David Connolly, 31

President, Mister Sparky Florida

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 1:10 p.m. October 16, 2015
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David Connolly had a brief encounter with a spunky entrepreneur named Patrick Kennedy in 2007.

The owner of a Mister Sparky electrical services franchise in Sarasota, Kennedy came into the electrical supply house Connolly managed. Kennedy was there to open an account. Connolly glumly chatted with Kennedy about the recession, and how most electrical companies were shutting down.

 

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