Started by a Lincoln teenager with a squeegee and a bucket — now a licensed, professionally run team serving 1,200+ homes across Nebraska.
Gabe Johnson started Vanguard the way most real businesses actually start — not with a business plan, but with a bucket, a squeegee, and a willingness to knock on doors. He was still in high school. What he lacked in age, he made up for by simply doing the work better than anyone expected.
What began as one teenager cleaning windows around Lincoln has grown into a trained, licensed, and insured team serving 1,200+ homes and businesses. The standard he set on the very first job — show up, do it right, don't leave until it's perfect — is still the standard every technician is held to today.
I don't ask my guys to do anything I haven't already done myself. Every route, every account, every callback — I built it by actually being on the roofs and in the gutters. That's not going to change just because we've grown.
"Great company, owner works his tail off!!!" — Andrew J., Google Review
We've been featured on 10/11 News for building a real business before graduating high school — but the reviews are what actually matter. 45+ five-star ratings, earned entirely through word-of-mouth, because we hire right, train right, and put the customer's result above everything else.