SHINING STAR
AWARD-WINNING CULTURE How Mike Pelton retains employees and customers BY SHELLEY BLASZAK Senior Communications Manager s a high school student, Mike Pelton remembers his parents, Ron and Ulaine, deciding to purchase a franchise and open Molly Maid of Virginia Beach. He thought they were crazy. That was 1987 and, at the time, he did not see how they would make ends meet by running a house cleaning business. In retrospect, Pelton says, “this shows how limited my perspective was as a 16-year old.” See SHINING STAR , Page 40
Franchisee of the Year
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