There are three key parts to every business transaction: you need to have top-notch employees, you need to satisfy customers, and you have to know where to find work.  

 Jonathan Wolf attributes his company’s success to following four guiding principles:  

 Knickerbocker Roofing and Paving Co.’s name might have a hint of New York in it, but it has been thriving in Chicago for more than a century.  

Mark Steiner sums up his three-pronged approach to success this way: “Trust and honesty and quality. Those are the three key words.”

C. Mark Reed has been in the roofing industry more than 36 years, and he knows what it takes to succeed in a tough business. 

Asked what makes his business successful, Andy Royalty is quick and to the point: “Our people. Our people and the products we use.”

Alure Home Improvements of Plainview, N.Y., was started as a painting company in 1946, but current President/CEO Sal Ferro is glad the company embraced the decision to switch to roofing residential homes a few decades later