Entrepreneur is a Lice Exterminator
February 4, 2007
http://www.louseynitpickers.com/
For M. Evan Parker and Frank Campos, business is pretty lousy these days — and that’s just fine.
The firm fields an average of 10 calls a day, some days as many as 25. Most are direct referrals from past customers.
“People don’t tend to book us in advance,” Parker said. “By the time they call, their child’s been sent home from school and they want treatment that day.”
Accommodating as many as 90 itchy customers a month can keep Campos, the firm’s chief nit-picker, another full-timer and three part-time employees busy from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m., shuttling to homes across the Los Angeles area. The two men, who have known each other for a couple of years, found their nit niche after years in the hair care business.
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