Peter Sortwell, CEO and chairman of Arborwell, speaking to Arborwell's Bay Area employees during a celebration for the company’s second anniversary of its employee stock ownership plan. Photo courtesy of Arborwell. Business owners are always thinking about the future of [...]

Cool gear doesn’t come cheap. Without profit, you may have a harder time retaining good talent, investing in good equipment, getting the best climbing tools or having the funds to market effectively and efficiently. Photo courtesy of Edward Morrow. Let’s [...]

Taxes can be fun? Well, not exactly, but our federal tax rules do permit write-offs and deductions for a number of enjoyable activities, events and other expenditures made by a tree care or landscape-maintenance business in the pursuit of income, [...]

Eric Whipple discusses stationary rope system (SRS) technique and related equipment during the making of a TCIA instructional video in 2014. TCIA staff photos by Kathleen Costello. So you’ve decided to make the move to build your own company and [...]

Cash flow is the lifeblood of every business. In fact, according to a recent U.S. Bank study, cash-flow management causes 82% of U.S. business failures. Although seemingly counterintuitive, many experts putting cash flow management profits. While profits are how a [...]