Heat wave or no, Monster Tree Service is making cool millions

Monster Tree Service were recently featured in a great article on the Upstart Business Journal titled, "Heat wave or no, Monster Tree Service is making cool millions". The article features our CEO Josh Skolnick and Reporter Teresa Novellino discussing the importance of keeping employees cool during a heat wave. It also provides us with a recap of Josh's entire success story and how he started Monster Tree Service. The article also provides us with advice on running a profitable business and franchising plans for the brand. Click here to read the article or begin below.


"Heat wave or no, Monster Tree Service is making cool millions"
By Teresa Novellino



For the founder of Monster Tree Service, keeping his team cool in the heat is nothing. He turned a job known for shirtless teens and pickup trucks into a big money franchise.

For outdoor workers, the heat wave that is stretching from the East Coast into the Midwest sending temperatures into three digits is not something you duck into your office job to escape: it's inescapable. So what's an entrepreneurial company that specializes in outdoor work to do? A good person to ask is Josh Skolnick, founder of Monster Tree Service, a multimillion dollar tree removal business that he launched in 2008 and turned into a national franchise last year.

"We advise them to start earlier than usual, get out before the temperatures get really high," Skolnick says. "There should be a 5-gallon iced water jug on every crew and they should try to limit the manual labor work and schedule work that's more machine orientated (and thus less physically challenging in the heat)."

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