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Greg Herring has served as a CFO of both public and private companies. Herring is the founder and CEO of The Herring Group, financial leaders in the landscape industry on a mission to improve the profit margin of companies and the life margin of owners by using its proprietary process, the Path to 12 percent.  Read his blog at herring-group.com or get in touch at greg.herring@herring-group.com.  

Posts by Greg Herring

How to set your landscape business on a path to growth Posted on 06 Aug 2021 in the August 2021 & Business & Expert Insights & From the Magazine categories.

Greg Herring shows how hiring the right management team and empowering managers to make good decisions can set your business on a path to growth. Read more»

Grow your Green: Why the performance gap matters in the green industry Posted on 16 Jun 2021 in the Business & Expert Insights & Featured & From the Magazine & May 2021 categories.

Greg Herring explores why some landscape companies have an operating profit exceeding 10 percent of revenue while others average less than 5 percent. Read more»

BrightView revenue boosted by snow, still searching for growth Posted on 11 May 2021 in the Business & Expert Insights & LM Exclusive & Today's Green Industry News categories.

BrightView discovered gold in the form of snow during the quarter ended March 31, 2021. Revenue of $226.0 million from snow removal services in the most recent quarter was more... Read more»

BrightView and the need for growth Posted on 12 Feb 2021 in the Business & Expert Insights & LM Exclusive & Today's Green Industry News categories.

If a landscape company wants to grow its landscape maintenance revenue, it can: Sell more maintenance contracts Lose fewer existing maintenance contract customers Sell more ancillary services (e.g. enhancements and... Read more»

BrightView by the numbers Posted on 09 Dec 2020 in the Expert Insights & LM Exclusive & Today's Green Industry News categories.

BrightView closed its fiscal year on Sept. 30, 2020. In its annual Form 10K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in its presentation to analysts and investors, BrightView... Read more»

How to run your business like a landscape industry investor Posted on 26 Oct 2020 in the Business & Expert Insights & Today's Green Industry News categories.

Cash is flowing. Despite the pandemic, private equity firms continue to invest in landscape companies. Continued investment is good news for the industry because it creates options for owners and... Read more»