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Total Exterminating: Who fixes the wood after the termites?
An exterminator can remove the pest and still leave the homeowner with a problem. Total Exterminating puts inspections, termite treatment, and wood repair on the same service menu.
CJ Edgington Built a $25 Million Bug Business, One Door at a Time
A door-to-door sales crew gave RIDD its first customers. CJ Edgington and his co-founders turned that seasonal hustle into a recurring service operation built to route, renew and scale.
Jamie Brandt and the Quiet Work Behind a Green Lawn
From automotive sales to prairie lawn care, Jamie Brandt built his remit one market at a time - with customer service as the operating system.
How Three Salesmen Turned Door Knocks Into a $25 Million Bug Business
Three former door-to-door sales managers built RIDD by treating bug spray like a subscription - and automating the busywork away. In four years they went from 6,000 customers to 30,000.
The Company That Put a Sensor on the Mousetrap
Everyone chasing smart-building glory wanted to control the thermostat. Microshare went after the mousetrap, the toilet paper roll, and the mop - and built a business on the parts of a building nobody wants to think about.
Thermacell Turned a 20-Foot Circle Into a Consumer Product
The Bedford company does not sell bug spray. It sells a temporary piece of outdoor real estate - and its newest system stretches that idea across an entire backyard.
The Mousetrap Became a Portfolio: Inside Woodstream’s Quiet Hold on the Backyard
A wooden snap trap grew into 13 brands spanning ants, mosquitoes, backyard birds and electric fences. Woodstream’s real product is the machinery that keeps those narrow, useful names on shelves.
Vestacy
Advent International carved four household cleaning icons out of Reckitt, handed them to a former Louis Vuitton chief, and told 3,000 people to act like founders. The result is Vestacy - a $4.8 billion bet that old brands can learn new speed.
Dewey Pest & Termite Control
Dewey Pest & Termite Control is a California family-owned pest and termite management company founded in 1929 by Ray M. Dewey. Operating as Dewey Services, Inc. and headquartered in Pasadena, it runs more than 30 branches across the state with roughly 750 employees. Dewey provides residential and commercial pest control, termite treatment and whole-house fumigation, and an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that balances effective control with public health and environmental safety. Its long-running tagline: Environmental Security Since 1929.
Dewey Pest
Dewey Pest is the Chief Executive Officer of Dewey Pest & Termite Control (Dewey Services, Inc.), California's largest family-owned pest control company, headquartered in Pasadena. Founded in 1929 by Ray M. Dewey, the company has grown through multiple generations of the Dewey family to operate 32-36 branches across California, employing roughly 750 people and serving both residential and commercial clients with integrated, eco-friendly pest management solutions.