Brown’s Septic Service Inc. has managed to overcome shaky beginnings, a down economy and a rapidly evolving market by keeping a constant ear to the ground in the harsh, arid climate of Del Norte, Colo.When Leonard and Cindi Brown moved there from Denver in 1995 to raise their sons away from the noise, crowding and crime of the city, they left jobs with Cindi Brown’s brother’s septic pumping business. The couple began what has become more than a decade-long career of rolling with the punches to find success as something of a niche liquid waste operator. The strategy has stood
