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Michael Grabham, right, meets with client Vavi Brinkley of Charter Construction to discuss an upcoming project. Grabham says software being created for his subcontracting company offers more efficiencies and better customer service, but doesn’t replace the importance of personal communications.

Mike Grabham may own The Finish Co. of Seattle but it's only one sign of his entrepreneurial spirit. Before he was 45, he formed partnerships to create and sell three companies, each with a different specialty — telecommunications, marketing and technology — and was president of a fourth.

 
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