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C&D Crystal Cleaning, Inc. came to fruition in 1992 when Arizona State University students, John Caldwell and Mark Doerfein, took advantage of an opportunity to make some extra money while attending school. They had an offer from a friend that owned a local business to come in after hours and clean his building. They accepted the offer.Shortly thereafter, a fellow student working for the university informed them that the bid to provide cleaning services to the Memorial Union was coming up and they should submit a proposal. This was a golden opportunity for John and Mark to take Crystal Cleaning more seriously and actually create a career for themselves with virtually zero start-up costs. Ultimately, Crystal Cleaning was awarded the contract as well as the cleaning contract for the Skybox Complex at Sun Devil Stadium soon after. John and Mark persisted for the next few months learning the the business through trial and error, but continued to impress the contract managers at each facility with their drive to succeed and relentless desire to exceed the customers' expectations. Fifteen years later, Crystal Cleaning is still the custodial contractor for those same two facilities.
