I happen to be in 1.5m range and I wish I was back at the 200-500k range. remember guys when you create a beast you must feed it or it will eat you......

Thank you so much for this video Jonathan. I want to Interview you for a secret project I'm doing.

Great to hear this one again 🔥🔥

I just started my landscaping company and this video makes me feel good! I was stuck in a job(s) running other people's company(s) making peanuts. The next step is to be stuck in the low to mid six figures range and grow from there! Thanks a lot, LCM!

Greats thoughts, thanks again for your time

Thanks you for this video Jonathan. Even though I am just starting out in this industry I find this information tremendously valuable for the future. Thank you for sharing your experience!

Thank you so much for this video!!!

The view from 20,000 feet up. Thank you!

Absolutely 100% agree! Great video.

great content

Awesome video! Extremely valuable information, than you Jonathan.

this is me. appreciate your wisdom, let's hear about the solutions!

Phenomenal insight by an obviously well educated business owner. Your information is invaluable. PLEASE keep making videos exactly like this !!

So outgrow your problems. Got it

Have found a good source of manpower (unitnetionally- I did not start to find people here but it kind of happened. Results can be iffy. Use your street smarts and or common sense but give a try) is food pantry and volunteering. Many people with certain issues, yes, but also some genuinely good men and women who are just struggling. Don't volunteer only to find workers, though! However, has been a worthwhile source (tread carefully though!).

This video describe's me haha. Work all day with my crew of 5 guys, do paperwork and billing and estimating until 11pm or 12 at night, go to bed, weekends yes work on Saturday, try to hang out with family oh geez I need a paycheck this week sorry hunny I'm going to to go do a few extra hours sat eve. Sunday fix equiptment and do all the weeks schedule's and work orders I have 5 guys need to make $1000 a day before I pay a single bill for myself. So I need to be efficient, I miss the solo days where I could make $400 a day by myself.

Thanks x u videos

I really appreciate the insight and encouragement. I am currently at $400k and can agree that its a tough place to be. I made a conscious decision to grow a year ago so I am reinvesting heavily into the business therefore, I make the same amount of money I made at $250k. I could use more solutions to break through faster. I am not burnt out and still believe in growth. My ultimate goal is not to be an absentee owner but to have the freedom to disappear from time to time for travel purposes. I think I will be able to have the infrastructure to do this at around the 1.5 mark.

Spot On !!!

Great video. Its funny that Johnathan notes the 1.2 mil mark. I helped build and grow a business to the 1.1 million mark. And only shortly after the 1.1 mark did my life and my freedom increase a bit. Before that never had enough time or money, 10 years to get to that point. By having a larger business it gives you options and allows you the opportunity to deligate a bit more. Most guys will have to learn this the hard way. Im in agreement with you that you have to grow your business fast. That is the only way to stay sane and keep your personality. Otherwise you can get burnt out and bitter and the line of work you do. But almost never is it the work. Its the behind the scenes of the work that generally gets people discouraged.

I agree 100% with your views on business. My goal is to target more commercial and have several trucks. Being a solo owner everything is on you. Phone, labor, marketing, can go on and on. Love your video

i agree with Jonathan. I have 10 field employees but have been struggling with finding the right office worker since so many are dishonest . I have hired a couple and fired them but they are much easier to get then field workers. I just don't have time to watch them. I'll switch to a temp agency this year so I don't have to worry about them filing for unemployment or filing other things. ...

I was wondering if you could make a video about how we in the lawn care business, landscaping business, Hardscape business, we increase property value we contribute to better neighborhoods better home value better resale value. As always thanks for your videos.

this very true. i lost my business cause i got sick. but trying again after a year later.

Missing your frequent videos! Where have you been?

I am in the $200 -$250 this and dollar range and have that exact problem

6:44 While I appreciate the effort you put into all your videos, I feel like anyone who says there is only one right way to run a business (either from the one-truck camp or your viewpoint of 'no success until you are out of the field') is incorrect. There are different ways that will be better or worse depending on the values you hold. I am sure the one-truck folks value the lack of management stress and complexity your organization entails, while also enjoying (to a certain extent) the physical work itself. They may also be content with the modest amount of income it provides. It is clear your recommendations would be great for someone who enjoys building a large organization and managing the numerous people needed to make that happen, has an end goal of being hands-off of the actual work as much as possible, and wants to maximize their income despite the extra work this path entails.

Where are you from? I live in California lots of rules in this state

Jonathan, Do you recommend any books to read about this topic . Thanks!

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Jonathan!... you have prophesied my business to a tee. although i am not yet stuck, all your bullet points resonated as happened,happening or going to happen if i do get the education i need. please disregard all the comments about everyone happy in their current small business. please send me a road map to transport me into a different mindset. literature, video, ebooks....coincidentally we are 1.5 trucks at just under $200,000 with me in the field....help me my friend!

I know it varies by location and other variables, but what is a good salary for an Operational Manager?

is there a way to email you? I have a buisness that's around the 300 mark. and I'm in this boat. not burnt out but just not making the money I need to. I want some professional or mentoring advice

There is this one guy I know his business is fixing/hooking up ac's walkin stoves ovens kitchen stuffs. He Makes much superior money being a one man operation then when he had crews that would go out and fix stuff. It gets very costly from being big workers need a van to carry supplies and cell phone to reach them. plus the owner has to pay the bill of the stuff they break. he never worries about if the client will pay the debt. Cause of being picky with who he fixes stuff for. Being small you can make more then working for someone else and have less worries.

Burton sperber is someone who was living proof that this industry has big potential, that is big goal off mine to take it as far or even further than him.

I wish someone had made me understand this a few years ago rather than just telling me that I just need to push past a certain point.

Employees are head ace

How do you go about taking your company nationally. I have contacts and have worked in other States as an employee but want to get back in those markets now as a business owner?

Nothing wrong with being self employed

You have some great points about the middle ground. To help solve this problem the business plain comes in; to start small and eliminate start up cost and understand the tax / business law's for your area. You don't have to have new equipment just multiple and only use one group and have the other set in reserve, by doing this gives you the opportunity to expand. When the time comes to replace get new equipment that makes $$ and the job easier. If you set up the business plane up correct and follow your mission statement "values" along with "quality" not quantity work will find you and marketing is not the problem. The time a business spends with its customers speaks volumes "word of mouth". Don't under sell your self stay true

How to stay broke

100k is fine for me ... ur... a walmarter... or greedy ... either way wat is money anyway it's sweet but seriously I work solo make a dollaraminute... 40hrs ... a week I don't see much problems... I'm hurt now pulled leg . but guess wat ... customers will wait cause I stik... to my word... lik I'm gonna starve... lol.. notthisyear

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do you ever work on Lawncare business or you make money from peoples Businesses