When Wilson Bastidas heard that a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck his home country of Ecuador on April 16, he was immediately ready to do what he could to help friends and family members who were affected. After about three hours …
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Multiple Stores Randy’s Do it Best Hardware, Timberville, Virginia CEO After moving back to Virginia with his family in 2009, Christian Herrick was looking for a paycheck, so he started working part-time for his wife’s parents, Randy and Shirley Andes, at …
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Multiple Stores Berger Hardware, Hawthorne, New York, and Port Chester, New York Store Owner When Aimee Nichols was 22 years old, her father, Mark Rubeo, purchased Berger Hardware from a family friend. Soon after, Nichols started working at the store, and …
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Over $2 Million in Sales Johns Creek Ace Hardware, Johns Creek, Georgia General Manager Richard Lukowiak started working for his father at the family business during college. After leaving the business for a few years to pursue a career at Macy’s, …
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At Gecko Hardware in Dallas, Texas, customers come from near and far for the chance to meet and play with the store mascot, a rooster named George. The Buff Orpington rooster has made quite a name for himself and Gecko Hardware since …
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Over $2 Million in Sales Niece Lumber, Lambertville, New Jersey President Marc Currie first began working for the family business when he was in high school, lending a hand wherever needed. He wasn’t sold on making a career in the home improvement …
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Over $2 Million in Sales Sawyer’s True Value, The Dalles, Oregon Owner When Jared Sawyer decided to come back to work full time at Sawyer True Value at the end of 2004, he didn’t take long to show he had …
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Multiple Store Retailers Hanover Home Hardware Centre, Hanover, Ontario Alliston Home Hardware Building Centre, Alliston, Ontario Dealer-Owner Dan Moulton and his wife, Emily, may have only been 24 years old when they walked into Hanover Home Hardware Building Centre as the new …
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