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.
Business Management
Sharpen Your Landscape Pricing Strategy With Job Costing Analysis
How does your business handle landscape pricing? Many landscapers would answer that they price jobs using educated guesses or intuition based on years of job experience. What they might not know is that this approach often leaves money on the table. Without hard data backing up your estimates, you…
Business Management
Want Less Office Work and More “You” Time?
If you’ve ever started your own business, I’m willing to bet that you’ve at least thought to yourself… ”How can I get someone to do my office work for my business, so I don’t have to do it at night?” In my talk at the annual Contractor…
Growth
How MS Landscaping Increased Their Profits by 30%
Running a business as an owner/operator can feel like herding cats, especially when you’re constantly trying to keep everything running smoothly, all the bills paid and still earn a profit. Here’s a quick story about MS Landscaping. Keegan Grove, the owner and was doing jobs he was extremely…
Business Management
Are you the only one that can estimate jobs?
Are you the only one that can estimate jobs in your company? If yes, let me guess… You know what it’s like to miss dinner and let that pizza go cold. This is article 3 of 4 on my series of hurdles that contractors have to…
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…
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?”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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