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10 questions for Robert McAdams of Devine Paint Center
Each Wednesday the Napa Valley Register’s Business Focus asks “10 Questions” of a local entrepreneur or businessperson. Readers are welcome to suggest business people to be profiled.
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For 25 years, Napans have been buying paint from Bob McAdams at Devine Paint Center. Recently he opened a second store on Solano Avenue, near Ranch Market.
McAdams said business at the new store improves daily.
McAdams said business at the new store improves daily.
“When I opened my first store in 1979, we crawled before we walked and I think that’s the same with the second store.”
What three people would you most like to have dinner with?
What three people would you most like to have dinner with?
Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher.
James Madison, fourth president and founding contributor to the U.S. Constitution.
James Madison, fourth president and founding contributor to the U.S. Constitution.
My grandfather, Adolf McAdams. He passed when I was 3 years old. I remember him as a young boy, but I want a conversation and all it will bring.
What job would you like to try/not try?
Try: Legislator
Not try: Coal miner
What’s the worst job you ever had?
Working the clean-up crew on a tomato line at Campbell Soup in South Sacramento.
How did you get into this business?
I was working an extra job at a hardware store in Richmond. The store’s owners told me I should quit my regular job and open a paint store because I was good with the little old ladies.
What’s on your to-do list?
Spend a summer solstice in a northern latitude of Sweden or Finland.
What’s something you would like to accomplish in your lifetime that you haven’t yet?
Visit Tralfamadore, (the alien planet from the novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut) where one can time trip.
What’s your favorite gift to give?
A copy of the short story “Chicxulub,” by T.C. Boyle.
Why? When you read the short story you will know why.
What’s something people might be surprised to know about you?
I used to be a city policemen for San Pablo, from 1975 to 1978.
What is your favorite charity?
The Institute for Justice, Arlington, Va.
The Foundation for Economic Education, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.
The Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, Calif.
The Independent Institute, Washington, D.C.
Cope Family Center, Napa.
What other business person(s) would you like to see featured in “10 Questions?”
The Chase family, Napa Wooden Box Co.
Kris Bartley-Jones, Healthcare Management Systems
Dora Robles, La Dora Salon
More from Bob McAdams
What’s one thing Napa could do to help local business?
Fix/repair local roads without the citizens incurring more costs.
What’s the most significant project you’ve been involved with in your career?
The opening of my first paint store in 1979 in Richmond.
What is the biggest challenge your business has faced?
The handling and extension of credit.
If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
On Tralfamadore (the alien planet from the novel Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut).
Who do you most admire in the business world?
Chip Mellor, President, Institute for Justice, Arlington, Va.
What was your first job?
A TV Guide magazine route in the third grade in Sacramento.
I can’t live without: Tom’s of Maine toothpaste and floss. I also like the mouthwash.
To suggest a candidate for “10 Questions” e-mail: jhuffman@napanews.com
What job would you like to try/not try?
Try: Legislator
Not try: Coal miner
What’s the worst job you ever had?
Working the clean-up crew on a tomato line at Campbell Soup in South Sacramento.
How did you get into this business?
I was working an extra job at a hardware store in Richmond. The store’s owners told me I should quit my regular job and open a paint store because I was good with the little old ladies.
What’s on your to-do list?
Spend a summer solstice in a northern latitude of Sweden or Finland.
What’s something you would like to accomplish in your lifetime that you haven’t yet?
Visit Tralfamadore, (the alien planet from the novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut) where one can time trip.
What’s your favorite gift to give?
A copy of the short story “Chicxulub,” by T.C. Boyle.
Why? When you read the short story you will know why.
What’s something people might be surprised to know about you?
I used to be a city policemen for San Pablo, from 1975 to 1978.
What is your favorite charity?
The Institute for Justice, Arlington, Va.
The Foundation for Economic Education, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.
The Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, Calif.
The Independent Institute, Washington, D.C.
Cope Family Center, Napa.
What other business person(s) would you like to see featured in “10 Questions?”
The Chase family, Napa Wooden Box Co.
Kris Bartley-Jones, Healthcare Management Systems
Dora Robles, La Dora Salon
More from Bob McAdams
What’s one thing Napa could do to help local business?
Fix/repair local roads without the citizens incurring more costs.
What’s the most significant project you’ve been involved with in your career?
The opening of my first paint store in 1979 in Richmond.
What is the biggest challenge your business has faced?
The handling and extension of credit.
If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
On Tralfamadore (the alien planet from the novel Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut).
Who do you most admire in the business world?
Chip Mellor, President, Institute for Justice, Arlington, Va.
What was your first job?
A TV Guide magazine route in the third grade in Sacramento.
I can’t live without: Tom’s of Maine toothpaste and floss. I also like the mouthwash.
To suggest a candidate for “10 Questions” e-mail: jhuffman@napanews.com
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