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Building an Entrepreneur: How a Construction Company Owner Founded a Franchise Business
This is how Brian Robinson went from the Great Recession to owning his own construction company and building three great franchise locations.
By Grace Calengor
August 14, 2025
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by Grace Calengor
Grace Calengor is senior editor of Construction Executive. Prior to joining ABC in April 2023, she was managing editor of The Zebra Press in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 2020 with two bachelor’s degrees in English and classics, and a minor in comparative literature.
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