Small-Business Ownership is Better the Second Time Around

Pennsylvania’s Scott Hess found success and satisfaction in his second venture by involving extended family and focusing on core septic and portable sanitation services.
Small-Business Ownership is Better the Second Time Around
The Pottie Time crew includes, from left, Jeff Gearhart, Ken Sarvis, Tyler Lidgett, Sandy and Dave Hess, Scott and Sherry Hess, Zak Kopchik and Chuck Taylor. They are shown in the company yard with service trucks that carry tanks from Lely Tank & Waste Solutions and Robinson Vacuum Tanks, as well as Jurop/Chandler pumps.

In 2006, Scott Hess faced a moment of truth when he realized his life just wasn’t going the way he wanted. He ended a personal relationship and sold his interest in the septic company he had started in 1998. It’s not that he was dissatisfied with septic work; he just didn’t like...

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