A team of landscape industry veterans launched Aspire, a new cloud-based software program for green industry companies on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23 in Louisville, Ky.
The platform’s unique positioning is mobile technology, consulting, training and ongoing support by a team of industry experts, said Kevin Kehoe, Aspire co-founder and co-owner. Capabilities include reporting, sales, estimating, operations and accounting.
Kehoe, a Landscape Management columnist, is owner-manager of 3PG Consulting. He’s a 25-year-plus veteran of the green industry. His partner in Aspire, which formed 16 months ago, is Mark Tipton, former managing partner of The Integra Group, of which Boss LM is a business unit. The venture is backed by an investor group of landscape industry members. The company has more than 30 customers on the system.
“Our market is landscape contractors who aspire to scale and grow their businesses with an intuitive app user interface that can be employed on any mobile device–phone or tablet,” Kehoe said. “Anyone can sell software, and we believe there are many fine ones on the market, but only we can make it sing with the users to empower them to higher levels of productivity and personal success.”
Updated 10/19/14
