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Where is your company headed?

Understanding When You Need to Utilize a CFO

Tim Spihlman October 18, 2023

Tim Spihlman brings 20+ years of senior leadership experience across a variety of industries.  Starting his career in accounting and finance in St. Louis, Tim has worked for companies in the service, technology, manufacturing and chemical sectors ranging from startup mode to a global business with over $6B in revenue.  After many years as an operator of businesses, he recently switched career paths to be an investor in businesses, focusing on working with founders and leaders of businesses under $100 million in revenue. He is currently the Managing Director of Lewis and Clark Capital and Lewis and Clark Ventures, managing […]

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Business Strategy

Where is your company headed?

Don’t be Afraid to Shake Things Up

Timothy Trimmer October 11, 2023

Timothy Trimmer is the President of Professional Grounds, Inc., a prominent commercial landscape company located in Fairfax, Virginia, just outside of the bustling Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. With a lifelong dedication to the field of landscaping and over two decades of experience, Timothy’s journey from a humble crew member at the age of 16 to the helm of the company is a testament to his remarkable commitment and expertise. Having assumed the role of President in 2017, Timothy Trimmer has steered Professional Grounds, Inc. towards unparalleled growth. Under his leadership, the company has nearly tripled in size within a short […]

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Branding and Marketing

How to improve your brand and improve your company awareness.

Green to Screen: Mastering Landscaping Video Production

Chad Diller October 4, 2023

Chad Diller is a 25+ year green industry veteran who served in various roles from operations to sales, and marketing. Currently, he’s the Vice President of Landscape Leadership, a marketing and sales agency that exclusively specializes in landscaping, lawn care, and tree service companies. Along with his team of green industry marketing specialists, they have partnered with dozens of the industry’s most innovative and successful companies. Through website design, digital marketing, professional photography, and video production, they help green industry companies become true leaders in their market, both to prospective clients and team members. Learn more about their work at […]

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Business Strategy

Where is your company headed?

What is Your Blue Print?

Tom Oyler September 27, 2023

Thomas L. Oyler, founder and senior partner of Oyler Consulting Services, LLC, is a successful entrepreneur, real estate developer, franchise executive, business development specialist, and service contractor. These credentials are among the many qualifying him as a business innovator and thinker. Today, Mr. Oyler is actively involved in a number of highly successful organizations he either founded or co-founded. Present business involvements: Early in his career, Tom realized a passion for service industries and founded and presided over Oyler Bros. Company, a Florida-based service and specialty construction company providing landscape construction and maintenance, interior and exterior pest management, and recreational […]

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Peers

Surround Yourself with Growth-Promoting Peers

John Munie September 13, 2023

John Munie is a highly accomplished and experienced leader who has been the President of Focal Pointe since its founding over 25 years ago. He has a unique ability to create lasting relationships with clients, employees, and vendors, and his commitment to building trust and loyalty has earned him a reputation as a highly respected and admired leader in the landscape industry. Established in 1998, Focal Pointe is a distinguished landscape design, installation, and maintenance company that caters to commercial properties in the St. Louis, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, and Springfield/Branson regions. The company’s clientele comprises prominent entities in the […]

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Featured

Redefining the Marketplace

Frank Mariani September 6, 2023

Frank Mariani – Founder and Executive Chairman, Mariani Premier Group In 1973, Frank Mariani became President of Mariani Landscape at 19 years old following the tragic passing of his father, Vito Mariani, Sr., who had founded the company in 1958. Under Frank’s leadership, what began as a small residential landscape firm working primarily in Lake Forest and Highland Park has grown into an 800+ employee company that specializes in high-end residential landscape design, construction and maintenance across the area of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and beyond. Under Frank’s leadership, the company has received numerous awards for excellence in all aspects […]

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Uncategorized

Obtain Accurate Data & Leverage Its Use

Daniel Currin & Matt Lavin August 15, 2023

Daniel Currin is a successful entrepreneur, business leader, and prominent member of the Raleigh, NC, community. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from James Madison University in 2002 and has since dedicated his career to building successful businesses and contributing to the growth and development of the local community.Currin is the CEO of Greenscape Inc., a leading commercial landscaping services company founded in 1979. Under his leadership, Greenscape has grown into a regional business with over 200 team members offering a wide range of landscape and property services to all segments of the commercial real estate industry. […]

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Leadership

How to become better leaders in your company.

Cultivating Leaders In The Green Industry

Jeff McManus August 8, 2023

Jeff and his team have been praised by The New York Times, Forbes, and the Huffington Post for their work in landscaping at Ole Miss as well as Jeff’s book, Growing Weeders into Leaders, that reveals the secret sauce in the recipe for their success. The PGMS, Newsweek, the Princeton Review, and USA Today all designated the Ole Miss Landscape team worthy of national distinction, naming the Ole Miss campus as the nation’s most beautiful. As noted by Dan Cathy, Chairman of Board for Chick-fil-A, “Jeff reminds us that all leaders can be cultivated with the right pruning and nurturing.” As the Director of […]

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Business Strategy

Where is your company headed?

Discovering Your 3 Hats / Finding The Right Business Partner

Kurt & Matt Bland August 1, 2023

Brothers Kurt and Matt Bland grew up in an entrepreneurial household as the children of Tom and Nancy Bland in Apex, North Carolina. As founders of Bland Landscaping Company (ca. 1976), at an early age Tom and Nancy exposed Kurt and Matt to the successes and the challenges of running a family business. As young men, the boys worked in every aspect of the homegrown business from field work to estimating and financial planning. Through the late 1980’s, 1990’s and early 2000’s industry icons like Frank Ross, Kevin Kehoe, and Bruce Wilson were regular consultants for the Bland family. Exposure […]

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Business Execution

How to better execute on your goals.

The Importance of Budgeting & Exit Planning

Bill Hardy & Doug Delano July 17, 2023

Douglass Delano is the Managing Partner at Level Green Landscape, a DC based Commercial Landscape Management Company. Doug graduated from college with a degree in Philosophy and taught High School Math and coached football for several years prior to becoming a landscaper. He has been involved in the landscape industry for 37 years, starting as a crewman doing installation and working his way up the ladder to run a Branch for Ruppert Landscape and then TruGreen when Ruppert sold. He left TruGreen and started Level Green Landscape in 2003. He is a MNLA Certified Professional Horticulturalist and a NALP Certified […]