Debra Maxfield started Stripe it Rich as a family-owned and operated business to employ her family in what she hoped to be a lifelong venture. After the economic downturn, they made a decision to come together as a unit and created jobs for our military veterans and families alike. She had personally watched her son Jason struggle for five years post-war and saw how hard he struggled to find a good job opportunity and bring his family together and wanted to help him as well as others in his situation with her business.
Stripe it Rich is a certified woman-owned parking lot services company. They service commercial parking lots in and around the Omaha metro area, extending out to cover up to and including a 100 mile radius of Omaha. They repair asphalt with Infrared Technology, seal asphalt cracks using hot rubberized crack-seal, seal-coat the entire parking area surface and stripe per the customers previous layout and also provide new lay-out markings.
Tell us a little about your family.
I am a mother of four (all of whom are involved in supporting our efforts as a family unit) and a grandmother of nine. My greatest hope is to achieve a level of success here in our own community and franchise nationwide to continue to support our troops by creating jobs in their own communities.
What do you see as one of the biggest turning points in your life?
A fall I sustained at a local employer that put me in a position to be forced to take a chance.
What is your favorite thing to do on a day off?
On my days off I spend it with family. In the winter when the snow flies I like to travel.
I golf and spend as much time as I can at a lake where I grew up tending to a place my parents handed down to me.
What is the most unique or interesting thing about you that most people probably don’t know?
I was awarded the Home Front Hero award by the National Guard in 2006.
What are you the most proud of?
My family…
What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
From my father: ”Watch your pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves” and a quote from Warren Buffet: ”Keep your overhead low”.
What is the one goal you would most like to accomplish?
To franchise Stripe it Rich across the nation and develop jobs for our veterans.
If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Personal flight for me and my car.
What are your plans after retirement?
To travel and spend the rest of my life at the lake.
What is your greatest talent that you don’t utilize in your daily work life?
I create quilts in the winter months in my spare time and am an avid landscaper.
Which talent would you most like to have?
I wish I had learned to play the piano.
What is your favorite book or the last good book you read?
The Journey of Desire by John Eldredge, The 9 steps to Financial Freedom by Suze Orman, The Worn Out Woman by Dr. Steve Stephens and Alice Gray, The Essential Buffett by Robert G. Hagstrom and 90 minutes in Heaven by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey
What is your favorite movie?
The Blind Side or The Passion
What is your favorite TV show?
Criminal Minds
What is your favorite local restaurant?
V Mertz
If you could have dinner with one famous person from the past or present, who would it be?
Warren Buffet
If our readers would like to contact you, how should they do so?
They can call us at (402) 637-2853 or email stripeitrich@live.com.