Weston Zimmerman
CEO and Founder
Weston Zimmerman started in landscaping as a teenager at Tussey Landscaping in central Pennsylvania. Over 15 years he grew to lead crews on award-winning design/build projects while diving deep into operations and leadership. Struggling with figuring out profitability and dealing with over complicated workflows between the office and field, he co-founded SynkedUP — a business management app built by contractors, for contractors. Now leading SynkedUP, Weston is driven to end entrepreneurial poverty in the trades and help blue-collar contractors build profitable, thriving businesses.
Crew Management
Can you Leave Your Jobsite in Your Crew’s Hands?
Can you leave your jobsite in your crew’s hands? Meaning you leave to take care of other things, and work keeps right on getting done. Even better if on-the-jobsite decisions can get made and problems can be overcome, without you having to get involved. I’m continuing my series on hurdles…
Growth
Hurdles to Growth that Contractors Face
At SynkedUP, I get to interact with thousands of contractors, giving me a unique perspective into the hurdles to growth that contractors face. When visiting contractors on my podcast trips, sometimes a contractor will ask me, “what should I be focusing on to grow my business?” My high level…
Business Management
Business Hard? Choose Your Hard
Is business feeling hard right now? Maybe you’re seeing leads dry up. Maybe you’re having a hard time building a good team. It’s not your imagination, these things are hard. Not to make light of these for real hard situations and challenges. But have you ever considered that it’s a…
News & Updates
Final Chance To Register for the Contractor Summit!
Final chance to register for the SynkedUP Contractor Summit 2024! We’re buttoning up the last-minute registrations as we speak. I am so pumped! The entire SynkedUP team is going to be there (15 strong). And this year’s event is already proving to be breaking records and will be the biggest…
Crew Management
Incentive Plans for Your Crew
I’ve seen a couple posts this past week where contractors were asking about how to best structure incentive plans for your crew. Incentives for your crew members is a powerful tool to upgrade your team from “time clock punchers” to “thinking like an owner”. I believe most human beings genuinely…
Business Management
Building a system for your estimating process
I’m going to be using the metaphor of the fishing test in the context of building a system for your estimating process. “Does your business pass the fishing test?” Ever had anyone ask you that question? 😅 What do you mean by “fishing test”? I just got back from a…
Crew Management
Your Crew Going Over Estimated Hours Regularly?
Let’s say you’ve estimated and installed your own jobs as the owner-operator of your business and gotten pretty good at estimating the correct amount of labor. It feels good, finishing the job, and your actual hours are right in line with your estimated hours. Then… You realize you need to…
Estimating & Pricing
2nd Mistake Contractors Make When Estimating Labor
Last week I started a series on the 3 top mistakes I see contractors make when they are estimating labor. The first one was not calculating labor in “full, entire day intervals”. Meaning to fix it, do not bid in partial days. (e.g. 3 and 1/2 days. Round up…
Estimating & Pricing
Top Mistake Contractors Make When Estimating Labor on Jobs
It’s frustrating when you feel you’re doing everything right, you’ve covered all the bases you can think of, but you’re still losing. This can definitely happen as a contractor when estimating jobs. After years of helping thousands of contractors with their estimating at SynkedUP, there are 3 common mistakes I see…
Marketing & Sales
Are You “The Best” Contractor In Your Area?
Can you make a better burger than McDonald’s? Can you make “the best” burger? “Of course.” Then why does McDonald’s sell more burgers and make more money than you do? “🤔………” Because McDonald’s is one of the best at business systems… Their secret is not their burger, it’s their…
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