate Crocker and I've followed up with him on the 12th September for an interview. While Tate loves motorbikes, we also discussed his business with Jim's Mowing and the benefits he has found starting with a franchise. We cover many topics around equipment and business systems Catching v mulching and scheduling software or CRM's. Paul Luck's approach to busines...

I've been threatening to bring Tom Benson into the LawnStars dungeon since I first started the podcast but it has taken a while to convince him to join me. Tom runs Tink's Mowers with the main store in Newcastle and a store in Rutherford and one in Macksville on the Mid North Coast of NSW. Tom is one of the few dealers that really puts a big focus on serving contractors. Tom has put a lot of thoug...

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Today we've got a special episode. We are starting by reviewing three users of ServiceM8 followed with an interview with ServiceM8 itself. First off the ranks we've got Adrian Wheeler, followed by David Mallyon and finally Mark Bennett before we start the interview with Michael O'neill from ServiceM8. I will also have a link for you to join serviceM8 on the Aussie LawnStars Instagram account and F...

Today's interview is with Kiren Jones from Brissy. Kiren has a history with experience in the industry prior to starting his own business, and while his business has only been up and running for a short time, it is clear that his experience counts. We cover Kiren's background including his indigenous heritage from Stadbroke Island and the Quandamooka People and look at how this has contributed to...

BJ's event attracted many people from interstate.  We cover the details of the event.

Jake lives on the midnorth coast of NSW and ran a successful lawncare and gardening business for 4 years. We look at what he did, what worked well for him and why he changed. From a basic set up to a custom trailer with Walker and Wrght Stander ZK.

I'm scooting up the NSW coastline today to Coffs Harbour. In an effort to bring you more regional interviews I've found Nathan Cadman. While he works in a regional area, make no mistake, he has found the business skills to ensure his business is profitable and will be around for years to come. Let's spend some time looking at Coffs Harbour, the customer base, the business opportunities and what it...