When Rick Hedge, the owner of The Plumber’s Plumber in Fort Myers, Florida, graduated from college with a degree in real estate and finance, he wasn’t sure where his career was headed.
But his father, Dick Hedge — a drain cleaner and plumber — gave him a unique graduation gift that left no doubt what he thought his son should do: a PipeHunter Lil Boss drain cleaning machine.
“I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” he recalls. “But I know I didn’t want to answer to other people. My dad always told me that working for yourself allows you to create
