BUSINESS
W
hen Jeff Skinner and Jim
Tinney were the casualties of a
corporate layoff in Denver a little
more than five years ago, they knew
they were ready for a change. They
packed up, hopped in their car and
made a beeline for Fargo. They had a
friend in the area and were intrigued by
the job prospects the city offered, but
mostly, as Skinner puts it, they were
"closing their eyes and pointing their
finger on a map."
Tinney got a job at a trucking
company, and Skinner, who says
he "grew up cleaning," started
cleaning houses to help make ends
meet. Eventually, the two caught
entrepreneurial fever and decided to
start their own cleaning company,
which they say is aimed at the higherend client, and in just a few years,
have gone from pulling in around $75 a
month to a client list north of 140.
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