Posts Tagged ‘Larry Janesky’

Janesky Named in Top 5 Influential Entrepreneurs

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Recently, the editors at Inc. Magazine asked six different business experts to pick their top five most influential entrepreneurs of the past 30 years. Experts chose such famous figures as Steve Forbes, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey and Bono.

Well-known author and marketing expert Tom Peters contributed his list to the article, which included Basement Systems Founder and President Larry Janesky.

He wrote the following piece about Larry:

“I love the notion that you can have a fabulous business based on cleaning mold out of basements. Larry has a saying, ‘You don’t have to love what you do; you have to do what other people hate.’ He executes like a champ.”

Read the full article here: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090401/that-certain-something.html

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“Small Business Trends” Feature

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Basement Systems Founder and President Larry Janesky can be found in a number of magazines, newspapers, websites and blogs for his inspirational business advice and the success he has found growing his own businesses from the ground up.  Recently, Larry was interviewed for the website Small Business Trends.

The motivational and inspirational article details the 5 principles Larry suggests running a business by:

  • Improve yourself to improve your company
  • Look for opportunities in your backyard
  • To sell, first educate customers
  • Regardless of your industry, be a knowledge company
  • Bring out the best in employees

Read the full article here: http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/08/entrepreneur-grew-sales-using-5-success-principles.html#comment-665972

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Superstar Top 41 Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Well-known business authority and author Tom Peters has named Basement Systems President Larry Janesky in his list of Superstar Top 41 Entrepreneurs. Larry joins popular public figures such as Steve Jobs, Oprah, Ronald Reagan and Bono on the list.

Peters wrote the following about Janesky:

“Larry Janesky, Basement Systems Inc., author of very popular Dry Basement Science, transformer of moldy basements, this ‘ordinary’ business a huge winner.”

Tom Peters has been referred to as “the father of the post-modern corporation,” having written 15 books on business management since the 1980s including “In Search for Excellence.” He has been praised by the Economist, the Los Angeles Times, Fortune and the New Yorker, and has been outspoken in topics such as healthcare, women in the workplace and the boomer market.

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Junior Achievement Honors Owner of Basement Systems

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Lawrence JaneskyLawrence Janesky, founder and president of Basement Systems Inc., reflected on the people and principles that helped him and his basement waterproofing and crawl space repair company to the level of success at which it now stands during his acceptance speech for being conducted into the Connecticut Junior Achievement Hall of Fame.

Junior Achievement (JA) has been educating and inspiring young people to understand business and global economics to improve the quality of their lives. Junior Achievement is the largest non-profit economic education organization with programs taught by classroom volunteers from the business community across America and in more than 100 other countries. (more…)

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