Bob Geddis, Jr., didn’t know how to run a business when he took over his father’s in 1986.
When the founder of Geddis Paving & Excavation Inc., Bob Geddis, Sr., died in 1985, his son decided to fill his shoes but was overwhelmed by transitioning from teaching for Liberty Center schools to being owner of a company.
“I turned my resignation in to the principal mid-year,” Bob Geddis, Jr., said. “I took over the business, but if you talk about a school teacher not knowing what to do business-wise, that was me.”…