We found this great article on dailyherald.com about Illinois residents receiving free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation. Read the full story below or click here.
"Free Trees In January"
By Daily Herald Report
Illinois residents can receive 10 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation during January. New members of the nonprofit foundation will receive two white flowering dogwoods, two flowering crabapples, two Washington hawthorns, two American redbuds and two goldenraintrees.
It is part of the foundation's Trees for America campaign. The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting between Feb. 1 and May 31, with enclosed planting instructions. The 6- to 12-inch tall trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced for free. Members also receive a subscription to the foundation's bimonthly publication, "Arbor Day" and "The Tree Book," which includes information about tree planting and care.
To become a member and to receive the free trees, send a $10 contribution to TEN FREE FLOWERING TREES, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, Neb 68410 by Jan. 31. Illinois residents can also join online at arborday.org/january.
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Building a Monster business
Monster Tree were recently featured in an article on phillyBurbs.com titled, "Building a Monster business". The article discusses Josh Skolnick's career path along with his previous ventures which led him on his path to starting Monster Tree Service. Josh also discusses the growth plans for Monster Tree Service and the franchising plans of the concept. Click here to read the entire article.
Building a Monster business.
By Crissa Shoemaker DaBree
Building a Monster business.
By Crissa Shoemaker DaBree
Josh Skolnick's business makes millions of dollars every year removing dead trees and caring for living ones for hundreds of customers throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.
Yet Skolnick himself has never cut down a tree.
Instead, he said, it's his business savvy — learned over years of being in business for himself, since he began his landscaping business as a teenager — that has made Monster Tree Service a success in just four years.
Now, Skolnick, 29, wants to share that success and grow his business by franchising Monster Tree Service. "The bare bones of it is the fundamentals of business," Skolnick said of his business success. "We set out to build a brand and a professional image that people will buy from."
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Local Entrepreneur has never cut down a tree - Monster Trees branch out, grow to millions of dollars
Monster Tree were recently featured in an article in the Chestnut Local titled, "Local Entrepreneur has never cut down a tree - Monster Trees branch out, grow to millions of dollars". The article discusses the history behind Monster Tree Service. It discusses Josh Skolnick as an entrepreneur, his background, and the future of the company. Click here to read the article or begin below.
Local Entrepreneur has never cut down a tree - Monster Trees branch out, grow to millions of dollars.
By Grant Moser
Monster Tree Service is just another success in a string of businesses for Josh Skolnick, 29. When the Fort Washington native started the company, he had never cut down a tree in his life. “Everyone doubted me. There wasn't one person, even my accountant, that thought this was going to work,” said Skolnick. “Now I’m making millions of dollars.”
In middle school, Josh began push-mowing neighborhood lawns. He was soon busy enough that he had to hire help. Every afternoon when school finished, he would head straight to work and wouldn't stop until the sun went down. By the time he got to high school, he had invested in some commercial lawn mowers, and by the time he graduated from Upper Dublin High School in 2002, he had 80 residential accounts.
His business was so profitable that he worked out an arrangement with the school that let him leave school at 10 a.m. every day to run his business while earning school credit. Shortly after he graduated, he acquired several other landscape companies and had close to 400 full-service lawn care accounts.
Click Here to read the entire article.
Local Entrepreneur has never cut down a tree - Monster Trees branch out, grow to millions of dollars.
By Grant Moser
Monster Tree Service is just another success in a string of businesses for Josh Skolnick, 29. When the Fort Washington native started the company, he had never cut down a tree in his life. “Everyone doubted me. There wasn't one person, even my accountant, that thought this was going to work,” said Skolnick. “Now I’m making millions of dollars.”
In middle school, Josh began push-mowing neighborhood lawns. He was soon busy enough that he had to hire help. Every afternoon when school finished, he would head straight to work and wouldn't stop until the sun went down. By the time he got to high school, he had invested in some commercial lawn mowers, and by the time he graduated from Upper Dublin High School in 2002, he had 80 residential accounts.
His business was so profitable that he worked out an arrangement with the school that let him leave school at 10 a.m. every day to run his business while earning school credit. Shortly after he graduated, he acquired several other landscape companies and had close to 400 full-service lawn care accounts.
Click Here to read the entire article.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Top Entrepreneurs Follow Inspiration With Execution
Monster Tree Service has an article featured in Investor’s Business Daily titled, "Investor’s Business Daily." The article discusses how Josh began Monster Tree Service, what spurred the idea, and why he is franchising. Click here to read the full story.
Top Entrepreneurs Follow Inspiration With Execution
By: By Sonja Carberry
A mix of the creative and the sensible builds strong businesses. How entrepreneurs put sturdy legs under cool ideas:
• Show spirit. Wine should be a feel-good product. That was the vision Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey had for Barefoot Cellars.
In "The Barefoot Spirit," the pair write about the distance they traveled between launching from a laundry room in 1986 and being purchased by E.&J. Gallo Winery nine years later.
Charitable organizations gave the grape smashers an early lift. Barefoot's founders donated bottles to nonprofits they believed in, worked at their events and talked about the causes — and their wine.
Supporters became patrons.
"One of the reasons we wrote the book is to show American businesses that worthy cause marketing really works and can actually be more effective than advertising," Houlihan told IBD.
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By: By Sonja Carberry
• Show spirit. Wine should be a feel-good product. That was the vision Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey had for Barefoot Cellars.
In "The Barefoot Spirit," the pair write about the distance they traveled between launching from a laundry room in 1986 and being purchased by E.&J. Gallo Winery nine years later.
Charitable organizations gave the grape smashers an early lift. Barefoot's founders donated bottles to nonprofits they believed in, worked at their events and talked about the causes — and their wine.
Supporters became patrons.
"One of the reasons we wrote the book is to show American businesses that worthy cause marketing really works and can actually be more effective than advertising," Houlihan told IBD.
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