ST. LOUIS, MO — John Young and Jim Abrams founded Con-tractor Success Group in 1990 and later founded Service Experts in 1996, growing the contractor group to $300 million in 18 months. The two men again collaborated in 1998 to begin VenVest, Inc., a venture capital firm that owns AirTime 500. Young and Abrams both hold the title of managing director in VenVest.

Young managed to take a little time away from the recent Airtime 500 Expo in St. Louis to talk with The News about some of the programs his contractor groups are involved with.