All Episodes

Ep 168. What I've Learned from Running Two Install Crews

Ep 167. Grow Without the Shop: What Shipping Containers Taught Me About Business

Ep 166. Shop Progress, Hiring Moves, and Smarter Growth

Ep 165. Mowing, Mulching, Marketing, and Machine Talk

Ep 164. Maximizing Profits and Efficiency in the Landscaping Industry

Ep 163. Someone Else is Cheaper": How to Respond Without Losing Your Mind

Ep 162. Nightmare Clients: Surviving Litigation Threats, Irrigation Disasters, and High-Conflict Personalities

Ep 161. From Landscaper to Specialist: Finding the Fast-Paced Concrete Niche

Ep 160. The Instagram Brotherhood: Networking Your Way to a Better Trade

Ep 159. Growth: What does it mean? With Special Guest Alex Bulow from Inca Stone

Ep 158. AI and Landscaping: The Future with Weston Zimmerman

Ep 157. Legacy Folders and Barn Fires: Preparing Your Business for the Unthinkable

Ep 156. Mastering the Open Graded Base: Why We Never Have Patio Failures

Ep 155. The Hard Truth About Hard Days (And How to Win Anyway)

Ep 154. Mastering the Organized Job Site

Ep 153. Where's My Money? How I Manage Cash Flow.

Ep 152. The FINAL Episode ...for 2025! Tons of Giveaways!!!

Ep 151. Reflecting and Planning for 2026

Ep 150. You'll Never Regret Giving MORE!

Ep 149. Managing Big Projects in Tough Weather

Ep 148. Concrete Edging Fail: Why We're Thinking About Switching to Hybrid

Ep 147. Lake Effect Snow Chaos: The 18-Hour Plowing Marathon

Ep 146. My Biggest Contract Yet: Three Years of Guaranteed Snow Work

Ep 145. Next-Gen Equipment: Hybrid Mowers and Automated Couplers + Shop Talk

Ep 144. Our Most Listened To Episode Ever!

Ep 143. Magazine Ready: The Complex Backyard Build That Will Be Our Most Beautiful Project

Ep 142. How Do You Handle Employee Breaking Tools?

Ep 141. Payment Schedules: Planning Your Draws So the Final 10% Doesn't Put You Out of Business

Ep 140. The Total Money Makeover: Inspiring Your Team to Live Debt-Free

Ep 139. Wise Growth: Equipment, Expansion, and the 10x Myth

Ep 138. GPS Is Life!

Ep 137. Why We Don't Sweat the Economy. My 11-Year Business Perspective

Ep 136. Easy Way? No Thanks. Here's Why I Pick the Hard Way

Ep 135. Handling Rain Delays, Creating Company Logos, and Learning To Use Tiltrotators.

Ep 134. How to Handle Customer Complaints Like a Pro

Ep 133. True Crime: The Case of the Stolen $11,000 Mower

Ep 132. Money Management for Business Owners w/ Stephanie Cowser

Ep 131. Getting Help with Finances

Ep 130. Material Ordering

Ep 129. What To Do When The Customer Wants To Buy The Materials.

Ep 128. It's the Little Things

Ep 127. Family Business

Ep 126. Lump Sum Pricing or Time and Materials

Ep 125. No More Plant Warranties!!!

Ep 124. Can You Go To College To Be a Hardscaper?

Ep 123. Will I ever be able to build my shop—seriously, ever?!

Ep 122. I Found Someone Who Can Do It Cheaper!

Ep 121. Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should.

Ep 120. Would I Use a UniLyft?

Ep 119. We Learn Something On Every Job!

Ep 118. What Size Excavator Should I Get?

Ep 117. Shop Wash Bay!

Ep 116. How We Have Been Using GPS.

Ep 115. Should I Write A Book?

Ep 114. Lots of Shop Talk!

Ep 113. WE ARE BACK!

Ep 112. 2024 is Over!

Ep 111. Is Our Revenue at 100% of My Company's Capacity?

Ep 110. Year-End Bonuses and Why I Love Them

Ep 109. When Should You Scale Your Business?

Ep 108. Do I borrow money to buy trucks?

Ep 107. How does my wife support me in my business?

Ep 106. How have I seen God work in my business?

Ep 105. How Was Equip Expo?

Ep 104. At what point do I consider myself a success?

Ep 103. How I have coped with the loss of my father over the last 3 years.

Ep 102. Will I buy a hook lift soon?

Ep 101. How will we sustain an economic downturn?!

100 Episodes!!!!

Ep 99. WE BOUGHT PROPERTY!

Ep 98. How to manage your money within your business w/ Stephanie Cowser from Cowser Consulting.

Ep 97. What is the SynkedUp Summit?

Ep 96. Is Spouse Support Important in Business Ownership?

Ep 95. Grass Seed Genius!

Ep 94. We had a BIG problem on the jobsite!

Ep 93. All things Synthetic Turf w/ Brayden from Field Turf

Ep 92. What is our Attendance Policy?

Ep 91. Rick Hughes from Automatic Supply

Ep 90. Were the first 5 years the hardest?

Ep 89. How to budget for creativity on a project.

Ep 88. How does it feel to be back in the field more?

Ep 87. Balance

Ep 86. People Are The Hardest Part

Ep 85. Satisfaction In Your Work

Ep 84. Company Culture at Mulder Outdoors

Ep 83. Is Gratitude the Secret?

Ep 82. How I bought my first dump truck

Ep 81. Why I started Using Open Graded Base

Ep 80. How I found My Passion So Early In Life

Ep 79. We found some commercial property!

Ep 78. WE ARE BACK!

Ep 77. The Year In Review!

Ep 76. We did a company survey and it was totally worth it!

Ep 75. How do I keep my Calendar Organized?

Ep 74. Why I don't worry about my Competition

Ep 73. Our Tool Trailer Got Broken Into!

Ep 72. What is something my Dad did that I aspire to do?

Ep 71. What is my least favorite part of my business?

Ep 70. What to do when business gets hard.

Ep 69. Wheel Loaders and Lasers

Ep 68. How SynkedUP is on a mission to end entrepreneurial poverty

Ep 67. The WHY is So Important

Ep 66. What are my must haves when looking for a shop?

Ep 65. Tips for being a good project manager

Ep 64. How do I justify owning a $220,000.00 Excavator when we don't use it all the time?

Ep 63. How do I keep our Trailers Organized and Stocked?

Ep 62. How to Screen Customers

Ep 61. Is a shop at your house a good Idea?

Ep 60. How to Keep an Organized Jobsite

Ep 59. Should I Keep Snowplowing?

Ep 58. Where Do I See Mulder Outdoors in 5 Years?

Ep 57. "Howtopricemyjob.com"

Ep 56. Which Excavator is better? The KX080 or the KX057

Ep 55. Company Vehicle... YES OR NO?

Ep 54. Would I Pay Cash For A Shop and Property?!

Ep 53. What are my guidelines when I buy Equipment?

Ep 52. Delegation

Ep 51. 2023 Conexpo recap with Dervin from Dig-it Excavating and Jeremy from J Squared Outdoor

Ep 50. My thoughts on the book " Rich Dad Poor Dad"

Ep 49. Game Changer!

Ep 48. What Did My Dad Teach Me That I Am Teaching My Kids?

Ep 47. Special Guest : The Dirt Ninja

Ep 46. How Do I Manage Cash Flow?

Ep 45. Was I Nervous When I Told My Boss I Was Quitting??

Ep 44. The Dos and Don'ts of Plant Designing w/ Special Guests Wayne Gruber and Dana DeVries

Ep 43. Would I Still Pay Cash Even If I Could Get 0% Financing?

Ep 42. Midweek IG live w/ New Equipment Reveal!

Ep 41. 2023 Podcasting Season Is Here!

Ep 40. My 2022 Year In Review As Seen Through My IG Feed

Ep 39. Special Guest: Wayne Gruber of Niemeyers Landscape Supply talking through his long career in the green industry.

Ep 38. Inspiring Others, and Take Aways from This Season.

Ep 37. How To Finish Strong

Ep 36. The Right Job Will Be There When We Get There.

Ep 35. How I've Managed The Client Relationship When Problems Come Up On The Job Site.

Ep 34. How Social Media Has Changed My Life

Ep 33. Lots Of Jobsite Talk

Ep 32. HNA/EQUIP EXPO

Ep 31. Would I Ever Use Electric Equipment?

Ep 30. How I have Prevented Burnout

Ep 29. My Exit Strategy

Ep 28. How Did I Bid Such A Large Job

Ep 27. Why Is It Important To Be An Employee?

Ep 26. So Much Equipment Talk!

Ep 25. Natural Stone Grapple Production

Ep 24. How Did I Estimate Such A Large Job?

Ep 23. Geotextile Fabrics and How am I Doing

Ep 22. PERMAEDGE w/ special guest Chris Yancey

Ep 21. How to manage multiple people on a jobsite

Ep 20. Big Jobs vs Small Jobs

Ep 19. How To Adjust To Rising Costs

Ep 18. Delegation and Fathers Day

Ep 17. Why I Get Things Delivered To Our Job Sites

Ep 16. When Is the Right Time to Hire A Sub Contractor?

Ep 15. Live From Sweden! Part 2

Ep 14. Live From Sweden Part 1

Ep 13. What Keeps Me Going

Ep 12. My Favorite Part of Hardscaping

Ep 11. How to Get Over the Fear of the Unknown

Ep 10. Youtube, Debt, Succession Plans, and Lump Sum Pricing

Ep 09. Jobsite Updates, Health Insurance, and What I think of my CMP HydraGrapple.

Ep 08. Charging for Consultations, and a Walk Through of our Sales Process

Ep 07. College vs Trades and How Do We Change the System?

Ep 06. Equipment Purchases, Getting Started in Hardscaping, and Thoughts About if You Passed Away Suddenly

Ep 05. All Things Synked Up With Special Guest Weston Zimmerman

Ep 04. Water Issues at Our Jobsite, Dealing with Stress, Setting Good Business Boundaries

Ep 03. Brick edging, being prepared for an economic downturn, and lawn maintenance

Ep 02. Snow plowing, our work load going into the season, and adding another hardscape crew!

Ep 01. Welcome To The Mulder Life Podcast