Some people start small businesses because they choose to.
Others are chosen. I had to do something. Williquette responded to the tough times of the late 1970s by starting Cloud 9 Waterbeds at 2490 Glendale Ave., Howard. The waterbed business closed around 1984, but Williquette has been going it alone in other ventures ever since. The downbeat economic news now getting lots of ink and airtime in the national media hasn't clouded Williquette's view of the future.