Sounds like he would have himself a real busy year if he was willing to sit down with everyone personally that he has screwed over. With a reputation like that it might be best to leave town and just start over all together. You can change the name and location but in the end the leadership is still the same. I saw this happen a lot in the construction industry during the recession. All of the terrible subcontractors that didn't belong in the industry went under, changed names, but still provided the same service as the last company name they went by. In the end they went away all together. Sometimes you only get one chance to do things right and if not it can have an adverse effect on your reputation for a very long time.