Green Pest's Jesson Wins SBA Entrepreneurial Success Award

 

Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Eastern Pennsylvania District Office was on site at Green Lawn Fertilizing/Green Pest Solutions headquarters in West Chester, Pa., to present this prestigious award to Jesson and the team. There were nominees spanning across 40 counties in the region and Jesson was selected as the winner. The nomination for this award came from Seedcopa, a private nonprofit which helps small to mid-sized businesses obtain government loans.

 

“Being nominated and awarded by the people who helped fund our headquarters construction ten years ago is incredibly rewarding. As we have grown there have been numerous hurdles trying to take our business to the next level. The entire team at Green Lawn Fertilizing/Green Pest Solutions has been incredible throughout this journey," says Jesson.

 

Jesson stood out among the other nominees for the Entrepreneurial Success Award due to his company’s success and his compelling entrepreneurial story. He started his first business, Jesson Landscaping when he was only 12 years old. He was able to grow that business throughout high school and college to a point where he had several employees servicing over 150 accounts. In 2004, still only in his mid-twenties, Jesson decided to make a huge shift in his business when he transitioned from landscaping to lawn care with the establishment of Green Lawn Fertilizing.

 

With the help of Seedcopa and the SBA, Jesson was able to secure a loan in 2010 to help purchase and upgrade the company’s West Chester headquarters. When the loan was funded in 2010, Green Lawn Fertilizing had only 38 employees and no pest control business. The company produced about $5 million in revenue at the time. Fast forward 10 years and the company has more than tripled in size. Green Lawn Fertilizing currently has over 170 employees and produced over $15M in revenue last year. In 2012, the business added Green Pest Solutions (a dedicated pest and termite business) and have expanded to multiple branches throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.