Dan Earl entered the sweeping industry in 2008, after selling his prior business and taking a few years off to a retirement he found to be boring. Earl had founded what became a very successful business that had only one thing in common with power sweeping: it was in another industry no one much thinks about, that of providing scale calibration services to the railroad industry.
This file supports information about how to use sidewalk (or regular) chalk to improve the promotional photos on your company’s website, brochures, etc.
In 2002, after former employer Interstate Sweeping closed their doors, Beth Krueger used her 20+ years of experience in the street sweeping industry and began putting together a list of clients broad enough to cover loan payments on her own street sweeper. Today, her company, Allstate Sweeping, is one of Colorado’s more well-known minority contractors, having been certified as a woman-owned business. Allstate Sweeping’s clients include RTD, one of Colorado’s public mass transit organizations, as well as the state’s Department of Transportation. Allstate Sweeping prides itself on its quality of work and its ability to pay their employees prevailing wage on more than 90% of their routes.
This audio interview was conducted in 2014 by Ron Barnett, president of Florida-based Blown Away, Inc. Moderator and co-contributor was Ranger Kidwell-Ross, Executive Director of WSA.
The intent was to provide information and ideas for an entrepreneur based in the San Francisco area who was looking to purchase a power sweeping company. Ron has been very successful in the Florida region by assisting individuals in developing their own power sweeping businesses. Along the way, he has purchased a number of sweeping businesses.
If you are thinking about purchasing a sweeping company, you will find the ideas and information contained in this 50-minute audio to be of help.
