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Robert Schriver's first job in 1966 was cleaning toilets at a Shell gas station in Milan, Ill. How ironic then, he figures, that he has become the Minnesota master franchisor and area developer for Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Coverall Cleaning Concepts, a commercial cleaning company that offers janitorial and maintenance services to office buildings around the world.
But that isn't always how Schriver figured his life would play out. He started out working in the corporate world with two of the state's largest companies.
Then again, those jobs didn't last. "I've been fired by two of the bestmanaged companies in the country," Schriver said.
In reality, Golden Valley-based General Mills Inc. didn't fire Schriver. Just weeks before his 10th anniversary with the company, it sold the General Mills Specialty Retailing division.
But, with a laugh, he said the result is the same no matter how the story is told. "You don't get a paycheck either way."
He...