Entries Tagged Family Business

Almost a decade ago, J.C. Pitts came on board full-time at Pitts Stop Porta Pottys, the company his father, Charles “Crab” Pitts,...

In 2016, when Cole Leister’s father and grandmother bought a 65-year-old septic/portable restroom company from the retiring owner in Salina, Kansas, something...

People get into the portable restroom business for a variety of reasons. For Robert and Wendy Garland, two factors converged: a need...

Many owners of both small and large family businesses are reluctant to undertake succession planning and end up doing so as a...

With funds from their father’s estate, advice from their mother and an abundance of enthusiasm and excitement, two 50-something sisters from Clovis,...

Alicia O’Neill has only been operating Western Site Services for a few years, but she grew up in a family of portable...

When Cesspool Cleaner Co. and Portable Toilet Rentals in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, takes on a special event, Troy Dresel, owner, makes sure...

Jeff Ruggiero always wanted to start his own business with his two sons working at his side. And in 2010, Ruggiero, 54,...

For nearly 45 years, Fred Wilkinson toiled hard to grow Wilkinson Portables, a business that his parents started in 1958 with self-built...

There’s nothing like a parade to bring people together in a joyous moment of community spirit. And even better is participating in...

As a small-business owner, it’s only natural that you might sometimes feel daunted. No matter how hard you try, you may never...

You may be familiar with the statistic that 70 percent of family businesses — such as many septic service companies — don’t...

What started out as a lighthearted joke has morphed into a serious business for Nicole Murray. During the last six years, she...

We often spend more time with our work family than our real family. I use the word “family” because we end up...