Landscape Management, April 2017
backstory Jon Cundiff When you first start out youre everything My wife and I built an org chart of what a million dollar company looked like and our names were on all the positions The car salesman has a bad reputation but learning how to negotiate has bode me very well Its about both parties coming out feeling good about whats going on Our industry is a great industry to be in and there are numerous opportunities to get into our industry and be successful so we always want to keep pushing the envelope on workforce development 1993 2003 Professional Lawn Care Association of America PLCAA Board member 2003 PLCAA President Present National Association of Landscape Professionals President Words of Wisdom one place that were all equal is we all have 1440 minutes a day Thats all you get You need to learn to use them correctly because you cant save them and you cant make them up Keep an eye on regulation its the one thing that can change your business overnight Life is not a dress rehearsal You need to capture every day LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET April 2017 64 President Weed Man Kansas City Lees summiT mo iNTerVieW BY diLLoN sTeWarT Jon and Vicky Cundiff CFO started their company together 30 years ago They have 28 year old twin sons Brandon and Cameron Cameron runs the companys satellites Its very easy to talk shop nonstop Cundiff says We had to learn the discipline that work is work home is home PHOTOS JOn Cundiff iSTOCK COM aluxuM blueSTOCKing educaTioN Raytown South High School Raytown Missouri Class of 1978 Northwest Missouri State University Maryville Missouri Business science marketing Class of 1982 WorK eXPerieNce 1976 1981 Kansas City Royals Grounds Crew 1982 Evergreen Lawns Salesman 1983 1984 Beauty Lawns Sales Marketing 1984 1987 Dick Smith Car Dealership Salesman 1987 2000 Turfs Up Lawn Service President 2000 present Weed Man Kansas City President George Toma now a Super Bowl consultant taught us that it wasnt enough to do your job If youre going to be the best you have to do your job and then some After 30 years Im still excited to get up in the morning and capture the day and I have just as much drive and passion as I did the first day
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