We Do Lines featured on AOL Small Business

Reporter Geoff Williams for AOL Small Business found out about the strikingly unique franchise We Do Lines and had to wrap his head around the business model and the founding story. In his Q&A published on AOL Small Business today, Williams sits down with Chris Couri, CEO of We Do Lines, to find out more about this outside-the-box company. Click here to view the full Q&A!

We Do Lines: No, It's Not What You Think
By GEOFF WILLIAMS

By their own admission, Chris Couri, Dan Rella and Tom Darrow aren't exactly in the most exciting industry in the world. But a clever name and a unique growth strategy has helped them transform We Do Lines into a successful franchise company with 17 locations up and down the East Coast.

Before you conjure up images of Al Pacino in Scarface, it's not what you think -- We Do Lines literally paints lines in parking lots.

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We Do Lines featured in The Long Islander

Most of the We Do Lines business flies under the radar for most Americans, when they pull into a parking lot they expect to pull between the lines… but the truth of the matter is that many of these lots need a reliable source for restriping. And that is the business that We Do Lines is cashing in on. They were recently featured in The Long Islander in an article entitled “Painting The Line on Reliability” discussing one of their most recent openings under the leadership of Skip Barrett and Rob Schlosser. Scouting out new business and recognizing that most lots should be painted every 18-36 months, Skip and Rob are happy to now be open for business in Huntington. View the full article below, or click here!

We Do Lines featured on Bnet.com

We Do Lines was recently featured in an article on Bnet.com entitled "How I Used My First Business to Fund a Second One." In the article, Chris Couri discusses how We Do Lines began, starting with his original lawn care and landscaping company, Young’s, which helped Couri and his colleagues develop their resources and client base. He goes on to discuss the sometimes process of cultivating the We Do Lines brand all the way up to where they are today, with tripled sales numbers, a thriving franchise, and leads pouring in thanks to some awesome national media coverage in Entrepreneur Magazine. Click here to view the full article.

How I Used My First Business to Fund a Second One
By Chris Couri, CEO, We Do Lines, Ridgefield, Conn.

My father purchased Young’s, a lawn care retail and landscaping company in the late 70s. I started sweeping floors in the shop at age eight, and eventually took over as the company’s president. But competition from big-box stores was hurting our retail store, and I knew it was time to downsize the operation and find other revenue sources. And after 15 years of landscaping jobs, I wanted to try something new.

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We Do Lines featured in The Gulf Coast Business Review

We Do Lines was featured in The Gulf Coast Business Review with an article entitled "Entrepreneur takes on warmer double duty." This article was written by editor Mark Gordon, and built from an interview with Tom Darrow, We Do Lines Co-founder, COO, and Southwest Florida franchisee. In the article, Darrow discusses how We Do Lines began, why he decided to personally bring the franchise to Southwest Florida, how easy it is to become a We Do Lines franchisee, and how many business opportunities there are in the market. Click here to view the full article.

Entrepreneur takes on double duty
By GULF COAST BUSINESS REVIEW, Jan. 25, 2011

Here’s a subtle sign the economy is on the mend: Tom Darrow, a former Gulf Coast resident and entrepreneur who moved to Connecticut, has returned to the region — and business is good.

Darrow, who ran a commercial landscaping firm in Ridgefield, Conn., didn’t only move back to Florida for the weather. He mostly moved so he could help build his business, a franchise-based company that repaves parking lot stripes, into a national success.

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We Do Lines featured in Naples Daily News

We Do Lines was featured in the Naples Daily News recently. The article, entitled "We Do Lines: New Naples business offers a lot to know about parking," discusses pretty much every angle of We Do Lines, from how it began and why Tom Darrow brought it to Florida, to how much interest has already been conveyed throughout the region from both consumer and business angles. It even delves into the safety issues around line-striping and the curb stops and handicapped symbols they paint. Click here to view the entire article.

We Do Lines: New Naples business offers a lot to know about parking
By KELLY MERRIT, Jan. 28, 2011

NAPLES — When it comes to painting parking spaces, the name of the game is to not tie up a parking lot for the businesses it serves.

No one knows that better than Tom Darrow, who operates a relatively new parking lot striping business in Naples. Darrow recently brought his company, “We Do Lines,” to Southwest Florida from Connecticut in an effort to grow the business.

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We Do Lines featured in Entrepreneur Magazine

The nation’s first ever parking lot line striping franchise debuted in Entrepreneur Magazine this month. The article is titled “All Lined Up and In The Paint,” and written by Entrepreneur reporter Jason Daley. Entrepreneur interviewed all three co-founders of We Do Lines Chris Couri, Dan Rella and Tom Darrow to catch up with them about tapping into a $1 billion underserved industry, their current growth and future expansion plans as well as becoming a national franchise with opportunities for development all across the U.S. With 50 million parking spaces out there, someone needs to do the job! Check out the article here!

All Lined Up and In the Paint
Three landscapers go from lawns to lanes, forging new ground in the $1 billion business of parking lot striping.
By Jason Daley

There are roughly 50 million parking spaces in the United States, and by law many of them have to get a fresh coat of reflective paint every year or two. You would think re-striping would be easy, but back in 2008, Chris Couri, Daniel Rella and Tom Darrow, who all owned landscaping businesses around Richfield, Conn., found themselves in a bind.

"Danny called around to 13 guys to stripe our parking lot, and only two called back," says Couri, CEO of We Do Lines. "We realized the parking lot striping industry was underdeveloped, and didn't have any real standards."

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We Do Lines featured in The Gulf Coast Business Review

We Do Lines was featured in The Gulf Coast Business Review today in an article entitled "Entrepreneur takes on double duty." In the article, Tom Darrow discusses how We Do Lines began, why he decided to personally bring the franchise to Southwest Florida, how easy it is to become a We Do Lines franchisee, and how many business opportunities there are in the market. Click here to view the full article in its entirety.

TUESDAY’S CUP: Entrepreneur takes on double duty
By Gulf Coast Business Review

Here’s a subtle sign the economy is on the mend: Tom Darrow, a former Gulf Coast resident and entrepreneur who moved to Connecticut, has returned to the region — and business is good.

Darrow, who ran a commercial landscaping firm in Ridgefield, Conn., didn’t only move back to Florida for the weather. He mostly moved so he could help build his business, a franchise-based company that repaves parking lot stripes, into a national success.

“We want to be able to do any job from Maine to Miami,” says Darrow, who previously lived in Venice and now lives in Naples. “But we realize we have to have the hubs to do that.”

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