When the economy faltered in 2008, Baron Burems, owner of No-Clogg Drain & Sewer Cleaning Service, Inc. in Pasadena, Calif., made a decision to run leaner. He got rid of his building, replaced his six 1-ton service trucks with two half-ton trucks and cut his staff in half. Despite these changes, the company has maintained its $230,000 annual profit level by focusing on smaller jobs and getting them done right the first time.
Burems saved $3,000 per month in rent by eliminating the building and working remotely using mobile devices like a smartphone and iPad. Switching from 1-ton V8 trucks to
