Family-Built Side Business Overcomes Common Challenges, Enjoys Success
When nobody else in their South Dakota small town offered portable sanitation, Central Business Supply’s owners jumped in and built a complementary sideline business.
Central Business Supply’s vice president
Kent Leibel, left, and president Alan Rogers, right, along with waste transportation technician Mike Yeakey in the truck are shown in the front of Central Business Supply. The truck was built by Specialty B Sales with a Jurop pump. (Photos by Jay Pickthorn)
Kent Leibel and Alan Rogers didn’t plan on going into the portable restroom business when they opened Central Business Supply Inc., an office furniture and supply store, in 1984. But Brookings, S.D., is a small town (population 23,000) and sometimes you have to fill a niche when...
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