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My Greatest Mistake: Tom Rosztoczy

CEO, Stotz Equipment Co., Avondale, Ariz. (2013 Dealership of the Year)
By Mike Lessiter posted on December 24, 2016 | Posted in Operations & Finance, Department Management
“In 2001, we purchased 6 locations from 4 owner groups in Utah and Idaho over the course of 4 months (Mistake #1). To manage the new stores we hired people from outside the company (Mistake #2). Viewing travel as an expense, we limited the travel between the old stores and the new stores (Mistake #3).
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To The Point: World's Apart, But on the Same Page

By Dave Kanicki posted on July 16, 2013 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
On paper, the two 2013 Dealerships of the Year covered in this issue of Farm Equipment couldn't be farther apart. One Stotz Equipment has 23 locations in 8 states, 380 employees and revenues last year of $235 million. The other Lake County International has 1 location covering a small region in South Dakota, with 22 employees and annual revenues of just over $25 million. (For the record, until 1997, Stotz was a 3-store dealership.)
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