Each issue of PCT includes “My Biggest Mistake,” a recurring article in which PCOs recount lessons they’ve learned while running their businesses. The goal is for PCT’s readers to learn from these missteps. This month, Bruno Milanese of Bay Pest Control, Gulfport, Miss., reviews both his successes and failures while rebuilding the business following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. The photos below are a collection Milanese took of post-Katrina Gulfport.

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