Since he was in middle school, Ken Budd has loved to play golf. He thoroughly enjoys the game, and loves to help develop local golf course in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Growing up in the town, he realized that there was a problem prevalent in many local golf courses. The grass, or the turf, on these courses was constantly and bad shape, and in no condition to play a fun round of golf. “Budd Seed,” as he called it, was launched in order to solve this problem through supplying top notch grass seed to the courses, and providing lawn care to each course for a price.
Ken’s business quickly took off due to the need for a grass seed supplier in the city. As his reputation for stable prices and great work grew, so did his business. Budd Seed became the weekly supplier to almost every golf course in Winston-Salem. 20 years later, Ken sold his multi-million dollar business and retired. He still enjoys playing golf on the same courses he used as a kid. Ken Budd’s ability to see a problem in the community of Winston-Salem shows why he is a brilliant entrepreneur and a great businessman.
Nice – This seems like a simple idea, but it is encouraging that someone turned it into a business plan. It also is something that we may have come in contact with on a golf course, but never knew about!
Budd wanted to play golf on nice grass, and so he grew it himself. There was a problem, and so he fixed it. It’s great to hear stories like this. Budd wanted nice grass, so he grew it himself–next thing he knew, the business had taken off.
I think it’s awesome how Budd came up with his business. He simply saw a problem and solved it. This most definitely shows an entrepreneurial attitude where Budd looked for a problem and derived a huge business from solving that problem.
Very interesting. I think you made important and valid points in this writing. Certainly with you totally and am pleased I had the opportunity to read this.