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They’re Striving to Be No. 1 in the No. 2 Business
When doody calls, Jim Conway answers |
| February 24, 2008 |
Conway, based in Warwick, owns a franchise for a national company called DoodyCalls, which picks up the digestive waste that pets leave behind. Driving a lime-green truck with the company logo on it, Conway will come to your yard, scoop the poop your dog has left behind, bag it, and leave it in your garbage. Cost is about $15 per weekly visit, depending on the size of the yard and the number of dogs...more | PDF...
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| Where Canines Go, DoodyCalls |
| February 10, 2008 |
“I like working with animals and with the environment,” Doug Barnhart said. “Even though picking up poop for a living is challenging, I like the money.” His fee depends on the number of dogs in the yard, its size, and how many times he cleans it a week...more | PDF... |
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| When the Going Gets Tough, Brands Get Going |
| February 7, 2008 |
[DoodyCalls] is looking for new franchise owners and clients ”Anywhere there are people that place value on their time,” says Mr. D’Aniello...more... |
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| Franchise Focus: DoodyCalls |
| January 2, 2008 |
“…I saw the success my niece and nephew were having, and was amazed by the income potential of DoodyCalls and the freedom to run the business from home”...more... |
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| Company is No. 1 in No. 2 |
| December, 2007 |
When duty calls and the duty is dirty, who you gonna call? Call DoodyCalls. Equipped with rakes, shovels and bags, DoodyCalls’ professional scoopers let pet owners wash their hands of the whole clean-up business...more... |
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| Scooping Up Business |
| November, 2007 |
DoodyCalls founder Jacob D’Aniello sees pet waste removal as a natural extension of the services green industry companies already offer their customers...more... |
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| Professional Help - Cross That Off Your To-Do List |
| November, 2007 |
For business owners, time is an especially precious commodity. That's why some are choosing not to spend those moments on the less rewarding details of daily life, like picking up after pooches...more... |
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| Looking Out for Man’s Best Friend: Donor Helps Fund Body Armor for Police Dogs |
| November 4, 2007 |
Rick Nava, who owns a local Doody Calls pooper scooper service, is raising money to equip as many Peninsula police dogs with bullet-resistant vests as he can...more... |
  Money Section: Front Page |
| A Dirty Job, But Someone Has to Get Rich Doing It |
| October 11, 2007 |
When Bobby visits the home of his new boss, Peter Sterling, he finds him living in a mansion with a girlfriend more drop-dead gorgeous than Betty Rubble on her best day. Sterling gives Bobby this advice: “You don't get rich doing what you love. You get rich doing something no one else wants to do.”
Jacob and Susan D'Aniello, both 30 and graduates of the University of Virginia, are finding this King of the Hill advice on the road to success is right on...more...
NOTE: This story includes a great video, “Cleaning Up After Others Makes Some Filthy Rich.” |
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| Brand Ambassadors: From Funny to Furry to Kind of Freaky, Mascots Help Build Market Buzz |
| August 17, 2007 |
Susan and Jacob discuss how “Doodle” was born and offer their own insights about brand building...more... |
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| The Pet Economy |
| August 6, 2007 |
| More than 350 service agencies with names such as Doody Duty, Scoopy-Poo, and Pooper Trooper have sprung up solely to relieve owners of the need even to pick up a pet's waste in their yard by doing it for them. With annual growth nearing 50%, “the pooper scooper industry is now experiencing a lot of consolidation,” says Jacob D'Aniello of DoodyCalls, which has 20 locations nationwide...more... |
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| Scoopers in Demand in Loudoun |
| July 17, 2007 |
| Loudoun Times Reporter Anne Keisman talks with Chris Decastro, the operations manager for the Fairfax, VA DoodyCalls franchise, about the day in the life of a pooper scooper professional...more... |
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| Here’s the Scoop |
| June, 2007 |
| These companies thrive in the business of pets’ business...more... |
| The Daily News: Town Talk |
| The Community Solution to Pet Pollution |
| April 26, 2007 |
| Reporter Joan Dentler talks with Rick and Paulette Nava about opening their new pooper scooper business in San Mateo County, California! |
 Redbook
Magazine |
| Outsource your to-do's |
| January 2007 |
| Hire a pooper scooper. Of all the
things on your to-do list, picking up Spot's doo is probably
the least appealing...more... |
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| RD Living |
| January 2007 |
| Call in the puppy pros to scoop
from your yard. Go to...more... |
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| Franchising Today |
| December 2006 |
| ...Many franchisees that aren't
necessarily targeted at the elderly nevertheless are
realizing the benefits of making them a significant part
of their business... |
 The
Oregonian |
| Here's the scoop on diverting
dog waste |
| November 30, 2006 |
| Dog waste is Alan Pietrovito's business.
As owner of Portland's Doody Calls franchise, he's a
professional pooper scooper. Yes, he's heard all the
jokes. And in the year he's been in business, he's been
surprised by the lack of responsibility many people take
with pet waste...more... |
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| When Doody Calls |
| November 2006 |
| If you have a dog, chances are you’ve
got dog doody. No one enjoys the clean up associated
with dog doody, at least no one I know, until I spoke
with Keith Walkley who does it for a living!...more... |
 Small
Business Opportunities |
| Pick Up the Profits |
| Winter 2007 |
| It's getting hard to manage all
different kinds of waste in our society - and pet waste
is no different...more... |
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| Pet Waste Franchise Picks Up
in Massachusetts |
| October 13-19, 2006 |
| Paul and Angela Delaney run a crappy
business - they know it, they love it, and they intend
to turn a profit from it... |
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| Dog Poop-Scooping Business Is
No Waste |
| October 4, 2006 |
| Doug Barnhart was so repulsed by
the notion of picking up dog poop that he hired a service
to do it.
But he is gradually overcoming his revulsion now that
he's planning to open his own scoop shop later this year
in Virginia Beach, VA...more... |
 The Home-Based Entrepreneur's Magazine |
| Going Above and Beyond the Call
of Doody |
| October, 2006 |
| Dogs are lovable companions that
curl up to you on cold nights, excitedly greet you at
the front door after you've returned from the grocery
store, willingly play fetch, with your kids at a moment's
notice, and make you feel safe when you're home alone.
It's no wonder they make perfect additions to any family.
If only they didn't poop so much!...more... |
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Making It
The road to success can be paved with junk and dog poop |
| September 10, 2006 |
| Mark Rubin is restless, and that has made him a lot of money. |
| After spending many years working as a computer
consultant around the world, Mark returned to Washington
in 2000 to marry his high school sweetheart. Soon
he was on the move again...more... |
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| When "doody" calls,
they answer |
| September 7, 2006 |
| A local couple is picking up where Fido left off. |
| When nature calls, local husband and wife entrepreneurs
Elton and Tiffany Becker answer the call...more... |
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| Dog waste pays off for ex-WNYer |
| September 1-7, 2006 |
| Jacob D'Aniello is a hit at most cocktail parties. |
| The former Kenmore resident always gets a chuckle or
two when he tells people what he does for a living. |
| D'Aniello, 29, and his wife, Susan, run DoodyCalls...more... |
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| They've Got The Scoop: There's
Cash In Dog Poop |
| July 28, 2006 |
| If you thought your dog's poop was worthless, think
again. |
| Keith Walkley is getting closer to his ultimate dream
job, one scoop of poop at a time. Literally. |
| Co-owner of DoodyCalls, a pet-waste
disposal franchise based in Plainville, Walkley and partner
Paul Stansel launched their business this month. |
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When Doody Calls
Leaving pet cleanup to the pros |
| July 7, 2006 |
| Your dog's business is becoming big business. |
| For DoodyCalls and the growing pet-waste
removal industry, paying someone to pick up your pet's
presents is no more ridiculous than hiring somebody
to cut the grass, wash the car or scrub the house. |
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Man Hopes to become No. 1 in
No. 2 Business
Ex-techie entrepreneur sees opportunity
in those backyard piles |
| July 6, 2006 |
| The guy who got his MBA in London,
the guy who a decade ago was a computer network engineer
for the Pentagon, now carefully crisscrosses backyards
throughout Portland. He carries an extended garden shovel
in one hand, a modified dustpan in the other...more... |
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You can't pooh pooh their work
Milton couple hope to make a
pile with pooper scooper service. |
| April 21, 2006 |
| As if dogs aren’t pampered enough, there is
a new service available throughout the South Shore
that could make your dog truly feel like the king of
the house. |
| When Milton resident Paul Delaney
and his wife, Angela, bought the first Doody Calls franchise
in Massachusetts a year ago, they joined a fast-growing
industry of pooper scooper services. |
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| DoodyCalls: Finding a gold mine
in dog poop |
| April 19, 2006 |
| The inspiration came in 2000, when Jacob D'Aniello
was sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the outskirts
of Washington. |
| He heard a man talking on the radio
about his job, which entailed picking up dog waste from
neighbors' yards. D'Aniello was dissatisfied with his
work as an information technology consultant and looking
for a second job that would bring in some extra cash
to pay off student loans...more... |
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Not-so-sweet smell of success
Increasingly,
busy households hiring firms to scour their yards and
pick up after dogs. |
| April 18, 2006 |
| First came the nannies, the dog walkers, the housecleaners,
the landscapers. Now crews are handling another outsourced
home task—removing a dog's leftovers from lawns. |
| The names of the businesses say it
all: DoodyCalls, a national franchise, opened a branch
south of Boston last year. |
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| Got service, will franchise? |
| April, 2006 |
| ...Wile most of DoodyCalls
business is residential, a growing percentage of commercial
clients-such as apartment complexes-are joining the
mix, and this is one area the franchise provides a
competitive edge. |
| ...Mark Rubin, a DoodyCalls franchise
in Maryland, also forecasts strong growth trends and
adds, "In
niche services that are unsavory or perceived as
unsavory there's a tremendous opportunity to provide
a service in fragmented markets that are served by
unprofessionals or not served at all." |
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Waste businesses clean up
Their work is dirty, and that's
just the way they like it. |
| March 7, 2006 |
| "There's hundreds of people
doing this across the country," said Jacob D'Aniello,
who founded DoodyCalls with his wife, Susan, in 2000.
And there's a pile of work to be done. "Anytime
you have 40 percent of the population doing something
they don't want to do, there should be someone to take
care of it," he said...more... |
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Case Study: Going to the Dogs
Using software and GPS technology,
a national pooper-scooper business takes care of dogs’ business |
| March 1, 2006 |
| The franchise launch prompted D’Aniello
to find more efficient tools for conducting the business. “I
had to figure out a way to monitor timesheets and payroll
better to optimize routes,” he says. In addition,
he and his wife moved farther away from the office, and
they needed a better way to keep track of their team’s
activities. |
| The company chose Gearworks’ etrace...more... |
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The Joys of Juggling
For the
multitasking franchiser, owning more than one type of
business can help all the businesses |
| January 30, 2006 |
| ...Similarly, Claudine and Mark
Rubin figured that many of the same people who used their
junk-removal franchise would also hire them to pick up
after their dogs. The husband-and-wife duo in Gaithersburg,
Md., are franchisees for 1-800-Got-Junk?, a junk-removal
business based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and for
DoodyCalls, a pet-waste-removal company with headquarters
in Palmyra, Va... |
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| Picking up where Fido left off |
| January 1, 2006 |
| It's not exactly the career Sam
Amoah envisioned when he emigrated 10 years ago as an
English teacher from West Africa. Back then, he never
thought a dog's business was anyone's business, much
less a profit and a franchise. |
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| In Dogged Pursuit of a State
of Serenity |
| December 26, 2005 |
| ...Debbie Crowe achieves a meditative
state. What she's going for, she says, is the Zen doctrine
of "no-mind," which she describes
as "kind of a whiteout." Her hands are busy but her mind is blank, like the
mind of a Buddhist monk. Her shoes get dirty but she, Debbie Crowe, remains
clean...more... |
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| Pink Flamingos |
| December 2, 2005 |
| As the Cavalier Daily prepares to
go out of production for the semester, we leave you with
our recap of the semester in the form of the coveted
Pink Flamingo "awards"...more... |
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| Working at Home: Need for Services
Expands with Number of Two-Earner Households |
| September 19, 2005 |
| It takes a heap of living, a poet
once said, to make a house a home. How last-century that
seems today, when it requires a veritable business park
to keep many a modern household humming...more... |
| University of Virginia: Arts
and Sciences |
| DoodyCalls |
| August 1, 2005 |
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When University students dream about making their mark on the world, they look
to successful graduates as examples -- doctors, lawyers, educators, scientists,
artists and pooper-scoopers.....more... |
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| Home shopping network: These
companies come to you |
| July 21, 2005 |
| It's a dirty job, but someone's
gotta do it. Fortunately, that someone no longer needs
to be you thanks to UVA grads Jacob and Susan D'Aniello
who started pooper scooping business Doody Calls three years ago in Northern
Virginia and opened a Charlottesville office in March....more... |
| Gaithersburg Gazette |
| Regional Franchise Cleans Up
After Pets |
| June 8, 2005 |
| Picking up what Fido drops. Equipped
with shovels and plastic bags, Mark and Claudine Rubin
are answering nature's call.....more... |
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| Pet project picks up |
| January 10, 2005 |
| Forgive Jacob D'Aniello if he is
dog-tired. He has spent nearly five years building his
pooper-scooper business from a weekend job with a few
clients into a full-time operation with five employees....more... |
 Charlottesville
Business Journal |
| Scooping the market |
| November 8, 2004 |
| Company cleaning up by eliminating
messes left behind by clients' canines...more... |
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| Cleaning up after Fido |
| November 4, 2003 |
| DoodyCalls and Brian McCann has
answered...It's a dog waste removal business aptly named,
DoodyCalls...more... |
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| The not-so-sweet smell of success |
| January 10, 2003 |
| Jacob D'Aniello's weekend job stinks.
He and his fiance, Susan Otis, started Doody Calls in
the summer of 2000 to answer nature's call and remove
pet waste for homeowners with no time or interest in
such dutiful tasks. |
| Virginia
Business Review |
| When DoodyCalls, This Duo Answers |
| October 2001 |
| D'Aniello, who holds an economics
degree, has shunned big business high finance for what
may be the perfect job—professional pooper-scooper...more... |
| Times Community
Newspaper |
| When Nature Calls, DoodyCalls |
| August 15, 2001 |
| Local couple starts pooper scooper
business. Wearing his tan work boots and armed with a
long-handled dustpan and a shovel, Centreville resident
Jacob D'Aniello carefully makes his way around the backyard of a dog owner...more... |
 THE BIG IDEA - DONNY DEUTSCH |
| When Doody Calls |
| April 30, 2007 |
| During his nightly television show, business maverick Donny Deutsch challenges his viewers to live the American Dream. Donny spoke with DoodyCalls founders Jacob and Susan about the 'business,' of DoodyCalls and their plans for the future. He also featured Jacob as the evening's “moment of clarity”...more... |
 Fox
5 News - Washington, DC |
| What Makes You Mad: Dog Doo |
| 21 Nov 2006 |
| Stepping in mud is bad. Stepping
in gum is worse. The worst? Stepping in dog “mess.” That
mess is what makes you mad this week. We put the spotlight
on some inconsiderate pet owner's and Fox 5's Melanie
Alnwick went looking for a solution to the stinky situation...more... |
| WUSA9.com |
| DoodyCalls |
| October 5, 2006 |
| DoodyCalls launched in 2000 with
two University of Virginia graduates who picked up dog
waste on weekends...more... |
| WVIT-TV/NBC-30 |
| Business Profits from Scooping
Doggy Waste |
| July 29, 2006 |
| Its a messy job But somebody's got
to do it. and if you don't want that person to be you.
There's a new service popping up around Connecticut.
So, you've got a dog and that friendly pooch leaves some
friendly little presents around your yard. Enter Keith
Walkley. he owns a Hartford franchise Of a business called "DoodyCalls." They
show up And clean up The messes fido leaves on your lawn
every week. How does a business like this get started
you ask? |
 ABC
News Now,
Money Matters |
| Business Profits from Scooping
Doggy Waste |
| January 2006 |
| DoodyCalls founder Jacob D'Aniello
talks about his company and discusses the past, present,
and future for the emerging pet waste removal industry...more... |
 WHDH-7 News
Boston |
| DoodyCalls |
| December 6, 2005 |
| Dog owners, listen up. There's a
new service that can give your yard a clean sweep. "Doody
Calls" can turn your dog's dumping ground into green
acres...more.... |
| WVIR-TV/NBC-29 |
| When nature calls, they answer. |
| August 16, 2005 |
| Owners Susan and Jacob D'Aniello
help Charlottesville residents keep their yards tidy. |
| WCAV-19/WVAW-16 |
| Dog Owners: "You Poop, We
Scoop" |
| August 10, 2005 |
| Because dogs just can't clean up
after themselves, one local company is doing doody duty,
and their business is cleaning up...more... |
 Chronicle |
| Time Savers |
| November 16, 2004 |
| DoodyCalls helps busy professionals
spend less time picking up. |
| CNBC, The Nightly
News with Brian Williams |
| Creative Jobs in a Tough Economy |
| June, 2003 |
| Jacob and Susan have taken advantage
in the surge in the pet services indudustry while much
of the economy continues to struggle. |
| i98FM
(Illawarra, Australia) |
| Marty and Erica |
| July 20, 2006 |
Jacob D'Aniello educates Aussie's
about the art of picking up poop. Link
to website.
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| 106.9
The Fox (Virginia Beach) |
| DoodyCalls Announces Plans to
Come to Virginia Beach |
| July 13, 2006 |
John and Leila talk with Jacob D'Aniello about the
company, service, and expansion plans.
Listen to the interview: MP3
- 2.89Mb |
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| Picking Up After Dogs is Local
Man's 'Doody' |
| March 20, 2006 |
| If you're a pet owner, it's part
of the job -- probably the least fun part.
Your dog's waste is Jacob D'Aniello's bread and butter.
D'Aniello is
the owner of DoodyCalls, the first poop-scooping franchise
in the
country...more...
Listen to the
interview: Version
1 | Version 2 |
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| News Story |
| May 6, 2005 |
| Maryland franchise partner Claudine
Rubin is interviewed on WMAL 630 Washington about her
business. Listen to the
interview |
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| Franchise Opportunities |
| April 13, 2005 |
| Jacob D'Aniello, President of DoodyCalls
talks about the DoodyCalls franchise system. Listen
to the interview |
 Early
Exchange, Hosted by Dave Anthony and Bonnie Bleidt |
| Unique Small Business Day |
| November 13, 2003 |
Featured small business owner Brian
McCann talks about an exciting new service he has brought
to MA residents.
Listen to the interview: Real
Audio |
Windows Media Player |
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| Founding DoodyCalls |
| September 11, 2007 |
Susan D'Aniello talks with host Dr. Gayle Carson about the “business” of picking up, and how Susan turned what your dog leaves behind into a national brand...more... |
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| DoodyCalls on the Doggie Chronicles |
| September 8, 2007 |
Susan D'Aniello, Founder, DoodyCalls joins hosts Lisa Gorman and Scott Sheppard to talk about their nationwide solutions for pet waste removal. Listen to the Interview. |
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| Balancing Work and Life: Working with Your Spouse |
| September 4, 2007 |
DoodyCalls owners Susan and Jacob talk about the challenges and rewards of working with your spouse and suggest ways to balance work and life...more... |
 What
Would Rob Do? |
| What Would You Do? After Stepping
in Dog Poop? |
| December 2006 |
| NPR's Rob Sachs
talks about life's sticky situations and how turn them
into an opportunity for adventure, growth, or at the
very least--laughter.
In this episode Rob talks with Jacob D'Aniello, Founder
of DoodyCalls, a national pet waste removal franchise. Listen
to the interview. |
 FoxNews.com |
| Dog Business is Big Business |
| July 10, 2006 |
| There are some people you know you
can count on to…uh…take care of business when doody comes-a-falling...more... |
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| Pet Waste
Removal a Franchise that's Really Cleaning Up |
| July 10, 2006 |
If there's ever been a service industry that has encouraged
and thoroughly enjoyed the use of puns, it's pet waste
removal: Wholly Krap K-9 Waste Removal Service; Stinkies;
Have Doggie, We'll Doo!; and Dog-Gone Doo-Doo. And
these pet waste removal businesses have been -- forgive
the added pun -- increasingly "pooping" up
all over...more...
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| Telecom Junkies - Podcast |
| GPS Loaded Cell Phones |
| May 11, 2006 |
| DoodyCalls President and Founder,
Jacob D'Aniello, talks with telecommunications industry
leaders about how DoodyCalls uses GPS technology to improve
their operations...more... |
| The Telecom Manager's
Voice Report |
| Pooper Scooper Service Seeking
Franchises |
| May 8, 2006 |
| DoodyCalls President and Founder,
Jacob D'Aniello, discusses how DoodyCalls uses GPS technology
to improve their operations...more... |
 Podcast |
| You can't make this stuff up |
| May 7, 2006 |
| It's called DoodyCalls....Jacob
D'Aniello decided there was a market niche for a particular
job specialty...more... |
| DoggieNews.com |
| Pooper Scooper Service Seeking
Franchises |
| January 3, 2005 |
| DoodyCalls, a successful pet pooper
scooper service based in Charlottesville, Virginia, is
now franchising nationwide....more... |
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| Thank you, Rudy, for picking
up what I drop. I'll leave some more out for you this week. |
Ann M.
Boomer |
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