Blue Dot consolidator's parent went bankrupt in 2003

Ken Haines recounts that in 2003 the parent of Blue Dot, a 1990s HVAC consolidator (a Midwestern utility based in Sioux Falls, SD), went bankrupt and the business was sold off in pieces.

“And in 2003, Blue Dot's parent went bankrupt. It was a Midwestern utility company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.”

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