On-the-move parking entrepreneur revs up successful business strategy

Valet Pros keeps growing in downtown Naples. But the owners are cautious to not pick up speed too quickly.

Radostin Nikolov co-founded Valet Pros in 2013. (Photo by Stefania Piffer)
Radostin Nikolov co-founded Valet Pros in 2013. (Photo by Stefania Piffer)
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Radostin Nikolov worked for several years as a valet in downtown Naples, where he saw firsthand the challenges of parking cars in the increasingly busy Fifth Avenue South area. The Bulgarian native talked to his boss about improvements and changes that could be made. But the boss wasn’t interested.

 

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