Incubator & Accelerator Programs
Build your leadership. Strengthen your business. Scale your impact.
Explore ProgramsThe reality of leading a waste company
Generic business groups don't know your industry. Finding leaders who truly understand waste operations is nearly impossible.
More revenue brings exponentially more complexity. What worked at $2M breaks at $10M.
Urgent crowds out important every single day. You're pulled into operations when you should be building the future.
No trusted circle to validate your thinking or challenge your assumptions when stakes are high.
Operational demands are relentless, margins are tight, and cash flow pressure never stops.
You're making decisions that affect your team, customers, and family's financial future—often alone.
Choose the right path for your company's revenue and growth stage
The Leadership Circle offers two distinct programs designed exclusively for waste management company leaders ready to scale with intention and excellence. This isn't for startups or operators content with the status quo—this is for leaders who see the potential in their business and are committed to realizing it through structured growth and strategic development.
For waste hauling, recycling, or roll-off companies in early growth stages who want to build a real business—not just hustle harder.
For established waste companies committed to scaling with excellence, building leadership depth, and creating enterprise value.
You didn't build a waste company just to own a job
Make decisions from strategy, not stress. Know you're building the right thing the right way.
Develop people who can lead without you. Build depth and capability across your organization.
Replace tribal knowledge with documented processes. Create a culture where commitments are kept.
Stop leaving money on the table. Price for profit and manage cash like the strategic asset it is.
Build a business that's attractive to buyers, whether you sell next year or in a decade.
The ultimate measure of success: your company thrives even when you're not there.
Continuous support through multiple formats
2 Group Coaching Sessions per Month: Deep-dive workshops with the full cohort on leadership, systems, and financial management
1 Private Advisory Call per Month: One-on-one time to address your specific challenges and opportunities
Templates & Playbooks: Immediately actionable resources you can implement in your business
Strategic Planning Workshops: Facilitated sessions to set direction, review performance, and adjust your approach (2 in-person, 2 virtual)
Goal Setting & Accountability: Establish clear objectives and track progress as a cohort
Private Leadership Circle: Direct connection to your peer group between sessions for advice, perspective, and support
Shared Learning: Benefit from the collective experience of twelve waste industry leaders
Led by someone who's been in your shoes—not as a consultant, but as an operator
The Leadership Circle is guided by David Carlisle, who brings more than two decades of hands-on experience in every critical role of the waste management industry.
"Practical, real-world guidance. No ivory tower theory—just proven frameworks adapted from real waste company challenges and wins."
Deep operational knowledge across residential, commercial, and industrial
Led growth from mid-market to regional powerhouse
Served in executive leadership with P&L responsibility
Multiple acquisitions and successful exit processes
Lock in founding member pricing—limited seats available
Founding rate guaranteed
Exclusive to founding cohort
To David during launch
Influence development
Measurable outcomes across leadership, team, financial performance, and business value
Make strategic decisions from clarity instead of stress, knowing you have frameworks and peer validation behind your thinking.
Build a leadership team that can execute independently and a culture where accountability is the norm.
Price for profit, manage collections rigorously, and maintain the cash reserves that give you strategic options.
Replace founder dependency with documented processes and systems that allow you to scale without breaking.
Systematically increase what your business is worth by building the characteristics that buyers and investors value most.
Develop a circle of peers who understand your challenges, challenge your thinking, and support your growth.
Private, invitation-only cohorts for committed waste industry leaders
The Leadership Circle is private and invitation-only. We're looking for waste company leaders who are ready to invest in their growth and committed to showing up for themselves and their peers.
You've built your business largely alone. You don't have to lead it that way.
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