Building equity in pest management

Over the past year, the business has been very steady, and revenue is up. Climate in the community is very good as well and I am applying some of the information that was gained from my meeting with BOM mentor Wayne Golden. Looking forward to working with him more in the future. Thank you, Faye, for all that you do to keep us informed and connected.

Joining BOM was one of the best decisions we have made. Besides giving step by step advice on how to grow our pest control business we notice that this organization truly cares about helping our small business. What we personally notice is that normally I feel bad about continually emailing or calling someone when I need help especially when I don’t have much money, or it may seem like I struggle to understand what they are teaching. However, they never made us feel small or worthless. In fact, they made us feel proud and energized us to keep pushing and thriving to grow. That is exactly what we have been doing. THERE IS VERY LITTLE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT WILL HELP SOMEONE WITHOUT A HIDDEN ADGENDA. BOM is group of men and women who not only INSPIRE GROWTH but will literally point you in the right direction in which you should go. Thank You BOM!

I’m grateful for the wisdom you shared with me. Your insight moved me to make a difficult decision. You challenged me to look at my numbers and because of that, I cut ties with a company that didn’t value my service. For that I’m forever grateful.

Black Ownership Matters has changed my life and my overall prospective on leadership and mentorship. I can be honest and say that I was having a difficult time moving to that next step and it was weighing me down. My interactions with my mentors were what changed this feeling around, from helping looking for opportunities to helping make the most when those fell into my hand. I learned so much and I feel like that my mentors are still able to teach more. I have never had a positive and thought altering experience and I look forward to increasing my involvement with this organization.

The best thing to come out of our visit to Pest World 2021 was connecting with BOM! Partnering with this organization has helped our team tremendously. Wayne, Sterling and Jim have been extremely generous with their knowledge and years of experience. BOM is an awesome organization and I’m honored to be a part of it.

Since I started working with Black Ownership Matters in March, they have benefited my business tremendously. Their dedication to see my company succeed has been amazing. I am very appreciative of their hard work. The process to initially reach them was easy. I was set up with a mentor who has been an asset to my company. I would highly recommend them to other minority pest control companies. Thank you BOM for your service to the Pest control industry, keep being great!

As a local, small ran pest control company in the Richmond, Virginia area I understand the importance of having a secure network. I joined BOM last year, 2021. Since joining the organization I have met a handful of industry leaders that have not hesitated to share and pass on knowledge to help expand my industry mindset and leadership skills. My very first inperson encounter with the organization occurred in November 2021 in Las Vegas at the industry leading event, Pest World. By being a member, I was able to experience meeting the President of NPMA and spending the evening hours in the presidential suite of a luxury Vegas hotel. At the event I was able to meet many leaders of the BOM organization and gave full attention to the presentations they made to new members of the group. This was a humbling and surreal experience. I am grateful to be surrounded by a group of Veteran industry leaders as they share all the important aspects to growing a pest control brand. I highly recommend all newcomers in the pest industry, specifically minority owned, and operated businesses have a conversation with one of the BOM reps to learn how they can assist best. I have learned it’s not always about what you know, but who you know.

I joined BOM in 2022 and it has been one of the best business decisions I've made this year. Not only is the organization as a whole "Top Notch", the people involved have been extremely impressive and always follow through. I compare it to having a board of directors you can bounce ideas off of. As for the mentoring portion, that's another level. BOM connected me with a local mentor that took a look at our KPI's and sent our business on a whole new trajectory. I always look forward to meeting with my mentor and continuing our relationship with BOM. I'm super excited about the future of Nexus Pest Solutions. Keep up the outstanding work!!! Member for life.

Thank You – Black Ownership Matters Dear Black Ownership Matters Team, Thank you so much for all the arduous work and information you shared with us the past year. Black Ownership Matters has defiantly opened our eyes to opportunities we would have never known about but more information the leadership and mentoring they offered. As shown on Black Ownership Matters website both Wayne Golden and Sterling Barbour came to our office and spent a day reviewing our P&L looking at our operations and numbers. Within minutes they gave us suggestions and identify areas of improvements. What organization does this for free and doesn’t expect anything in return other than the success of our business. Your website tells the story, and your team is amazing. The next best thing they invited us to PestWorld 2021 in Vegas, they not only showed us the fantastic opportunity of networking with other pest professionals but the real value of Black Ownership Matters, PestVets and NPMA. I met other Black owners that we can work with, buddle our services, and look at bigger opportunities. Lastly they helped us get our DBE certifications that will open at a lot of doors and revenue gains. My advice to Black owned pest control companies, join this great organization and let us make a greater impact in our numbers and opportunities in the pest management industry. Once again, thank you for working so diligently in helping N&N Pest Control, we are now moving closer to our future goals.