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They Also Walk Dogs
Dog walking is typically the kind of business that you start up in the summer to save money for a car, while you wait the two or three more years until you’re old enough to actually get your drivers license. It also means it’s often a fly-by-night service, where professionalism is the exception, according to Entrepreneur.com.
At least, that’s what Paul Mann decided back in 2002 when he was looking for a pet sitter in Berkeley, Calif.
“I went through the yellow pages, and I couldn’t find anyone I felt comfortable handing my keys or my pets to,” he says. “That’s when I had my aha! moment.”
Soon after, Mann, who had co-founded a high-tech job placement firm and founded a software company, bought a bag full of leashes and launched Fetch! Pet Care. His idea had legs–thousands of them. Within a year, his small company had 1,000 clients served by 70 pet sitters and two full-time dispatchers
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RedHotFranchises on February 11th, 2010 9:39 pm
Dog walking is definitely a friendly niche business to be in, and you will always win in the long term and can be taken into the next level if you are truly a pet lover.
Find some great pet franchise opportunities available at:http://www.redhotfranchises.com/franchises/Pet_Franchises
RedHotFranchises on February 11th, 2010 9:40 pm
Dog walking is definitely a friendly niche business to be in, and you will always win in the long term and can be taken into the next level if you are truly a pet lover.
Find some great pet franchise opportunities available at:http://www.redhotfranchises.com/franchises/Pet_Franchises
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