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How Old Are You Guys?
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12-03-2006, 08:05 PM
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Trade: Swimming Pool Contractor
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How Old Are You Guys?
How old are you & when did you lauch your biz?
32 & 6 yrs ago ray |
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12-03-2006, 08:21 PM
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Trade: Residential Contractor
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Jensen Beach, FL
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
55 and started the first one in '89. Dad was a GC and I closed out his business '73-76.
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12-03-2006, 08:23 PM
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Trade: Doors-Windows-Decks
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: MA&RI
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
36 started when I was 26. Met my goal of having a career before I turned 30.
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12-03-2006, 08:40 PM
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Vagitarian
Trade: site and utility contractor
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Dallas, PA
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
I am 25 and my dad started his own biz in the 80's.
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12-03-2006, 08:52 PM
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Trade: decks
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Chester Co. PA
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
32 and started the biz after I left my old career behind shortly after 911
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12-03-2006, 08:54 PM
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Faulkner Building Co.
Trade: Building/Remodeling
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Southern Maine
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
22, "subcontracting" work at 16, really got going at 18.
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12-03-2006, 09:20 PM
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Trade: general contractor
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: knoxville, TN
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
30 , started the business three years ago.
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12-03-2006, 09:30 PM
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Trade: manager of excavation division
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Location: danbury,ct.
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
52 and started framing business in "74"
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12-03-2006, 09:58 PM
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Trade: excavating / concrete / masonry
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Location: NW, CT
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
53, family business, started going to work at 8 years old. Moved and started this business 20 years ago.
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12-03-2006, 10:08 PM
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Trade: Painting Contractor
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
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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12-03-2006, 10:11 PM
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Trade: Custom deck builder
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
25 and been on my own for 2.5 years. And I started in the trades at 21.
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12-03-2006, 10:15 PM
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
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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12-03-2006, 11:18 PM
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Trade: Carpenter - Remodeling
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Brampton, ON
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
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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12-03-2006, 11:21 PM
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Trade: Electrical; Commercial and Residential Service
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Central PA
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12-03-2006, 11:26 PM
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Trade: Swimming Pool Contractor
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
good kid.. where are the rest of 'em?
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12-03-2006, 11:29 PM
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Trade: Licensed Colorado electrician, licensed B-1 GC
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Colorado Front Range
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
Too old, Too long, Too___ . I lost my train of thought again.
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12-03-2006, 11:30 PM
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Trade: Residential Contractor
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Jensen Beach, FL
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
Playing video games!
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12-03-2006, 11:30 PM
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Trade: residential construction
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Beulah, Michigan
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
32, 2003
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12-03-2006, 11:31 PM
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Trade: carpentry plumbing electric
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: central texas
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
49,was a framing contractor at 19.before that they might have called me osnap.
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12-03-2006, 11:35 PM
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Trade: Residential Contractor
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Jensen Beach, FL
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Re: How Old Are You Guys?
Damn! Still the old guy!
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