The Harvesters interview Antonio Zeppa owner of Zeppa’s Landscaping Service, they’re at LANDSCAPES-19 in Louisville, KY on the trade show floor. Antonio shares numerous ideas he learned from the convention […]
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Watch Head Harvester Ed talk with Joel Sullivan from Sullivan’s Landscaping in Delaware at the Louisville, KY LANDSCAPES-19 convention. Their subject was near and dear to all landscapers hearts, how […]
Today watch Harvester Alison, a partner in Harvest the GREEN Partners, Inc., a mergers and acquisition company, talk with Todd McCabe owner of Landscapes Unlimited in Wilmington, North Carolina. Todd […]
One question the Harvesters continuously get is, “what software do you recommend? Their answer WAS ALWAYS, “it depends”. It depends on your size, what you need it for, what type […]
Harvester Fred Haskett is talking with the COO of David J. Frank Landscape, John Joestgen. He attended Harvester Fred’s Breakfast of Champion table where he picked up one idea that […]
With the extremely tight labor market, the last thing we want to lose is our good people but it does happen. There is no point in having a strong recruiting […]
The Harvesters are at the Verizon Connect booth in Louisville, KY at LANDSCAPES-2019 with Rebecca Anderson, Sr. Business Development Manager and Kevin Schwartz, Fleet Management Consultant. Watch as they share […]
Most landscape contractors use sub-contractors in their business. They are necessary for most operations because of limited expertise and equipment. In most cases, the relationship between contractor and subs are […]
Owning a landscaping business brings on stress, you can’t help it. People deal with stress in different ways but one thing for sure sustained stress is very unhealthy. So what […]
The Harvesters visit numerous companies and one of the common problems they find is owners don’t delegate enough. They are so used to doing it, doing it, doing it, it’s […]
No matter how hard we try we are going to lose jobs, and that hurts. If we sense there is a problem with a job we need to jump on […]
Last week Harvesters Bill & Ed toured the Headquarters of Corona Tools, in Corona, California. Wow, were they in for a surprise. Before the tour they thought Corona was a […]
Business is not easy, it never was. Competition is tough, finding good people to do the work is even more difficult. And then the customers. Most are great but there […]
You might have seen information about these tours in Lawn & Landscape magazine or maybe from the Harvesters but if you haven’t check it out. The tours are called, Backstage Pass. […]
Don’t you love the signs that say, “We guarantee fast service, no matter how long it takes”. That’s too funny. But guarantees, real guarantees do matter. Companies that guarantee their work […]
Without realizing it we negotiate quite a bit in our personal and business life. Our children, especially teenagers test our negotiation skills, as well as our mates, vendors, subcontractors, clients, […]
The Harvesters have found over the years that most companies don’t produce accurate estimates. After all, estimates are what prices are based on, so if they’re not correct how could […]
This week The Harvesters are in Fort Worth, TX with Craig McNitt the Director of Commercial Maintenance for Earthtones Landscaping. Craig is a veteran landscape professional heading up the company’s […]
Can You Help? – Register for GreenCare for Troops TODAY! Head Harvesters Cindy and Fred are going to talk about how you can help deployed military families with their lawn […]
The Harvesters are having some fun on the golf course but they really are talking about a pretty serious subject, how much is your company worth? There is a lot […]
Do the Harvesters have a great hiring tip for you today. It’s so simple but so overlooked. Watch this 2-minute clip and see if it applies to you. Hoping this […]
Whether you are buying or selling a company the information that Harvesters Alison, Bill and Ed are talking about really rings true. As you view this video think about whether […]
The Harvesters have visited more than one company where the owner responded to their question, “Have you had your I-9 forms checked?” And they respond, “I-9 form, what’s an I-9 […]
Harvesters Fred & Ed are going to talk about a very important subject in their video today and that’s one sure way to elicit trust in your organization or screw […]
Hey check out Harvesters Chris and Ed as they talk about how you can access all Harvest materials from your mobile phone from their own app and it’s FREE! Check out […]