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PERSONAL BACKGROUND

DAVID MINOR'S
HOMEPAGE

 

ABOUT DAVID MINOR

David is the William M. Dickey Entrepreneur in Residence and the Director of the Neeley Entrepreneurship Program at Texas Christian University.  Prior to joining TCU David was the President and CEO of Minor’s Landscape Services, a company he founded in 1980 which became an INC 500 award winning enterprise and one of the largest and most respected in the landscape industry. In 1998 David harvested his business and teamed with ServiceMaster, Inc. to consolidate the industry nationwide.  As Vice President of this newly formed landscape division David helped lead the acquisitions and integration efforts of over 550 million dollars in landscape division revenues.

David joined TCU in 2000 as the founding Director of the Neeley Entrepreneurship Program.  By the spring of 2004 the entrepreneurship program at TCU had been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the top 15 in the country, and the best in Texas.  The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, a component of the overall program, has also been named a Nasdaq Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence.  This prestigious recognition has been given to less than 2% of all entrepreneurship centers throughout the country.

In addition to overseeing all of the activities of the center, David teaches a course to TCU students titled “Managing the Emerging Venture” and another to existing business owners titled “Growing Your Business”. He continues to invest in businesses through his company Minor and Associates, Inc. and frequently speaks at conferences and seminars across the country. David is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and serves on the board for Summit Bank, Diamond H Recognition, Inc. and The Landscape Partners Ltd. 

He is a former winner of the Tarrant County Entrepreneur of Distinction award, has been recognized as the landscape industry's Professional of the Year, and was recently named one of the top 10 Entrepreneurship Program Directors in the country by Entrepreneur Magazine.