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The Goal Tender

The owner of Michigan’s C & W Portables & Septic worked out an aggressive business plan, then used hard work and creative marketing to hit all the targets
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The Goal Tender
Chris Vandermeulen boards his vacuum truck to make another daily run to maintain septic tanks and pump restrooms.

When Chris Vandermeulen purchased C & W Portables & Septic Service in 2005, he did something that seems counterproductive to most entrepreneurs. He struck a deal to turn over some of his septic service work to another pumper.

Despite the unorthodox move to give away some of his...

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