Business: Started as a residential window cleaning service in upscale Twin Cities neighborhoods, but since has expanded into commercial window washing and franchising.
Founded: 1999
Headquarters: Blaine
Website: www.squeegeesquad.com
Executives: Founder and CEO Jack Ruegsegger and his brother, Joe, chief operating officer
Employees: 18
2007 revenue: $784,000, on track to approach $900,000 this year.
Quote: "I realized that I'd made more in one weekend washing his windows than I'd made in two weeks at his brokerage." — Jack Ruegsegger, explaining his decision to quit his job as trainee at a Minneapolis stock brokerage and start his own business after spending the weekend washing his boss' windows.
