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Mergers and acquisitions can be an alluring form of growth, but it is important to approach this decision with eyes wide open as it has a direct impact on your operations and culture, not just your bottom line. Whether you are considering being backed by private equity or completing acquisitions on your own, this […]
Change is hard. Yet it is a necessary component of the M&A process. While it will take new team members time to adjust, how you approach integration plays a huge role in how effective you are at preserving what made the company worth acquiring in the first place. āWhen culture is honored and evolved, engagement […]
With mergers and acquisitions, a companyās numbers may get the deal done, but how well their culture is integrated will determine whether the partnership succeeds or unravels in the months that follow. Blending company cultures is not a sprint but a marathon that starts well before the papers are signed and continues long after the […]
Whether you are looking to prepare your company for future sale or you simply want to run as efficiently as possible, auditing your technology stack is a critical process you cannot afford to do on an inconsistent basis. Failing to monitor your tech stack can result in your business paying for overlapping subscriptions, underutilized tools […]
āWho will protect what I built?ā is the question owners must ask when they reach the point where theyāre ready to retire or simply take a step back from the business. In response to this, Jennifer Jorge and other industry leaders have collaborated to launch Legacy Lawns, a new national lawn care platform, which unites […]
In September 2025, Olive Branch, Mississippi-based Michael Hatcher & Associates and Raleigh, North Carolina-based GreenView Partners came together to form the new Hatcher Landscape Partners. This landscape platform was created out of a desire to offer a new breed of commercial landscape company that blends operational excellence with authentic stewardship. āCommercial landscaping has too often […]
If you hadnāt heard of the company Ethoscapes five years ago, that would be understandable, as the business was created in 2023. However, since then, they have soared into the spotlight with their rapid M&A and organic growth. In 2024, the business was the second-fastest growing company out of Landscape Managementās Top 150, with 203% […]
This article is written in an āAs Told Toā format. Brad Leahy is the vice president ofĀ Blades of Green, a lawn care and pest control company based in Edgewater, Maryland. Blades of Green was acquired by Senske Services in 2023. I often get asked what itās really like going from a family-run business to being […]
Transitioning out of your business will take place at one point or another, but how successful you are at it will vary greatly. If youāre wondering what your options are when it comes to selling your landscape company, you donāt want to miss the session, ā12-Point Guide to Successful Transitions: Learn from the Expertsā on […]
This series features companies that are growing through M&As. When most landscape companies sell to a private equity firm, they understand the business will be grown and sold to another private equity firm later down the road. This isnāt the case for owners who sell to Chenmark, which sometimes gets labeled as a permanent equity […]
