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EPISODE · Jul 3, 2026 · 39 MIN

How to Not Run Out of Money

from The Lawn Care CEO · host Dan Ralphs and Aaron Suttenfield

Send us Fan MailYou worked all year. You stayed busy. You kept the trucks rolling and the crews moving.And at the end of December, you looked at your bank account — and there was nothing there.This is the episode for that guy.Dan Ralphs breaks down the most common — and most preventable — reason lawn care businesses run out of money. Not slow season. Not bad luck. Not the economy. Two things: pricing and efficiency. And if you don't know your cost of goods number right now, you are almost certainly bleeding money on every single job you run — and you don't even know it.Dan also walks through the seven baby steps that take a cash-strapped lawn care company from survival mode to a war chest that makes every business decision easier, every emergency manageable, and every season something you actually look forward to.This isn't theory. This is the financial framework that changes everything.You'll learn:The only two reasons your cost of goods is too high — and how to fix bothWhy 35-40% cost of goods is the number that separates struggling companies from scaling onesWhat "bad money" is and why saying yes to it is slowly killing your profitThe hamburger analogy that instantly clarifies why efficiency matters more than most owners thinkHow a company was making $80,000 less per year just by keeping one service they thought was profitableThe 7 baby steps to build a cash reserve, pay off debt, pay yourself fairly, and stop running on emptyWhy the stress of being cash tight kills more businesses than actually running out of money🔗 Follow Us!FacebookInstagramTiktokYoutube

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Send us Fan Mail You worked all year. You stayed busy. You kept the trucks rolling and the crews moving. And at the end of December, you looked at your bank account — and there was nothing there. This is the episode for that guy. Dan Ralphs breaks down the most common — and most preventable — reason lawn care businesses run out of money. Not slow season. Not bad luck. Not the economy. Two things: pricing and efficiency. And if you don't know your cost of goods number right now, you are almost...

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