899. Setting the 2026 Budget: The Most Important Thing You Can Do Before Year-End
Fullerton Unfiltered
Brian Fullerton
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🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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In this episode, we dive into our annual budget review and build out our full 2026 budget inside LMN for Brian's Lawn Maintenance. I walk you through why this is the most important end-of-year task, how it shapes your pricing and profit for next season, and why getting your numbers dialed in now sets you up to win big in 2026. Let's get our ducks in a row and go into the new year with clarity, confidence, and a rock-solid plan.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, this is it. The final day to get the best deals of the year at La Entrepreneuracademy.com. |
| 0:06.3 | When the clock strikes midnight, it's over. 30% off courses and contracts, 30% off link membership, and $400 off the whole ball of wax. |
| 0:15.8 | Poof, disappear. Don't miss your chance to level up your business and save big. |
| 0:26.2 | Visit Launchpreneuracademy.com right now or use the links provided in the show description. |
| 0:28.4 | The sale ends tonight. |
| 0:37.0 | You're now listening to the Fullerton Unfiltered Podcast. |
| 0:38.4 | Straightforward. |
| 0:40.4 | No nonsense business advice. |
| 0:41.8 | Completely on. |
| 0:43.3 | Unfiltered. |
| 0:44.6 | Grow your business. |
| 0:45.7 | Grow your life. |
| 0:48.9 | Now, here's your host, Brian Fullerton. |
| 0:50.5 | Hey, what's going on, guys? |
| 0:53.2 | Welcome to another episode of the Fullerton Unfiltered Podcast. |
| 0:56.8 | It is your host, Brian Fullerton here hanging with you guys. And good morning. |
| 1:02.2 | Well, we are coming off the heels of an exciting first plow run over here at Brian's Lamey. It's up here in Michigan. We got about four to five inches of snow that fell across the region |
| 1:07.0 | from, oh, late Saturday afternoon, all the way to early Sunday, about five or so a.m. |
| 1:13.4 | And that's when our guys and myself rolled out. And we had a good, it's about a 10-hour day with |
| 1:19.3 | about nine of us, which was super, super exciting. Pretty much all went well. Of course, |
| 1:25.6 | a couple snafus, a couple small situations, a couple |
| 1:29.1 | things that could have went from bad to worse. But thankfully, we had a little bit of a farmer |
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