It’s not often that difficulty finding employees translates into business success. But oddly enough, that’s exactly what helped change the business fortunes — and the career paths — of master plumber Jim Stoddard and his son, Joey, the owners of Orange County Pottys in suburban Orlando, Florida.
The Stoddards’ business odyssey began in New York in 1990 when Jim, tired of harsh winters, moved his family business, Stoddard Plumbing — founded in 1920 by his grandfather — south to Florida. But by around 2014, Jim and Joey, who are third- and fourth-generation plumbers, ran into a problem worse than snowstorms, icy
