When George Garner launched Next Plumbing 10 years ago, he hoped the company wouldn’t be too successful. Business success, after all, would mean the challenges that come with expanding and retaining a workforce and constantly investing in new equipment.
“We didn’t want that. We ran small ads,” Garner says, referring to his wife and business partner, Roselyn Garner. “I told her that if we made $500 a week, we would be good. We didn’t have debt. I just didn’t want to get back into plumbing. I wanted to enjoy my family.”Garner rather spectacularly failed to avoid success. Today, Next Plumbing has established itself
