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Who has time to wash their trucks and vans? And do you want to be paying a technician to do that? Find a high schooler to wash your vehicles. Most small integrators don’t have the revenue to add an ...

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Anna DerParseghian was 15 when she started as a filing clerk at a business management firm. It was supposed to be a part-time job, chosen by her high school career office. At the time, the plan was to ...

Most contractors start a paving or pavement maintenance business because they are skilled in some aspect of construction – they can pave, sealcoat or stripe, for example. Tom Shumate, however, started ...