James Cash Penney, founder of J.C. Penney, said, “The surest way for an executive to kill himself is to refuse to learn how, and when, and to whom to delegate work.” How many times have you said to yourself, “If you want something done right, do it yourself”? If your name is on the business, […]
Current Position: For the last 40 years, Les Pringle has been the president of Les Pringle Service, Inc. The Business: Pringle’s wife, Chloe, is vice president of the Long Beach, California-based company. “I started out as an installer, and for the first twenty years, we installed dry cleaning plants. Then we switched to selling parts […]
What a treat for a plant owner to turn over his successful business to one of his children. Better I should say that a husband and wife should turn over the business to their children. It is a prideful thing to do and I for one descended from a line of Cleaners three generations back. […]
