The Educated Climber Podcast Episode 24: Rob Hogg

In this episode of Small Business Stories on the Educated Climber Podcast, I am joined by Rob Hogg. We discuss his backstory, early mentors, adventures running a small business in this trade, close calls, advice for young people getting into tree work, as well as much, much more. I know you guys are going to get a lot of value out of this one!

– Patrick

 Be sure to follow Rob on Instagram, @troytreeguy, I know he would love to hear your thoughts on this episode of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

Climb high, Work smart, Read more.
– Patrick

Look for the Educated Climber Podcast on the podcast player of your choice, or stream it in the player above!

 

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Season 2 – Small Business Stories

This is the second part of the story of how I handed a lot of the control of my company ConservaTree over to my friend Alex, and how that arrangement has worked out so far. In this episode we talk about autonomy based on trust, the importance of having a disconnect between production and sales, cashflow and deposits, back-end systems, being dispassionate in the sales process, the safety perspective as it relates to customers, avoiding the race to the bottom, becoming a category of 1, and much, much more. I hope you enjoy this ongoing discussion of the ups and downs that we have encountered over the last few years in running our own small tree service business.

For more information about our company ConservaTree, you can follow us on Instagram: @conserva.tree, on Facebook: www.facebook.com/conservatree , or check out our website: www.conservatree.ca 

Thanks for listening!

Climb high, Work smart, Read more.
– Patrick

 

Look for the Educated Climber Podcast on the podcast player of your choice, or stream it in the player above!

 

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In this episode of the podcast, I am joined by legendary climbing arborist, SRT advocate, and co-founder of Treebuzz.com, Tom Dunlap.

We dive into Tom’s backstory and his over 40-year career in tree work, his mentors and influences along the way including Don Blair, the founding of Treebuzz along with Mark Chisholm in the early 2000’s, Tom’s late friend Dr. Peter Donzelli, the ANSI Z133 committee and accompanying safety standard, as well as much, much more. We had a lot of fun in this conversation and I know you guys are going to get a lot of value out of it. Thank you so much for taking the time to listen!!

Climb high, Work smart, Read more.

– Patrick

 

Show Notes

The Buzzboard – Arborist Forum at Treebuzz.com

Tom Dunlap profile at Treebuzz

Season 2 Ep. 2 – Small Business Stories

In this episode of the podcast, I am joined by Erik Keenan. We dive into his backstory and how he got into the trade, how he moved from being an employee to entrepreneur, work-life balance, training and apprenticeship, and general trials and tribulations of being an owner-operator of a small tree care company. Continuing from our last episode, we talk about the chicken and the egg problems of hiring more help when you’re not sure how you’re even going to pay yourself, and how difficult it is to wear all of the hats in your business. Stick around, this is gonna be good!

Climb high, Work smart, Read more.

– Patrick

 

 

Season 2 Ep. 1 – Small Business Stories

This is (part of) the story of how I handed a lot of the control of my company ConservaTree over to my friend Alex, and how that arrangement has worked out so far. In this episode we talk about how Alex came to be involved in the company and in the trade, the decisions that lead up to his appointment as boss, how our arrangement works on a practical level, his role as diplomat with both customers and city officials, where we see the business heading in the future, his insights into training new recruits, why every tree care company needs a dedicated customer service person, what happens if you play Harvest Moon too long, and much, much more. This is gonna be good!

– Patrick

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Climb high, Work smart, Read more.

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