Chicago Area Contractor Embraces the Freedom of the Entrepreneurial Journey

A dogged persistence to learn and a natural affinity for business ownership have helped Joe Fuentes become one of the Chicago area’s most well-regarded plumbing and drain cleaning contractors

Chicago Area Contractor Embraces the Freedom of the Entrepreneurial Journey

The team at S&J Plumbing includes, from left, Colin Kurpieski, plumber’s helper; Kyle Stong, Dave Denning and Tim Golter, journeyman plumbers; Toby Fisher, plumber’s helper; Dylan Turner, journeyman plumber; Jay Parker, CSR/dispatcher; Joe Fuentes, president/owner; Christa Limperis, office manager; Mike Taylor, plumber’s helper; Ryan Faulhaber, Chris Loveless and Luke Roos, apprentice plumbers; Tom Iversen, journeyman plumber; and Dylan Szpinalski, apprentice plumber.

What sparks a person to start a business? The notion is triggered in many ways — admiring a self-employed person and wanting to emulate it, perhaps, or finding yourself with a truckload of widgets and realizing there’s a market for them.

For Joe Fuentes, the desire to have his...

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