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Avoid these
common pitfalls
to keep your
business (and your
landscapes) healthy
BY ARRICCA ELIN SANSONE
Top 10 Landscaper
Mistake
W
hether you've been in business a season,
a decade or a lifetime, you're going to
experience the occasional misstep. But mistakes
aren't necessarily what put your company at risk:
it's not learning from your slip-ups.
"If you think you or your staff won't make
mistakes, you're delusional," says David Katz, one
of TLC 's 2013 Landscaper of the Year fi nalists and
owner of Elite Landscaping in Poughkeepsie, New
York. "But mistakes are opportunities for growth,
and the mistakes you make have been made by
many others before you."
Here are a few of the most common blunders
that can impact your ability to sink or swim.
