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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 03 > Building Solutions

Building Solutions

‘We don’t care about selling the guy a box of nails. We care about selling him every box of nails the guy has to buy for the rest of his life.’

By Zack Hall / The Bulletin
February 3, 2009

Kevin Palotay and Don Gayman did not think corporate life was for them.

But when their employer, Eugene-based Tualatin Valley Builders Supply, was bought out by lumber giant Lumbermens in 2002, Palotay and Gayman had a decision to make. They could join the corporate world or strike out on their....

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