Jim Van Fleet was looking for an entrepreneurial opportunity in Portland, Maine, a metropolitan area with a population of about...
Photography by Corey Fenders Mainely Tubs is one of only two stores to receive the Locksin Thompson award from Hot...
In part I, the founder of Mainely Tubs discusses why he converted his business to an employee-stock-ownership plan. https://media.blubrry.com/thesparetailerpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesparetailerpodcast/15-JimVanFleet-Pt-1.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts...
Robert Kaplan Bought: Black Pine Spas Robert Kaplan was looking to buy an existing business, but hot tubs were not...
In part 2, Jim discusses the process of converting to an ESOP. https://media.blubrry.com/thesparetailerpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesparetailerpodcast/16-JimVanFleet-Pt-2.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music...
America’s 3.5 million truck drivers move 10.5 billion tons of freight every year, a full 71 percent of everything shipped...
MAINELY TUBS Scarborough, Maine, and Rye, New Hampshire mainelytubs.com Leadership at Mainely Tubs had a second location on the brain...
Random Thursday night dinners are how ESOPs happen. At least, that’s what Vince Wuebker, owner of HotSpring Spas & Pool Tables 2, will tell you.
In honor of our ESOP feature in the April/May 2024 issue of SpaRetailer, we revisit an old podcast with Jim...
In honor of our ESOP feature in the April/May 2024 issue of SpaRetailer, we revisit an old podcast with Jim...