Robert Shawn Knight

About Robert Shawn Knight

Robert Shawn Knight, a true embodiment of the entrepreneurial spirit, is the CEO of GreenEarth Landscaping Company and the Co-founder of GrowthBridge Coaching and Consulting. His firm offers business consulting services for SMBs, guiding them toward expansion and future profitability. Born in Winter Park, FL, Shawn Knight has spent most of his life in North Carolina. He attended Appalachian State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with the goal of becoming a self-made businessman. He has accomplished this goal with perseverance through challenges and keen business savvy, building multiple landscape businesses and selling to private equity to increase personal profit and expand into multiple territories across the country.

Knight attributes much of his business success to his ability to build teams that accomplish fantastic growth in the landscape and horticultural services industries. Starting his Santa Rosa Beach, FL., business in 2005 with limited resources and relying on his ability to establish key partnerships in commercial and residential landscaping markets, Robert epitomizes the entrepreneurial spirit. His ability to identify opportunities and capitalize on calculated risks has cemented his legacy as a serial entrepreneur and spurred his decision to launch a business coaching and consulting firm, GrowthBridge.

At GrowthBridge, Shawn Knight supports business owners in strategically navigating the complexities of growth. He uses his personal insights, processes, and proprietary methods to help SMBs scale and eventually take the next step of taking the company to market or being a true business owner without direct day-to-day management. According to Knight, the end goal is for business owners to maximize the value of their service business, which can offer many benefits, including increased revenue, greater customer reach, and more sustainable, long-term growth. The company’s services offer a strategy supported by a performance plan for those looking to take their businesses to the next level.