Margin Drivers Resource Center · Free course
Margin Drivers Academy
All 22 Margin Drivers guides as one course, in order: from reading a P&L to knowing what a landscape company is worth. A short quiz after each module, and a certificate with the Margin Drivers Academy seal at the end. Made for owners and everyone on the team: crew leaders, estimators, account managers and the office.
How Margin Drivers Academy works
Learn it, try it, prove it
- Learn it in a few minutesEach lesson is one Margin Drivers guide: one idea in plain landscaping language, using the same example company all the way through.
- Try it on your own numbersEvery lesson has a calculator, chart or checklist built in. Type over the example with your figures. Nothing is sent anywhere.
- Pass the module quizFive questions after each module. Get 4 right to pass, and retake it as often as you like.
- Track your progressLessons are checked off as you finish them and quizzes when you pass. Your place is saved on this computer or phone.
One company, start to finish
Meet the example company
Every lesson follows the same landscape company, so the lessons connect. The P&L in Lesson 1 becomes the break-even in Lesson 6, the budget in Lesson 13 and the valuation in Lesson 21. Every calculator in the lessons starts with its numbers; type over them with yours.
When a later guide feels hard, the answer is usually back in the foundations. Come back to Module 1 any time.
The course · 6 modules, 22 lessons
Read the numbers, control them, then build value
Work through the modules in order. Each one ends with a short quiz; your next step is highlighted.
Finish line
Your certificate
Pass all six module quizzes to unlock a certificate with the Margin Drivers Academy seal.
For owners and managers
Send this course to your team
Share this page’s link with anyone on your crew or in your office. Each person’s progress is saved in their own browser, and they can send you their certificate when they finish.