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title: "Staples.com: Small Business How-To: Working with Dad"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/7b6923e8-d9a8-4af6-82ca-311037c10aba
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/staplescom-small-business-how-to-working-with-dad-1910
category: "General"
published: 2015-06-24T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:27:32.360Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc6447.png
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# Staples.com: Small Business How-To: Working with Dad

**TL;DR:** Staples.com contributing writer Michael Julianelle wrote a story about fathers and children working together, featuring David Povlitz, founder of Anago Cleaning Systems. David's son Adam, now president of Anago, shared his experience working outside the family business before taking over.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-06-24. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/staplescom-small-business-how-to-working-with-dad-1910).*

## Story

With Father’s Day being this past Sunday, Staples.com contributing writer Michael Julianelle wrote a story for the Business Hub section of the brand’s website spotlighting the good, bad and ugly of fathers and their children working together.

Julianelle used David Povlitz, who founded the Anago Cleaning Systems brand in 1989, as part of the piece, focusing on how the cleaning franchise has evolved into much more than “your father’s cleaning company” through the technology Anago has implemented throughout its entire system.

Not only did David’s son Adam hold every position in the company before he took over as president, he began his career working outside the company to gain better perspective on how to be a successful business manager.

Adam Povlitz offered this pro tip to children who work with their fathers:

“Working outside the family business provides valuable experience plus the ability to see things from a different perspective. If a child hasn’t worked elsewhere, they can wind up with tunnel vision.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- family business (topic)
- franchise management (topic)
- small business (topic)
- Anago Cleaning Systems (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/staplescom-small-business-how-to-working-with-dad-1910). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/7b6923e8-d9a8-4af6-82ca-311037c10aba).