Leadership Lessons from the CEO of Equip Expo

I hear you, man.

It is an ever-changing world that we live in, the world of technology.

It's just ever-changing.

I'll tell you the one thing that I like about Equip, there's a lot of things, but is the people aspect.

We get to go to this show and you get to connect with other like-minded individuals who are out there running and growing businesses.

You guys at the OPI and at equip are putting together a show where that actually, um, happens.

And, you know, there's people that come to this show once a year and they come every year and the friendships, like they treated it as a vacation.

Like they come here on a vacation and they see their friends once or twice a year.

And, uh, this is the place to do that here in Louisville.

So, um, thank you for that.

Thank you for the work that you guys put in.

I know it is, it's gotta be rewarding to see, to see Louisville taken over in October, every third week of October, every year.

You know, for me, it's the family reunion every October, right? It's my 20th show.

And you see, you describe your friends year over year over year.

What's happened this year? How can you help me with my business? What are the challenges you face? Remember, this is not a public show.

This is a B2B show.

It's only landscapers and contractors and dealers, people in the space, right? Manufacturers.

And so you hit it on the head.

Learning is peer-to-peer.

And so what we at Equip try to do, whether it's the morning show or Energize or Podcast Row or Equip Academy, we try to give you guys the opportunity to get together with one another.

Because that's where learning takes place.

So we encourage you.

Go to the opening reception.

Go to the closing.

Go to the education programming.