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Ilgar Yakubov still hangs the doors at Express Garage Door Repair in Dayton
Customers of a Dayton garage door company describe it by the clock, and the name they keep mentioning belongs to the owner, who still handles the residential work himself.
Chimney Sweep Service looks after the Brooklyn flues people forget they have
Vlad, the owner, took over a friend’s Brooklyn chimney company and spends much of his time on the flues that vent boilers and water heaters, where the danger is invisible.
Jarrell Wilson learned carpet at 10 in his grandfather’s Houston company
Jarrell Wilson learned the carpet trade in his grandfather’s Houston business as a boy, and now runs his own crew doing the same work.
Tristan Rouse passed on taking over a pest control company and started Pest Patrol instead
Tristan Rouse was in line to take over the pest control company where he had worked for five years, then left to start Pest Patrol, which he runs alone.
At All Garage Door Repair, Monty’s cards still hang beside the doors he fixed
After her brother Monty died, Dionne Stein kept his Aurora garage door company going with one technician and the business cards he left beside every door he serviced.
Tommy Mello started A1 Garage Door Service painting doors for $100 each
Tommy Mello learned garage doors by painting them on weekends in Phoenix, then built A1 on manuals, a training center and a share of the company for technicians.