Sharing Incentives Can Build Digital Assets for Your Business

Editor’s note: This post is by Jeff Korhan, new media speaker, blogger and writer.  We think it is thought-provoking for those contemplating building the value of their businesses in anticipation of a sale sometime in the future.  Here is a link to his site JeffKorhan.com and the original version of this post. Today I read an interesting post by Robert Scoble about Yammer.  If you are not familiar with Yammer, it is almost exactly like Twitter – with the exception that its population of users is specific to one enterprise or corporation. In other words, Yammer is a private version … Read more

Preserving the Value of Your Business

Editor’s Note:  This is another in our series on Exit Planning in the Green Industry In many cases, exit planning begins long before an exit event actually happens, either planned or unplanned.  In fact, traditional wisdom suggests that exit planning should begin the day you start or buy a business.  Therefore, there may be a significant time lag from the point that you first begin exit planning and the time that plan is executed.  In earlier articles, we have focused on understanding the value of your business and improving the value of your business over time.  In this article, we … Read more

Seizing the Opportunity

These days are often frustrating to me because many of the clients and potential clients I would otherwise be talking to are entirely focused on serving their clients with emergency snow and ice removal services. We all know that a “good” snow season makes all the difference to many landscape operators in the snow-belt (and this year somewhat beyond). Even though not that many landscape companies are really excited at snow removal as a service, they know that it can be very profitable, especially tantalizing given the business downturn most have experienced over the past three years. In addition, it … Read more

SavATree Merges with Illinois-based Save A Tree

Bedford, NY. January 31, 2011 — SavATree, a leading provider of tree, shrub and lawn care services, today announced a merger with similarly named — Save A Tree, a family owned and operated company based in Illinois. This comes on the heels of SavATree’s merger with Autumn Tree Care Experts, also based in Illinois. The Save A Tree business will be folded into the Autumn Tree operations. SavATree has been serving customers throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions for over 25 years and now, due to these recent mergers, has expanded their reach to Illinois. They hold the prestigious accreditation … Read more

Palmer Landscape and Ameri-Pride Merge in Tampa

Ameri-Pride, Inc. and Palmer Landscape, two Tampa Bay-based landscaping and pest control companies, are proud to announce the recent merging of their two groups into a single corporation. The new corporation will be known as “Ameri-Pride, Inc.” and will continue under the direction of CEO, Bob Shehu. Shehu founded Ameri-Pride over 20 years ago and currently serves the greater Tampa Bay region and other areas of Florida. “We never viewed ourselves as competitors,” says Shehu. “We’ve always viewed each other with a great deal of admiration and respect, so why not join forces if our objective is to grow while … Read more