After selling out our eastern workshop in November, it’s over to western Michigan with the workshop that’s turning great landscape contractors into great landscape business owners. Get out of your truck and into the boardroom for the best 2 days you’ve ever spent on your business. Actual landscape contractors from some of the industry’s best landscape companies lead this hands-on workshop to help your company build the systems it needs to create a more predictable, more profitable future. Want to know more? How Much? MORE >>

Home Dollars + Cents Efficiency Equipment Events People Sales The Best Business Workshop of 2011 for Landscape Contractors: The Workshop You Can’t Miss The perfect mix of business and pleasure On February 22 and 23, 2011 , Landscape Management Network and  Caterpillar Inc. are hosting the best business management workshop of the year! If you own or operate a landscape business, this is one workshop you can’t afford to miss. It’s your last chance to join us in Orlando for the business experience of the year! MORE >>

Come see what others are calling the ‘must-attend, don’t miss it’ business-building event for green industry and landscape professionals. Over 100 companies will have thousands of new products, services and ideas on show to help you grow your business and save time and money on your business needs. Stop by and chat with us, the Landscape Management Network , at booth #132! DISCLAIMER: The Landscape Management Network, LMN, offers business education for landscape and green industry contractors. See you in Ottawa! MORE >>

Despite the stereotype that landscape contractors are ‘equipment junkies’, I’ve met far too many that are under-equipped.  This has two very positive effects on your business: You can do the job in less time, enabling you to reduce your costs of production.  This is an effective way to grow your business and, in many cases, grow it without increasing your overhead expenses.  If you are only reducing your prices to get work, you are cutting into your profit margins – and as we all know, profit is already scarce in the landscape industry. Know Your Company. I’m not.  MORE >>

Home Dollars + Cents Efficiency Equipment Events People Sales Encouraging Employees to Think Like Entrepreneurs We all want people who think like us – smart, goal-oriented, business-minded people who are just as passionate and motivated about work as we are. While it may seem like a far-fetched goal, with the right training, getting your employees to think like invested business owners is not an impossible feat. And, if everyone shares the same motivated incentives and workplace ethic, then you can rest assured that your business is operating at an optimal level. momentum. MORE >>