It’s rare that a small business survives past two generations of ownership.
In fact, an estimated 90 percent of third-generation, family-owned businesses are destined to fail. But Shane Buck — the owner of Buck’s Plumbing & Sewer Service in Cookeville, Tennessee — definitely bucks the trend, no pun intended. Since 2011, when he took ownership of the company that has roots dating back to his grandfather, the late Lester Buck, in 1960, revenue has increased 30 percent. Moreover, the company’s roster of productivity- and profitability-enhancing equipment has grown considerably.
The main driver behind that growth should catch the attention of drain
