'Send a Man Next Time': How an Entrepreneur and Her Daughters Built a $2.5 Million Franchise in a Male-Dominated Field
Carl Stoffers
created: June 23, 2025, 1 p.m. | updated: June 24, 2025, 1:06 p.m.
After walking away from a CEO role in manufacturing, Becky Edgren launched a PuroClean franchise with no industry experience and turned it into a thriving family business.
"Once you've been a business owner, it's really hard to go back and work for somebody," Edgren tells Entrepreneur.
"I made a decision that I wanted to find something I could turn into a family business, for myself and my three daughters," she says.
With no prior experience in restoration, Edgren recognized the franchise system offered the structure and scalability she needed to get up to speed fast.
But running a family business isn't without challenges.
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