The owner of the CertaPro Painters franchise in Evans has been in business since 2008.
“Within the franchise, there aren’t that many single female owners,†Osburn said. “In this particular industry, there’s a lot of folks that like to call you honey and sweetie and they kind of talk down to you as if you don’t know what you’re talking about. I face that every day.
‘‘If you weren’t somebody that had a very, very strong sense of self or mission, it would be discouraging to have to work through that.â€