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    How I Grew My Wheelchair Ramp Company Into a Franchise

    Julian Gordon left the construction industry to start Amramp, a successful franchise aimed to help the elderly and disabled.
    by Jason Daley Nov 01, 2014 3 minutes

    After 20 years of running a metal fabrication shop in Boston, Julian Gordon was becoming disheartened with the boom-or-bust cycle of the construction business. 

    “My business was all construction-based, and we sold to contractors. So I had this shop full of guys who make things,” he explains. “But construction is very cyclical. Sometimes I couldn’t hire enough guys, there were so many orders. Other times the phone didn’t ring.”

    Looking for something better to do with his life, Gordon decided

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