David Royce

And so we were flush with cash.

I sell that business.

Forbes said I sold it for 13 million.

I have an NDA, but that's good enough.

Took all that through in the next one.

And then we went into four different states that next year.

We were in nine states by the time I sold that one a few years down the road.

That was 2008.

It was right at the Great Recession.

Oh no, the second one was 2011, 12.

I think in our mind, like if you're in that summer sales world, I mean, maybe there was some fluctuations in it.

I remember, I think Eclipse sold off during that time and they kind of went out.

Whereas like we took all that money and like ramped up, you know, into four locations immediately and then into eight and then into 12.

And so we expanded really, really quickly.

And

pest control in general is very resilient.

The joke is that the bugs don't read the Wall Street Journal.

There's always bugs.

So yeah, it was very consistent.

And when we sold EcoFirst, we were in nine different states west of the Mississippi.