After a 16-year career at Dow Chemical, John Schexnaildre began researching ideas for starting his own business. In the summer of 2016, Schexaildre came across Garage Experts, a California-based company that began franchising in 2008, and got in touch with the company.
Garage Experts provides garage cabinets, epoxy floor coating systems and other organizational products.
As Business Report details in its new Franchisee feature, Schexnaildre was awarded the first franchise in Louisiana, with his territory encompassing Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Feliciana, Ascension and Livingston parishes.
By the fall of 2016, he landed his first job installing epoxy flooring at a Baton Rouge home.
“The ideal customer for me is someone who wants to use their garage—car enthusiasts who want a floor to park on, outdoor sports enthusiasts with boats and other vehicles,” Schexaildre says. A lot of new homes have garages. When you have two cars in there, you can’t fit much else. The products we have give people solutions to store stuff. It makes people’s lives easier.”
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