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There's very few examples of people doing it well at the same time.

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requests no questions asked. Hello, everyone. My guest today is Brian Clayton. He's the CEO and co-founder

of GreenPow, an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. GreenPal's been

called the Uber for Lawn Care by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 100,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day. Before starting

GreenPow, Brian founded Peach Tree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee,

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