Articles Tagged with ''family business ''

Adams Roofing Professionals began humbly and is still growing in a busy market 40 years later.

Embracing the American entrepreneurial spirit, Anthony Benvenuto opened D&S Roofing Corp. in 1939.

Originally founded in Salsbury, N.C., by Bob and his brother John Farrell, TeamCraft Roofing now has 17 locations in more than eight states, and has experienced steady growth as it approaches its 20th anniversary.

While many years have passed since C.P. Sutter started his Clarksburg, W.Va.-based commercial roofing company in 1902, the fourth generation continues the long-running success of the company.

Energetic, successful and on the cutting edge, the Young Guns are making their marks in the roofing industry.

Like the children of many small business owners, John Kalkreuth grew up sleeping, eating and living the family roofing business — working it through junior high, high school and college.

“In March of 1993, I started a roofing company — undercapitalized, underfunded, undermanned, and with no bonding and no line of credit."

John Dudley Jr. started working for a close friend’s father during the summers and on the weekends, doing general contracting and eventually roofing work.

A family business poses its own set of challenges for the owners.