Sometimes opportunity doesn’t knock, it flushes

12/03/2025 16 min

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•. David Sauers’ ah-ha moment was in a portable toilet•. “My story touches on … the lessons learned from creating a niche brand”It’s every parent’s worry: At a festival with your very young children when one of them announces they need the bathroom.  Yet the only toilets to be seen are those smelly, wobbly, fiberglass, one-person-if-you’r-skinny portable outhouses. David Sauers had that moment more than 20 years ago and out of it came a career change from local banking executive to entrepreneur marketing a better outdoor toilet experience.David Sauers, co-founder of Royal Restrooms LLC, offers his story in this episode of Bizgnus Interviews.Mr. Sauers created a franchise-based company that rents roomy portable toilets with running water to wash up, air conditioning and even breath mints.Over the 20 years he’s been in business, Mr. Sauers has expanded — by franchising — to 50 offices across the country.  “My story touches on entrepreneurship, the power of building partnerships, and the lessons learned from creating a niche brand that continues to thrive,” he says.For more information please click here.