Today we talk about the end of 2025, what I will be working on in my business for 2026, and a look back on our past year of amazing guests and topics!
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Today we talk with Neil Pond who is the President, Owner, and Founder of Urban Landscaping. With more than 35 years in business, Neil has a lot of experience to share with us. We talk about getting a college degree in Horticulture and how that helped, starting his business just before a recession and what takeaways he gained for future recessions, why he has specialized crews, and much more!
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Today we have Rob Murray from Intrigue Media on the show to discuss marketing topics including websites, email, A.I., and leadership.
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Today we interview 4 guests during the Knowledge Tree Consulting event to discuss a variety of topics including budgeting, production rates, diversifying services, sales, coaching employees, and how the past year has been along with what you are looking forward to in 2026.
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Today we have Marty Grunder on the podcast to discuss building a sales team. He is the founder and CEO of GLC, founder and president of Grow Group, and host of The Grow Show. We talk about hiring sales people, budgeting for sales, roles and responsibilities, and much more.
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Today we have an Instagram Live where we talked about end of the year and our client sales process.
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Today we talk with Jack Hamilton of Hamilton's Group about commercial landscaping. We get into identifying projects your company can be most competitive at, the workflow of bidding on commercial work, and what commonalities companies have that lead them to be more efficient and profitable.
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Today we talk about the problems that we focused on solving when developing and continuing to develop the How to Hardscape Headquarters Software!
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Today we mashup responses from our 2025 interviews with hardscape business owners answering what their horror story is in their time in business.
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Today we release our HNA 2025 interviews asking business owners how their year has been and what they are currently struggling with or actively trying to improve in their business.
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Today we mashup responses from our 2025 interviews with hardscape business owners answering what they are struggling with right now in their business and what is one thing they know now that they wish they knew from the very beginning.
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How to Hardscape Headquarters
Today we talk about the past 6 years of How to Hardscape and what is to come in the years ahead including the How to Hardscape Headquarters Software!
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Today we are joined by Landon Kirby of Knob Hill Landscape (@KnobHillLandscapeCo) to talk about how he has grown his business through two property purchases and invested in his team.
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How to Hardscape Headquarters
Today we are joined by Micah Miller of Easton Outdoors (@EastonOutdoorsLLC) to talk about his content marketing strategy, how he first decided to work on content to promote his business, and why he calls himself a Managing Member.
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Today we are joined by Carla and Joe Policastro of Cycle CPA to talk about scaling, onboarding and training employees, and working with your spouse.
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Today we are joined by John Karpov of Action Home Services (@ActionHomeServices) to talk about growing people, investing in education, implementing actionable items, and marketing.
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Today we are joined by Chuck from DTE Landscaping (@DTELandscapingCo) to talk about takeaways from the KTC x COIVIC event, how him and his business partner discuss and implement changes in the business, recent struggles in the business, and much more.
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Today we are joined by Adam Anderson of Little Yukon Landscaping (@LittleYukon_Landscaping) for an in-person interview with co-host Chuck from DTE Landscaping (@DTELandscapingCo). Adam talks about how he got into the industry with his family and about his personal journey to take care of himself and those around him.
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Today we are joined by George Urvari of Oriole Landscaping and Knowledge Tree Consulting to discuss the differences between consulting, coaching, and advice. We talk about how he categorizes companies he consults, what he looks for first when he analyzes a company, how important it is to understand the numbers, importance of operations and leadership, and when you should grow or optimize.
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Today we talk about how you can make the most of your leads through your return on ad spend. We talk about marketing, leads, and upsells to help increase your return on your ad spend with show do not tell tactics.
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How to Hardscape Headquarters