Podcast appearances and mentions of bob williamson

Hi, this is Bob Williamson. Well, it's with a heavy heart I have to tell you this, but I can't see you well enough to write Words for the Day anymore . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/04/thanks-for-a-great-25-years/

In this episode of Growing in the Green Industry, we welcome our guest Bob Williamson with Cetane Associates.  Selling your company is a hot topic in our industry.  Bob shares how the conversation usually starts with wanting to sell your business.  He talks about many people not being ready to sell their company immediately, but Bob shares advice on the process of selling a business.  He talks about some of the risks and what buyers are looking for.  Even if you are not looking to sell your business, you should be thinking about the future.  This episode is hosted by Brett Lemcke of R.M. Landscape and Skyler Westergard with LandCare.

In today's episode, Boost Your Pest Control Business Value: 5 Powerful Tips for a Profitable Sale, we're diving deep into how you can enhance your business value to maximize returns when selling your pest control company. From understanding key financial metrics to preparing your operations for a smooth transition, this episode is packed with actionable insights to help you boost your company's worth and secure a profitable sale. Whether you're planning to sell soon or years down the road, these expert tips will guide you in the right direction. Welcome to another insightful episode of Living the Wildlife with your host, wildlife control consultant Stephen Vantassel! In this episode, Stephen interviews Bob Williamson, an experienced sales broker who specializes in helping pest control and wildlife control business owners prepare their companies for sale. Whether you're years away from selling or actively considering it, this conversation delves into the crucial aspects of the selling process that every business owner should understand. Understanding the True Value of Your Business One of the biggest misconceptions that business owners have when it comes to selling their companies is the reliance on an accountant's evaluation alone. While accountants are essential for providing tax returns and basic financial data, Bob explains that there's much more to determining the real value of a business. Factors such as revenue stability, the owner's role in daily operations, and necessary financial adjustments all play a critical role in the final valuation. Bob points out that business owners often overlook how much of their company's revenue is tied to them personally. For example, if you are the face of the business and heavily involved in day-to-day operations, a potential buyer may view this as a risk, as revenue could dip significantly after you leave. Understanding how to make your company operate independently is crucial to increasing its saleability. Key Financial Metrics: What is EBITDA? One of the most critical financial metrics for buyers and sellers alike is EBITDA, which stands for Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization. This metric provides a clearer picture of the company's earning potential by focusing on the core business operations, excluding costs related to capital structure, tax liabilities, and non-cash items like depreciation and amortization. However, Bob stresses that EBITDA is not always a straightforward calculation. Different buyers may interpret the numbers in various ways, and adjustments may be necessary to paint an accurate picture of the company's profitability. For example, if the business is paying for personal expenses—such as a vacation home or a spouse's car—that don't directly contribute to the business, these items would need to be adjusted out of the EBITDA calculation to give a more accurate valuation. The Role of Revenue Stability When evaluating a pest control or wildlife control business, one of the first things a buyer will look at is revenue stability. Is the business generating consistent income, or is it subject to fluctuations? Buyers want to be confident that the revenue stream will continue after the sale, and this is where the role of the owner becomes important. If much of the business's revenue is tied to the owner's personal relationships or expertise, buyers may be hesitant to invest, fearing that customers could leave once the owner steps away. Bob advises business owners to work on making their revenue streams as stable and independent of their involvement as possible. This may involve delegating more responsibilities to employees, building long-term contracts with clients, or diversifying revenue streams. Preparing Your Business for Sale Bob Williamson, who has bought over 40 companies throughout his career, emphasizes that preparing your business for sale well in advance is essential.

EPISODE SUMMARY: Peter Smyth is a legendary leader in broadcasting and the former chairman and CEO of Greater Media. He currently sits on the board of WBUR in Boston and is president of the Hundred Club of MA. Smyth shares how his background in business and passion for people helped bring innovative ideas to the broadcast industry and his leadership advice. Special guest Jeff Smulyan also joins to discuss his friendship with Peter.On this episode of Chachi Loves Everybody, Chachi talks to Peter Smyth about:Growing up in Tarrytown outside of NYC with a passion for radio, but being pushed towards finance by his fatherLearning many skills while working at Nestle, but turning down opportunities with them to pursue radioStruggling at first as an account exec at WROR in Boston before using his business acumen to secure clientsIntroducing innovative ideas after getting promoted to GSM and working with Celtics broadcasters during the Larry Bird and Magic Johnson eraMoving back to New York to become director of sales at WOR at 29 and having to prove himself every day that he was worthy of leading at his young ageTaking another job in Boston and transforming WMJX from “tragic Magic” into a highly rated station as GMHis method of in-depth strategizing and planning as well as always telling the truth and keeping open communication that lead to Magic's successBecoming the COO of Greater Media and his method of ensuring stations were live and local, grounded in community, and had great personnelStepping in as Chairman and CEO after the passing of his friend and mentor, John Bordes, and continuing the vision of running a family company even through the recessionThe tough decision to sell Greater Media and his philanthropic work since then with the RAB, WBUR, and the Hundred Club of MassachusettsAnd more!ABOUT THIS EPISODE'S GUEST: Peter Smyth is recognized as a visionary and thought leader in the radio broadcasting industry. He most recently served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Greater Media, Inc., one of the nation's leading broadcasting companies.  In this role, Smyth oversaw the operational efforts of 21 AM and FM radio stations in Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, Philadelphia and New Jersey; a group of weekly newspapers in central New Jersey; and several telecommunications towers throughout the United States.  Over the past three decades, Smyth served in a variety of capacities within Greater Media, including General Manager of WMJX-FM in Boston, Vice President of the Radio Group, and Chief Operating Officer of Greater Media, Inc. He began his career in broadcasting in 1977 as an account executive with WROR-FM in Boston and was quickly promoted to General Sales Manager, a position he held for the next five years. In 1983, RKO General, the parent company of WOR, recruited him to serve as general sales manager of its New York stations, where he directed the company's sales operations until his departure in 1986 to work at Greater Media. Smyth helped to revolutionize the broadcasting industry by advocating for and adopting new technologies such as HD Radio and internet streaming, and by developing and incorporating innovative content to improve media communications and meet the emerging demands of the industry and its advertisers. He was named a “Giant of American Broadcasting” by the Library of American Broadcasting in 2014. Radio Ink Magazine, a leading broadcast industry publication, in 2005 and 2011, selected Smyth as “America's Best Broadcaster.” In addition, he has been recognized as one of Radio Ink's “40 Most Powerful People in Radio,” ranking among the top ten. In 2007, the publication named him “Radio Executive of the Year.” An active philanthropist, Smyth currently serves on the Board of Directors of New England Baptist Hospital and as president of the One Hundred Club of Massachusetts, an organization dedicated to enhancing the welfare and safety of the families of public safety officers and firefighters. He is a past member of the Board of Trustees of Emerson College and the United Way of Massachusetts. Additionally, he is a member of the Advisory Board for US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. In 2007, he received the “Humanitarian of the Year” Award from the Hundred Club of Massachusetts and the Golden Mike Award from the Broadcasters Foundation of America for exemplary service in the radio Industry. Smyth was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Commerce degree from Suffolk University in Boston in 2011 and was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2017.ABOUT THE PODCAST: Chachi Loves Everybody is brought to you by Benztown and hosted by the President of Benztown, Dave “Chachi” Denes. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the myths and legends of the radio industry.PEOPLE MENTIONED: Heidi Raphael, The Gambling Family, Joan Hamburg, Bernie Meltzer, Joe Franklin, Ed Koch, Frank Sinatra, Bob Williamson, O'Neil family, Herb McCord, Peter Bordes. John Bordes, Phil Redo, Curt Hahn, Bob Harper, Don Kelly, John Fullam, Tom Bender, Dan Mason, Bob Pittman, Buzz Knight, Caroline Beasley, Erica Farber, Margaret Low, Norman Knight, Traug KellerABOUT BENZTOWN: Benztown is a leading international audio imaging, production library, voiceover, programming, podcasting, and jingle production company with over 3,000 affiliations on six different continents. Benztown provides audio brands and radio stations of all formats with end-to-end imaging and production, making high-quality sound and world-class audio branding a reality for radio stations of all market sizes and budgets. Benztown was named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 by Inc. magazine for five consecutive years as one of America's Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies. With studios in Los Angeles, New York, London and Stuttgart, Benztown offers the highest quality audio imaging work parts for 23 libraries across 14 music and spoken word formats including AC, Hot AC, CHR, Country, Hip Hop and R&B, Rhythmic, Classic Hits, Rock, News/Talk, Sports, and JACK. Benztown provides custom VO and imaging across all formats, including commercial VO and copywriting in partnership with Yamanair Creative. Benztown Radio Networks produces, markets, and distributes high-quality programming and services to radio stations around the world, including: The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown, The Daily Dees Show, The Todd-N-Tyler Radio Empire, Hot Mix, Sunday Night Slow Jams with R Dub!, Flashback, Top 10 Now, AudioLogger, Audio Architecture, Radio Merch Shop, The Rooster Show Prep, AmeriCountry, and Benztown Swag Bank. Benztown + McVay Media Podcast Networks produces and markets premium podcasts including: The Making of: A National Geographic Podcast, Run It Again, Hot Chicken and Cage-Free Conversation with Byron Kennedy, and Edelman Financial Engines' Everyday Wealth.Web: benztown.comFacebook: facebook.com/benztownradioTwitter: @benztownradioLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/benztownInstagram: instagram.com/benztownradio

Welcome, Robert "Bob" Williamson, the owner of the South Coast's legendary, The Symphony Music Shop in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to In-Focus Podcast Number 136. Bob is a professional musical instrument repairperson and has been since 1982. Bob is also a freelance trumpeter and the leader of The SouthCoast Jazz Orchestra. He talks with The Artist Index performing artists host, Jeff Angeley, about his background, music, travels, and lots more. This episode was recorded in Jeff's recording studio in 2023. The In-Focus Podcasts are up close and personal conversations with the makers, performers, supporters, and cultural impresarios of the remarkable creative community of South Coast Massachusetts including New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Westport, and beyond. Music courtesy of www.bensound.com 

The NBA is BACK, and as promised so is BALLS with Beeso and the Doc to overreact to a grand total of two games of basketball, including big headed fans, Pelican’t care less, you can’t have tonk without chonk, Bob Williamson, traffic jams in the west, Jazz experimentation, the chances of a Lakers-Blazers rd 1, preseasons via Zoom, the Scott Foster Experience, forgetting how to play hard,  killing series early, Simmons powering forward, doing it for the ‘gram, Steven Adams: diplomatic attache, inexplicable Northern accents, teaching elephants to tap dance, tackling chicken wings, Disease Night, going full Robbie Keane, narrator: it’s now pretty much over for the Mavs, 2 vs 3 in the East, Reverse Portland, the Bol Bol bowl, government control, the Dubs crying poor, red states, the Otago Nuggets, sticking a fork in our regular season wins pool and Beer Jerk vs regular jerks. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and your unvarnished reckons are always welcomed via Twitter, Facebook and email. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

My wife and I pray together twice daily; once in the morning and once in the late afternoon. She leads the prayer thru one session, and I lead during the other. So yesterday it was my turn, and I began my prayer as follows: “Dear Lord this is Bob Williamson . . .” Suddenly I realized what I said, and I broke out laughing as did my wife. We laughed very hard and it was several minutes before I could resume praying . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/06/big-medicine/

My wife and I pray together twice daily; once in the morning and once in the late afternoon. She leads the prayer thru one session, and I lead during the other. So yesterday it was my turn, and I began my prayer as follows: “Dear Lord this is Bob Williamson . . .” Suddenly I realized what I said, and I broke out laughing as did my wife. We laughed very hard and it was several minutes before I could resume praying . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/06/big-medicine/

Today's guest is Bob Williamson, founder of SRSLY chocolate in Taylor, Texas. We sit down at the Geekdom Audio Lab and chat about Bob's foray into craft chocolate and the origins of the company, how he roasts the cocao and his bean to bar chocolate making process, partnering with local makers and the creativity behind his craft chocolate bars, building his wholesale clientele and getting into retailers like Whole Foods, and how Bob took a passion for quality chocolate and created SRSLY chocolate - one of Texas' premier bean to bar craft chocolate companies. Enjoy. Buzzsprout Link ($20 Amazon Gift Card): https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=290018

Podcast favorites Danica Gleason, now owner of Maine Hits in Scarborough Maine, and John Gleason host the Coaches Corner Booth. Danica and John decided to buy Maine Hits from founder and longtime softball coach Bob Williamson this past spring. One of Danica's first calls was to former professional baseball player and Maine native, Nic Lops. Nic will oversee baseball operations while Danica does the rest. Nic is a graduate of Cheverus High School in Portland and St. Joseph's College in Windham. Along with his duties as baseball director at Maine Hits, Nic is currently an assistant coach at both of his alma maters. This summer you can also find Nic coach third base at the Sanford Mainers games in the New England College Baseball League.

Are science and politics alien to each other? From climate change to coal mines, are scientists cutting through in policy debates?

Are science and politics alien to each other? From climate change to coal mines, are scientists cutting through in policy debates?

Heading straight to hell until almost every bone broke in his body, Bob Williamson shares his amazing story of growing up with severe childhood abuse, becoming a hoodlum and eventually turning his life over to Jesus Christ. Following his conversion, Bob began his journey into problem solving and serial entrepreneurship. Be inspired by this amazing success story of redemption and the American dream! Bob Williamson is a renowned businessman and serial entrepreneur, Bob Williamson, has achieved national acclaim for his business acumen and philanthropic efforts. All told, Williamson has founded over 20 successful businesses. His largest business accomplishment to date was the establishment of one of the most successful food service technology companies in the United States, Horizon Software International; a company that he sold in 2008 for $75 million that revolutionized the institutionalized food service market with its innovative software. His last business venture was the development of $40 million Honey Lake Resort and Spa that was built on his 4800 acre quail hunting plantation near Tallahassee, Florida.

Bob Williamson shares with us from Luke 12:32-40 in this special New Years Eve sermon.

Rev. Bob Williamson shares with us on Gratitude Sunday from John 9:1-9, 30-38 in his sermon titled, "A Reason to Give." Bob says, “Thankfulness probably begins not by looking in the mirror, but by looking out the window. Looking at where we can invest our lives, our gifts, our time, beyond ourselves… how can we invest in God’s work and in others?” SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” The man answered, “Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?” And they drove him out. Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” He answered, “And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.” Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.” He said, “Lord, I believe.” And he worshiped him. -- John 9:1-9, 30-38

Bob Williamson talks about Charlottesville and the current state of America

Homeless and broke; single mom of two and left to fend for herself – these amazing stories of redemption are the focus of today's podcast featuring Bob Williamson and Jamie Vrinios, authors of the book – Crazy Like Foxes.  Hear the story of these two amazing business people who God rescued! [replay] The post “Crazy Like Foxes” appeared first on iWork4Him Podcast.

Homeless and broke; single mom of two and left to fend for herself – these amazing stories of redemption are the focus of today's podcast featuring Bob Williamson and Jamie Vrinios, authors of the book – Crazy Like Foxes.  Hear the story of these two amazing business people who God rescued! [replay]

Homeless and broke; single mom of two and left to fend for herself – these amazing stories of redemption are the focus of today's podcast featuring Bob Williamson and Jamie Vrinios, authors of the book – Crazy Like Foxes.  Hear the story of these two amazing business people who God rescued! The post “Crazy Like Foxes” appeared first on iWork4Him Podcast.

Homeless and broke; single mom of two and left to fend for herself – these amazing stories of redemption are the focus of today's podcast featuring Bob Williamson and Jamie Vrinios, authors of the book – Crazy Like Foxes.  Hear the story of these two amazing business people who God rescued!

Bob Williamson is a rags-to-riches story about a man who overcame homelessness and addiction to become a multi-millionaire. Bob has a new book, Miracle on Luckie Street, where he describes his rise from life on the streets to owning eleven successful companies. Website: www.miracleonluckiestreet.com Visit the website to read the first chapter of Bob's new book!