Emotional rollercoaster is real.

Really good advice. I'll be 65 this Feb. I know what I'm wanting to accomplish in the short term. Not to sure about the growing part

#8 is so true, thankfully I got over this mentality and actually have a great relationship with many other landscapers in my area. It’s also better for customer service since I’m able to refer my clients to other companies that specialize in what I don’t do! Works best for everyone involved!

Another big reason most start-ups fail, is a lot of owners don't understand OKR and KPI. Those two will help you tremendously! Also read the book Ego Is The Enemy by Ryan Holiday. You can also get the audiobook on KZfaq or wherever.

Dude, you hit the nail right on the head! I've lived this, I've learned this, I've lost this! I wish I had another chance, and you were around 20 years ago. Now I wish I had the courage to go at it one more time. My area is super saturated now, worse than it was then. You are an inspiration, and I wish I had your knowledge and stamina. Keep it up Mike!

I'm impressed that you built your business with Toro Timemasters instead of larger zero turns or stand-ons. Might want to do a video about that aspect of your business to help the little guy realize they can be successful with a basic mower.

Servicing an entire neighborhood is the best, pull up & do 20 - 60 mows a week, have fun listening to music through the airpods while working on your lawncare / trimming game & rake in the cash. 💰🔥📈🏆

Great information-- Thanks !!

Thank you for the video I really appreciate you bro 🙏.

Great advise

I see this all the time excellent information. 🔥 MIC Drop 🎤🎤

My nextdoor neighbor owned his business for 32 years sold and retired he is helping me from 0 i helped him for 5 years and still help him around the yard

#5 was me this year luckily i cooled on taking on more work it was the first time i told someone on the phone we cant take any more work at this time

I would like to see a stand alone video of #8. I think ppl dont talk enough about networking.

I'm not sure if I saw it in this video, or in another one of yours recently, but I remember you saying somewhere that it is not a good idea to branch out into more than one town within the first year of business. I'm wondering if you could elaborate on this a bit more for me? I understand how this could affect profitability if it leads to longer driving times and lower route density, but I'm wondering if it makes sense. For reference: Both towns I plan to service are nearly equidistant from my starting point, and both have dense populations with within my target market. I'm one of only three electric lawn service providers in the area, and one of the biggest threats I see is the others moving into the new territory (town) before I do. I already have enough customers in teh one town I operate in to create separate routes on separate days for each town. Wouldn't it make sense to expand my reach and beat them to market? I'm failing to see any drawbacks to this plan, but I wanted to see if you'd be willing to give any advice before I execute this move in the Spring. Thank you for all the content and inspo! Keep on Crushing!

I think gardening and maintenance swallows ur hole day up and profit margins are “alright” , especially residential!!! I’m all for commercial accounts . They pay way more and no one is up ur butt when you do ur job . Landscaping on the other hand pays really really good. And doing projects to me is less pressured and profit margins are huge compared to maintenance. My dad has over 200 clients of residential maintenance in Silicon Valley . 2 trucks with 2 guys each truck doing around 100 houses per week . And my dad still makes most of his good money on side jobs on the weekends . If you got the money and clients . Go to landscaping . But yes … you have to start somewhere. Don’t go into anything with huge debt . Get in if you can . Simple . But I’ll be the first to say maintenance sucks

I didn’t struggle until year 3. That’s the year another company destroyed my business page with fake reviews. Then he undercut my prices so bad I lost all my leads that year. I couldn’t bounce back

Quick question, do you recommend opening a LLC right away and having insurance, if not at what point and customer count should you?

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I dont feel like I can charge anything more then 30$ rn for a acre because I dont have a edger and my string trimmer cant cut deep overgrown gas even tho it's a husqvarna 128LD it just pulls to the opposite side and has ruined a lawncare service for me.

4:11 Only 5 miles. That's your service area.

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Lets goooo I’ll Be nicer to local Landscapers :))))❤❤❤❤

I think some ego items are important.....Ive had conversations about landscapers pulling up to a property with eyesores for trucks and equipment.... so I feel like you've got to have enough of an ego to have pride in your brand.... but I don't think you need to go out and buy a brand new 1 ton truck and 5 $10k mowers.... you simply have to be presentable

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Point of fact

First yuhhhhh

$70 per man hr?

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