Getting the Bugs Out
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Those who work for or employ 'Bugs' Burger exterminating service claim that this pest control company is the Mercedes of the business with no other company even coming close to being second. Al Burger, who started the company, gives guarantees to his restaurant and hotel clients that if a roach or rodent is sighted, all money paid in the last year will be refunded, and 'Bugs' Burger will pay for the client to get one year of service from any other company. Although his service costs more than other pest control services, his clients think Al's company is worth the money. He is a highly principled man who got tired of others' shoddy workmanship and decided to start his own company. Burger maintains that most owners and workmen just do not care and are quite willing to be lazy and do a poor job. Quality control is a high priority with 'Bug' Burger, and the routemen, who actually go out and do the work, are the important people in the company. Management and motivation are important in this company, an Al Burger has used both to make 'Bugs' Burger the number one in the business, both with customers and with employees.
Publication Name: Inc.
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0162-8968
Year: 1984
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Jim Ling
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Jim Ling is a legendary business figure. He built an electrical contracting business into LTV Corporation, by 1969 the fourteenth largest industrial corporation in the United States. He turned LTV into a conglomerate with $3.75 billion in revenues in 1969. Ling was ousted from LTV in 1970. Out of the public eye for several years he resurfaced in the financial news in 1979. After a bout with a serious illness he is now attempting to build a conglomerate with a company called Xenerex. By using several techniques he hopes to transform Xenerex into one of the two to three hundred largest independent oil companies in the United States.
Publication Name: Inc.
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0162-8968
Year: 1984
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Growing...Going...Gone
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Wallace Forman was the owner of a company called Gibralter Industries Incorporated. The company was one of the leading manufacturers of military apparel and equipment. The company had fewer than 500 employees and was considered small. SBA regulation requires companies making clothing for the military must be small (fewer than 500 employees) and Gibralter was constantly in court about their size. They were in a position where they could not grow, but in order to do work for anyone but the military they had to be larger. They were finally forced to close the company even though it was profitable.
Publication Name: Inc.
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0162-8968
Year: 1984
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