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Rainmaker Sales Inc.

Polyethylene piping systems

Linda and J.C. Goodson
Company Details
Location: Shawnee, OK
Founders: J.C. Goodson, 51, Linda Goodson, 50
Year Started: August 1999
Initial Investment: $100K

Turned a Profit: 1999
First Million: 2000

2002 Sales: $2M
2006 Sales: $33M

Number of Employees:
Day 1: 1
2006: 12
2007: 12*

* Projected by 2008
Company Background
J.C. and Linda Goodstone founded Rainmaker Sales Inc. in 1999 with one goal in mind: to be the dependable "go to" distributor in the south central U.S. for polyethylene piping systems. With more than 100 collective years of polyethylene experience combined with starting when oil and gas industry was booming in their region and factoring life lessons such as not living extravagantly beyond their means, the Goodstones have succeeded in turning over net profits of more than $33 million.
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