8 Ways to Ensure You’re Building a Valuable Landscape Business

The ultimate test of your landscape business can be found in a simple question: would someone want to buy your company?

Whether you want to sell next year or a decade from now, you must build an asset someone would buy—otherwise, you have a job, not a business.

Here are eight ways to ensure you are building a valuable company, not just doing a job:

1. A job requires that you show up at work to make money. A company generates revenue whether you are there or not.
2. If your company is so reliant on a single or group of customers that they can dictate how you deliver your product or service, your company is more like a job than a valuable business.
3. A job is a place where your personal reputation impacts your results. A company is a place where the brand is more important than the personality of the founder(s).
4. A job requires you to use your personal experience and expertise to get a result. A company is a place where a process—not a person—consistently produces a desirable result.
5. In a job, you get fired for taking too much vacation. If you own a company, the more vacation time you can take without impacting your company’s performance, the more valuable your business will be.
6. In a job, the harder you work, the more money you earn. In a company, the smarter you work, the more money you earn.
7. In a job, you solve the problems. If you own a company, your employees solve the problems.
8. If the majority of your customers know your mobile phone number, it’s likely you have a job, not a company.

If you’re unsure whether you have a job or own a business, it’s time to get your Ewing Value Builder Score here. Whether you want to sell now or in a decade, the Value Builder Score assessment allows you to see your business as a buyer would see it, and to identify how you perform on each of the eight key drivers of company value.

The questionnaire takes about 13 minutes to complete. When you’re finished, you’ll receive a customized 27-page report outlining how you performed and where you could improve your company’s value and sellability.

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If you’re looking for ways to increase your company’s value while making your work life more manageable, Ewing is here to help you. We’ve been around for 100 years, and we’re happy to share what we’ve learned to help you grow your company and make it appealing to potential buyers.

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