Interview with David Krysh, Managing Partner & Owner of Growth Factor Group, Inc.

05/08/24 • 35 min

David’s professional background includes over 30 years in mid-market business ownership and management. As owner, CEO or second-in-command his teams consistently scaled new business and operations in several industries.

In 2012 David founded strategy firm Growth Factor Group, Inc. focused on assisting lower mid-market CEO/Owners providing services for impact and scale. In 2019 he also joined the Bruce Wilson & Company team as Talent Acquisition Practice Leader to their green industry clients looking to expand strategically with top-tier talent within their landscape contracting businesses.

In recruiting and talent acquisition David has recruited and placed over 200 professionals ranging from C-level to management to specialty skilled roles in entrepreneurial mid-market companies throughout the U.S. in varied industries. With a focus on “Making A Difference” with Growth Factor Group, he has facilitated over 200 CEO monthly peer group and strategic planning meetings. In over 1,000 one-on-one coaching and senior leadership team sessions has helped CEO/Owners navigate growth initiatives, employee issues, owner transitions and work/life balance.

David has a BS in Industrial Design from Arizona State University, and resides in Greenville, SC with his wife. He’s active in his church, local education fundraising and has completed the IRONMAN Florida competition while maintaining a passion through fitness, cycling and running.

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Interview with Bruce Moore Jr., President at Eastern Land Management, Inc.

Bruce Moore Jr. is a leader for a new era of sustainable growth and purpose. Named President in 2017, Bruce heads up Eastern Land Management, a commercial landscape services firm in the Northeast with a clear focus: to enable his organization to work and learn together to build a continually evolving system for creating value.

Since taking the reins of the business his father built in 1976, and which will soon hit its half-century mark as an impact partner, Bruce is rethinking the future of work, how he could lead differently, and how by taking on the role of coach, he could help the company and its multi-branch team evolve into a highly innovative learning organization.

Bruce grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, received a B.S. Degree in Business from Curry College in Milton, Mass., and serves on the Boards of Directors for BOMA Southern Connecticut, Fairfield County House, and Stamford Little League.

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Interview with Weston Zimmerman, Founder of SynkedUP

Weston is the Co-Founder and CEO of SynkedUP, an award-winning landscaping business management software that helps contractors know their numbers, systematize their pricing, and cut estimating time by up to 90%, resulting in predictable profits.

They have 2K+ active users who use their platform to handle all the moving parts and demands of running their business, including budgeting, estimating, scheduling, time tracking, getting info to field crews, job costing, etc.

Weston has 15+ years experience in the landscaping industry and possesses an intimate knowledge of the landscape project lifecycle, including the opportunities and pitfalls that contractors face in today's market.

When he was landscaping, he received the coveted Aquascape's Artist of the Year award for his talent in creating water features, and constructed stunning waterfalls and koi ponds in backyards throughout the U.S., including for some well-known personalities like Shaq O'Neill and Logan Paul.