$2.5M - $14+M – Mike Foraker & Jennings Heating, Cooling, & Electric in Akron, OH, Have Grown Profitably by Nurturing Great People & Trusting Them to Excel
Jennings Heating, Plumbing, & Electric has been serving Akron, Ohio, since 1931. Current owner Mike Foraker has been with the company for almost 40 years, buying the company around 2008—around the same time he became a part of CertainPath. Since that time, the business has grown from around $2.5 million to closing in on $14 million this year. As you will hear, much of that growth has come by implementing the right systems; however, the sustained success, Mike credits, to finding and nurturing great people… and then trusting them to excel.
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