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Show (Advertisement) when | planned to retire beforefifty this is the business that made it possible a true story by John B. Haikey Starting with borrowed money,in just eight years | gained financial security, sold out at a profit and retired. “Not until I was forty did I make up my mind that I was going to retire before ten years had passed. I knew I couldn’t do it on a salary, no matter how good. I knew I couldn’t do it working for others. It was perfectly obvious to me that I had to start a business of my own. Butthat posed a problem. Whatkind of business? Most of my money was tied up. Temporarily I was broke. But, when I found the business I wanted I was able to start it on a little over a thousand dollars of borrowed money. “To pyramid this investmentinto retirement in less than ten years seems like magic, but in my opinion any man in good health who has the same ambition and drive that motivated me, could achieve such a goal. Let me give you a littie history. “] finished high schoolat the age of 18 and got a job as a shipping clerk. My next job was butchering at a plant that boneless beef. Couldn’t see muchfuture there. Next, I got a job as a Greyhound Bus Driver. The money was good. The work was pleasant, but I couldn’t see it as leading to retirement. Finally I took the plunge and wentinto business for myself. “I managed to raise enough money with mysavings to invest in a combination motel, restaurant, grocery, and service station. It didn’t take long to get my eyes opened. In order to keep that business going my wife and I worked from dawn to dusk, 20 hours a day, seven days a week. Putting ii n all those hours didn’t match myidea of independence and it gave me no time for my favorite sport—golf! Finally we both agreed that I should look for something else. “T found it. Not right away. I investigated a lot of businesses offered as franchises. I felt that I wanted the guidance of an experienced company— wanted to have the benefit of the plans that had brought success to others, plus the benefit of running my own business under an established name that had national recognition. toca of the franchises offered were too costly for me. Tcmporarily all my capital was frozen in the motel. But I una that the Dvraclean franchise offered me exactly what I had been lookingfor. “TI could start for a small amount— a little over a thousand dollars—and that amount I could borrow. I could workit as a one-man business while getting a start. No salaries to pay. I could operate from my home. Nooffice or shop rent or other overhead. For transportation I could use the trunk of my family car. (I bought the truck later, out of profits.) But, best of all, there was no ceiling on my earnings. I could build a business as big as my ambition and energy dictated. I could put on as many men as I needed to cover any volume. I could make a profit on every man working for me. And, I could build this little by little, or as fast as I wished. “So, I started. I took the wonderful training furnished by the company. Wheni was readyI followed the simple plan outlined in the training. During the first period I did all the service work myself. By doing it myself, I could make much more per hour than I had ever made on a salary. Later, I would hire men, train them, pay them well, and still make an hourly profit on their time that made myidea ofretirement possible —lIhadjoined the country club and now I could play golf wheneverI wished. “What is this won- dertet business? It’s Duraclean. And, what is Duraclean? It’s an D fresh and clean. One Duraclean Specialist recently signed a contract for over $40,000 a year for just one hotel. “Well, that’s the business I was able to start for a little over a thousand dollars. That’s the business I built up over a period of eight years. 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