Author: admin Edit http://www.petbutler.com The most noted pioneer in the poop-scooping business is Matthew Osborn, who runs Pooper-Scooper.com. He never knew that this business would one day make him a millionaire. Osborn got started back in 1987 when he opened Pet Butler in Columbus, Ohio. “I had been interested in small-business ideas since I was a kid,” he says. “My friends thought it was an interesting but far-out idea, and many of them just couldn’t grasp the concept. They all said, ‘People aren’t going to pay you for that.’” At the time, Osborn was working two full-time jobs and making less than $6 per hour at each. He had a wife, a daughter and a son on the way, and was desperate to make some extra money. Osborn began doing research at the local library, studying the area’s demographics and census data. He eventually contacted the county auditor and learned that there were about 100,000 dogs within 15 miles of his home.”I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and got started with very little money,” he says. The business slowly took off, and despite the dirty work, Osborn says he enjoyed satisfying the customers and working outdoors in some of the nicest backyards in Ohio. However, it wasn’t all fun and games. “I didn’t enjoy driving around in my little Honda Civic with hundreds of pounds of dog poop in the back,” he says. “It sort of gave me nightmares until I was able to buy pickup trucks for the business.” Eventually Osborn employed seven people and owned a fleet of six trucks serving about 700 regular customers. “I was making more money than ever before and spending most of my time with my family doing the things I enjoyed,” he says. After a nearly 10-year run, Osborn sold his business in 1998 and started Pooper-Scooper.com, which contains an international directory of pet waste removal businesses. His newest business venture is that of writer. He recently released a book, “The Professional Pooper-Scooper: How to Start Your Own Low-Cost, High-Profit Dog Waste Removal Service.”

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