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Business Strategy

  • September 1, 2023

    The Ghost of Christmas Future

    By David M. Anderson, CTSP

    It was late spring 1986. I was excited to have a job working with a great mentor at a small tree company. At just 19, I knew less than nothing. I loved what I was doing and was eager to [...]

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    September 1, 2023

    You, Too, Can Get a Million-Dollar Loan

    By David Rattigan

    The people I’ve worked with throughout the years, today I’m doing a deal for them for a million dollars, but I started out with a $20,000 deal, and it gradually went up,” says JoAnn Cucciarre, making a point echoed by [...]

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  • September 1, 2023

    Getting Paid for Storm Work

    By David Rattigan

    This is the first article in a planned series on pricing and getting paid for storm-related tree work.Dustin Meyers owns and operates Timber Ridge Tree Care, a 21-year TCIA member company based in Comstock Park, Michigan, near Grand Rapids. When [...]

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  • Snow on a roof man with long yellow pole
    September 1, 2023

    Preparing for and Performing Storm Work

    By Anthony Tresselt, CTSP

    As arborists, it is our job to make sure the interface of trees and our society, with all its infrastructure, is functional, and that trees and our society coexist. Mother Nature often stresses this relationship! When storms hit, arborists must [...]

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  • September 1, 2023

    Going “All In” with TCIA at Cumberland Valley Tree Service-Landscaping

    By Patricia Chaudoin

    George and Lisa Pogue credit their association with TCIA, as well as becoming an accredited company in 2007, as the key to building the confidence they needed to grow a successful business. George and Lisa Pogue Cumberland Valley Tree Service [...]

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