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Where is your company headed?

What is the Outlook for M&A in the Landscape Industry

Jeffrey Harkness February 9, 2023

Specializing in Growth and Exit strategy planning, Jeff Harkness has spent over 20 years working exclusively with the owners of contracting and service firms. Jeff has been the leading advisor guiding over 30 companies to exit via private equity groups or industry buyers. He has worked closely with owners on business valuation, strategic growth, profit planning, pricing strategies, capital funding, or buy-side transactions. Jeff advises clients with succession planning involving family, employees, or other related parties. He also creates strategies for owners that tie key people to the company through compensation models, phantom stock and/or bonus programs. Jeff has been […]

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Business Strategy

Where is your company headed?

How To Get Your Overhead Down To 3%

Charlie Johnson February 1, 2023

Charlie Johnson is a dedicated and experienced landscape professional with a passion for nature. He founded Outdoor Systems Management in 2008 and he has been in the green industry for over 20 years and has built a reputation as an expert in his field, and is a member of several professional associations. He is dedicated to staying up-to-date with the latest trends, techniques, and advancements in the industry. Charlie is a family man and is married with four children. He is dedicated to his family and enjoys spending time with them. He is an active father and enjoys traveling with […]

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Decision Making

Simple Steps To Help Increase Company Value When Exiting

Tom Fochtman January 25, 2023

Tom Fochtman has been involved in the green industry his entire career, spanning 41 years. He co-founded a commercial landscape contracting company that grew to $33M in revenue, selling the company in 2011. Tom has served in multiple capacities with the National Association of Landscape Professional (NALP), including 3 terms on the Board, President of the NALP Foundation and working on many task forces and committees. For the past 12 years he has been leading Ceibass Venture Partners, an exit strategy firm. Ceibass is focused on assisting landscape company owners with the successful transition of their company, and ultimately their […]

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Work/Life balance

Work/Life balance and Introducing Systems & Procedures

Brett Gordon January 17, 2023

Brett Gordon graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture. Over the years, Brett has found a passion for landscape maintenance and creating scalable systems and business tactics that have created a highly efficient company. Scalability, scorekeeping, accountability, and unspoken communication are the foundation for all the systems at Signature Landscape. His passion for integrity and excellence at every level of the business is allowing Signature to become the premier landscape maintenance contractor in the Oklahoma City market. Brett has a passion for being a positive influence on the families of those that work […]

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Sales

How to increase revenue in your company.

Creative Ways To Negotiate an M&A Deal

Corey Kupfer January 10, 2023

Corey Kupfer is an expert strategist, negotiator and deal-maker with more than 35 years of professional deal-making and negotiating experience as a successful entrepreneur, attorney, consultant, author and professional speaker. He is the founder and principal of Kupfer & Associates, PLLC, a leading corporate and deal law firm; the founder and CEO of DealQuest, a speaking, training and consulting company providing negotiating and deal-driven growth programs and services; the author of the Amazon best-selling book, Authentic Negotiating, and the creator and host of the top 1.5% rated podcast the DealQuest Podcast.

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Branding and Marketing

How to improve your brand and improve your company awareness.

Marketing/Branding Strategy Going Into A Recession

Aiden Silvers December 28, 2022

“When you’re choosing a qualified partner for this type of commitment, I strongly feel it’s important to make your decision based on the leader. At the end of the day this is a trust thing and the success of our relationship falls on my shoulders.” A natural Leader & Entrepreneur, Aiden loves to hustle, and has a strong work ethic. “It’s all I do 24/7, because I am passionate about helping businesses reach their goals. It’s in my DNA, even as a kid I was always doing entrepreneurial things like selling lemonade.”. Aiden is driven by Adversity. Severely physically disabled […]

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Culture

How to improve your company culture.

The Culture Coach – Sharing Stories to Enhance Your Culture

Jeff McManus December 21, 2022

At the age of 37, the University of Mississippi hired Jeff McManus as the Director of the newly formed Landscape Services Department. As one of the most junior directors on campus, the immediate challenges that faced him were staggering – exceptionally low morale with an unacceptable lack of productivity. In many ways, the Ole Miss landscape services was actually an extreme example of the same problems facing many organizations then and today.Jeff believed the challenges could be overcome with focused team effort. So, he established a four-step process he calls “The GROW System.” Jeff works from the position that everybody […]

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Business Execution

How to better execute on your goals.

Key Ideas to Communicate Effectively and Frequently During Uncertain Times

Nicole Henry December 13, 2022

As one of the business development representatives at CompanyCam, Nicole spends her time building and nurturing partner relationships, enhancing partner network experiences through content creation, and traveling around the country to attend trade shows. Outside of work, Nicole can be found with a book in hand or with an audiobook playing, doing some DIY project around her house (some more intense than others), or elbow-deep in dough for a new baking experiment.

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Landscape

General landscape knowledge and principles.

The Challenges Going with Battery-powered Equipment

Stephen Gault December 6, 2022

Stephen Gault is founder of EcoMow Lawn & Landscape Solutions based in Dallas, TX. Founded in 2019, EcoMow is focused on providing innovative battery operated lawn and landscape services for commercial & residential customers. Stephen is also founder of Lawn Pro Digital Marketing and host of The Electric Lawn Talk Podcast. Stephen is married to his lovely wife Melissa and they have 3 wonderful children. Stephen comes to the lawn and landscape industry with a strong passion for networking with fellow landscape professionals. His humble desire to learn from his peers has helped him build a fast growing landscape business […]

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Business Execution

How to better execute on your goals.

Lessons From A Serial Entrepreneur and Understanding The Hedgehog Concept

Roger Braswell November 29, 2022

Roger Braswell is a self-described “serial entrepreneur.” Having launched over a dozen successful operating companies in his 54-year career, the title is well deserved. More importantly, Roger and his daughter, Angela Quinn, co-founded Give Hope Global, which provides education for over 1,000 students and operates community health programs in Haiti and Ghana. He is passionate about succeeding in business to provide resources for helping people in difficult circumstances become all their ambition and talent will allow them to be. The companies he has founded or co-founded include Braswell’s Landscape Co., The Village Nursery, Southern Tree and Landscape Co., LandCare USA, […]