Jim Penman started his first gardening business at 8 years old, mowing for a neighbour.
In this short episode he sits down with a young fan who spotted him on TikTok.
Jim meets Alan and his son Dylan. Dylan names four Jim's divisions off the top of his head, plays a round of Jim's Monopoly with the little green Jimbo pieces, and then meets the digital Jim Penman, an AI version of Jim you can ask anything.
Dylan puts it to the test. The digital Jim explains how a single lawn mower and a modest idea in the late 1980s grew into the largest franchising network in the southern hemisphere.
The real Jim then answers questions on his age, his 10 children, and the Christian faith he found at 28 on a university retreat.
The AI still has him at 73, so Jim sets the record straight at 74.
It is a warm, unscripted look at the man behind the brand, and a founder passing his story to the next generation.
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