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Meet more top people in: Advertising, Marketing & PR Apparel, Grooming & Beauty Business Consulting & Coaching Business Services Construction & Architecture Design, Art & Photography Education, Childcare & Toys Finance & Accounting Food & Beverage Gifts & Crafts Government & Related Import & Export Internet & Ecommerce Legal & Insurance Manufacturing & Printing Medical & Healthcare Music & Entertainment Nat'l Resources & Agriculture Non-profit & Associations Personal & Home Services Pets & Animals Publishing, Media & Writing Real Estate & Property Retail Sports, Fitness & Recreation Tech, Hardware & Software Telecomm & Utilities Transportation & Delivery Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Webhosting & Consulting Wholesale & Distribution Other Diverse Fields Return to Profile Home Page   Spotlight on Top Business Owners in Construction & Architecture   Nagel Construction Ltd. Name: Rick Nagel Location: san antonio, TX  Type of Business: Experts in Painting and Remodeling Everything! What does your business do? Paint and Remodel Everything!Commercial and Residential jobs of all size! When and why did you start the biz? I started this company in 1985 to give customers incredible craftsmanship at reasonable prices.To show honesty and integrity to as large a customer base as possible! How Many People are in your Company? 2 to 5 Where's your office? I office in my home to keep my estimates to my customers low as possible! What's the toughest part of running your biz? The toughest part of running a construction company as a contractor is surviving bad economies and people not wanting to spend money on their homes at this time. What's the most fun part? The GREATEST PART is taking someone else's distressed,depressed home and making their dream-home come alive for a fair price and seeing the smiles come on their faces for years to come!Making repeat,grateful customers and friends! Anything you would have done differently? I would have started excepting credit cards at the beginning of my business,it really opens new doors to a lot more customers I believe. What's next on the horizon for your biz? I hope to survive this recession to have another 30 years in the business I love and have perfected. What advice do you have for others? Always be HONEST with everyone you have a relationship with, business and everyone else in your life!Always care about leaving an awesome reputation NOW AND FOREVER! How do you use Idea Cafe to help your biz? I have always loved networking with anyone who has an opinion and my motto has always been,"If you don't learn something from someone everyday then you have ripped yourself off!This cafe is an awesome place to Brainstorm with other professionals! School (where, still in school, degree)? Yes degreed. Favorite Food? Healthy What are your pets' names? Angel / My Dog Do any of these pets help with your biz? Yes, with stress relief. Is there any one person or event in your life that led you to go into business for yourself? I got injured on a job in 1985 at no fault of my own and went into business for myself at that point. Contact Info: Rick Nagel nagelltd@yahoo.com Enter your search terms Submit search form       Search Idea Cafe Web Small Business Tax Center • Idea Cafe Home • Sign Up • Biz Grant Center • CyberSchmooz •Coffee Talk with Experts • People in Biz Profiles • Starting Your Biz • Biz Planning • Running Your Biz • FREE Trade Publications • Marketing • Financing Your Biz • Human Resources • Legal & Biz Forms • Managing Your Biz • eCommerce • You and Your Biz • Gen X • Work@Home • The Fridge • De-Stress • Send an Award • Send an eGreeting • Yoga @ Your Desk • Web Guide • Idea Cafe in the News • About Idea Cafe • Advertise on Idea Cafe • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Site Map • Small Biz News Copyright 1995-2009, DevStart, Inc. Downloads are for personal use only, not for resale to others, and may not be reprinted in any form without written permission from DevStart, Inc. DISCLAIMER: We hope whatever you find on this site is helpful, but be cautioned that it may not apply to your own situation, or be totally current at any given time. DevStart Inc. and all of its current and past experts, sponsors, advertisers, agents, contractors and advisors disclaim all warranties with regard to anything found anywhere on this family of websites, quoted from, or sent from DevStart, Inc. and its related sites, publications and companies. We also take no responsibility for comments published by others on these pages. TRADEMARKS: The following are Registered Trademarks or Servicemarks of DevStart, Inc.: Idea Cafe®, Online Coffee Break®, The Small Business Gathering Place®, Take out Info®, Biz Bar & Grill®, Complaint-O-Meter®, A Fun Approach to Serious Business™, CyberSchmooz™, and BizCafe™.