- April 1, 2026
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Two years shy of 30, in 2009 Paul Beattie made what many, at the time, thought was a big mistake: giving up a decent full-time job to start a one-man construction and remodeling firm, during the housing bust and recession. The cries of idiocy followed. “Everyone thought I was nuts,” Beattie says. “Particularly my wife, who was pregnant.”