Often, when you talk to storeowners, you learn that they have a background in art, design, merchandising or commerce. It’s not common to have a past career in, say, nuclear medicine. But for Wisconsinite Brad Johnson, that’s just what he did.Johnson left a successful career in nuclear medicine to open a gift and home decor store in Onalaska, Wisconsin. His wife, Sandy, quit her job in robotic motor sales as the couple decided to opt out of stressful corporate life and pursue the Great American Dream of owning their own business.Fourteen years after they first launched Treehouse Gift ...
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