Case Study - Robert
After 30 years of an office bound 9-5 (often 7-7) job I needed a change. I was in partnership with my brother in a family run insurance brokerage. The first 20 years were fine but the last 10………. With the onset of on line insurers and the dreaded foreign call centres, life became intolerable.
But what could I turn my hand to now? I wanted to be my own boss but in what line of business? The only work experience I had was in insurance and I had no intention of continuing with the drudgery of office life.
Though not green fingered I have an interest in gardening and my passion is golf. I had been green chairman of our local golf club for two years and this (with my gardening interest) had given me the basic background knowledge of lawn care. But how could I turn this into a working model?
How do I develop a client base? Where do I obtain the correct feed and herbicides? What equipment and tools do I need to buy? These and many more were questions I asked myself but questions I didn’t have the answers too until I read an article in a Sunday newspaper on franchising. I spoke with a number of franchisors and knew that the route for me to take was with the help and support of LawnTender.
I purchased a franchise with LawnTender in 2007 and this now gives me a comfortable income that allows me to follow the lifestyle that I want. That said, the potential is there for me to expand the business to almost any level that I desire.
Without the training, IT support, marketing expertise, and product and equipment knowledge of LawnTender I might still be having that office based existence wondering what else I could turn my hand too.
