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Old 12-03-2006, 08:05 PM   #1
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How Old Are You Guys?


How old are you & when did you lauch your biz?


32 & 6 yrs ago

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Old 12-03-2006, 08:21 PM   #2
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55 and started the first one in '89. Dad was a GC and I closed out his business '73-76.
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36 started when I was 26. Met my goal of having a career before I turned 30.
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I am 25 and my dad started his own biz in the 80's.
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32 and started the biz after I left my old career behind shortly after 911
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22, "subcontracting" work at 16, really got going at 18.
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30 , started the business three years ago.
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52 and started framing business in "74"
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53, family business, started going to work at 8 years old. Moved and started this business 20 years ago.
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30 yrs old. Been in business legally about two years...spent one year on my own before that. About 8 years in the trade.
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25 and been on my own for 2.5 years. And I started in the trades at 21.
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16 bein in the trades since around 10. I have my own snow removel thing, but it isnt registered. Just the people that live near me.
 
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27, been in business for 2.5 years on my own, before that I was in business with my father since 95.
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16 bein in the trades since around 10. I have my own snow removel thing, but it isnt registered. Just the people that live near me.
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good kid.. where are the rest of 'em?
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Too old, Too long, Too___ . I lost my train of thought again.
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Playing video games!
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49,was a framing contractor at 19.before that they might have called me osnap.
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Damn! Still the old guy!
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