After growing up in Kennett Square, Mike graduated from Penn State with a marketing degree and landed in New York City doing sales for a franchise business. While working in New York he knew he'd eventually want to come home to the Philadelphia area. After a while, he thought to himself, “Could I run one of these?” He had family in Bucks County, and a franchise had become available in the Bensalem area. His father had retired a bit on the early side and was not ready to fully commit to retired life. They looked at many franchises in different industries and decided the best fit for them was Servpro. They jumped in and bought their franchise in 2012. It seemed like it was meant to be. His father managed the finances while he managed operations. Eventually, his father fully retired in 2015, and Mike has continued growing the business and helping his community ever since.

Franchises Are Small Businesses Too!

People may think of Servpro as a large business but franchises are a small business too. Servpro is a locally-operated, franchise business. As a franchise, Mike explains they are fortunate in that they receive support from their corporate office and colleagues who own other Servpros. They like to say they have the resources of a national company while operating as a local business that cares about the community. They started with 3 employees, and we now are at 40.

Mike's Servpro supports the local community on multiple levels. He explains, “Some restoration companies use a model of flying or bussing in temporary workers from other states to perform the restoration. But at Servpro, from management to each employee, we all live and work in the same community as our customers. We raise our families in the community. If you choose to call Servpro for your restoration needs, you'll be supporting our whole team. In turn, our team can continue to support other businesses in the community, as well”.