Zifty.com
Founder and President: Todd MillerVice President: Jennifer PetéRevenue: $12 millionEmployees: 33Zifty stands out in the increasingly crowded field of restaurant- and grocery-delivery services because...
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CEO: Spencer WilliamsRevenue: $10 millionEmployees: 70West Paw Design is one of the companies defying the conventional wisdom that you can’t manufacture in the U.S. anymore. In fact, 99% of the...
View ArticleTorch Technologies
Cofounder and CEO: Bill RoarkRevenue: $240 millionEmployees: 460At most companies, proposals for government contracts are handled by senior managers. At Torch Technologies, which is 100% employee-owned...
View ArticleTasty Catering
Cofounder and CEO: Tom WalterRevenue: $10 millionEmployees: 90When an employee recognized that fuel prices were cheapest on Tuesdays and most expensive on Thursdays and Fridays, Tasty Catering changed...
View ArticleServices Express Inc.
CEO: Ron AlvestefferRevenue: $59 millionEmployees: 290When workers join SEI, which does on-site maintenance for companies’ data centers, including repairs, troubleshooting and installations, they meet...
View ArticleRedmond
CEO: Rhett RobertsRevenue: $65 millionEmployees: 320When a 1958 drought decimated their farm, brothers Milo and Lamar Bosshardt turned to mining the rich salt beneath it. In 1992 the family brought in...
View ArticleRadio Flyer
CEO: Robert PasinRevenue: $110 millionEmployees: 101Antonio Pasin, who had learned cabinet-making on a Venetian estate, started manufacturing a wooden toy wagon in Chicago in 1917, first calling it...
View ArticleQuality Bicycle Products
President: Rich TauerRevenue: $200 millionEmployees: 700Founded in 1981 by avid cyclists Steve Flagg and Mary Henrickson, who wanted to help bike stores get tough-to-find mountain bike parts from...
View ArticleNew Belgium Brewing
Cofounder and Chairperson: Kim JordanRevenue: $225 million (est.)Employees: 685Back in 2013 the employees of New Belgium Brewing were called to an all-hands meeting, where Kim Jordan, the company’s...
View ArticleMcRoskey Mattress
CEO: Robin McRoskey AzevedoRevenue: $7.2 millionEmployees: 30In 2003 Prince Charles stayed at a bed-and-breakfast in Marin County, Calif. and on his departure told the proprietress she should order...
View ArticleIntegrated Project Management
Founder and CEO: C. Richard PanicoRevenue: $29 millionEmployees: 145Rich Panico learned from his father that “anything you do, you should do to last,” and so—even before he started Integrated Project...
View ArticleInnotec
President: Mike LanserRevenue: $90 millionEmployees: 400Innotec, which makes lighting, applied metals and power-distribution products for the automotive, office-furniture and retail-lighting markets,...
View ArticleHeadsets.com
Founder and CEO: Mike FaithRevenue: $26 millionEmployees: 44It sometimes takes a crisis to discover the true character of a company and its leaders. Driven by legendary service and a fun-loving...
View ArticleGainesville Health & Fitness
Founder and CEO: Joe CirulliRevenue: $16.5 millionEmployees: 480Joe Cirulli has long believed that the ultimate measure of a fitness business should be the health of the community in which it is...
View ArticleFresno First Bank
CEO and President: Steve MillerRevenue: $12 millionEmployees: 33Founded in 2005 to serve the banking needs of small businesses, Fresno First Bank has deliberately remained in a single location rather...
View ArticleENT Institute
Founder and CEO: Jeff GallupsRevenue: $27 millionEmployees: 189ENT Institute is a 17-location medical business in the Atlanta area that attracts doctors from across the country who specialize in...
View ArticleCue Ball Group
CEO: Tony TjanAssets Under Management: About $200 millionEmployees: 12Cue Ball is attempting to reinvent venture capital—by not promising investors quick returns. It is adopting a Warren Buffett...
View ArticleBlink UX
Cofounder and CEO: Karen Clark ColeRevenue: $12 millionEmployees: 70Every year as many as two employees who best embody the values of Blink UX are chosen to become partners in the business, a...
View ArticleBig Ass Fans
Founder and CEO: Carey SmithRevenue: $202 millionEmployees: 835Founded in 1999, industrial fan producer Big Ass Fans could have sought to sell its high-end (and high-priced) wares through big-box...
View ArticleBi-Rite Market
Founder: Sam MogannamRevenue: $44 millionEmployees: 300Bi-Rite Market sets the standard for grocery stores that champion locally sourced products grown by small producers. It offers all staffers,...
View ArticleBalsam Brands
Founder and CEO: Thomas "Mac" HarmanRevenue: $90 millionEmployees: 120Balsam Brands has succeeded despite selling the most seasonal of products and charging far more than its competitors. Mac Harman...
View ArticleAskinosie Chocolate
Founder and CEO: Shawn AskinosieRevenue: $1.8 millionEmployees: 17In 2005, after 20 years as a criminal defense attorney, Shawn Askinosie turned to making chocolate. What really distinguishes Askinosie...
View ArticleAfterburner
Founder and CEO: Jim MurphyRevenue: $8.5 millionEmployees: 21 full-time, 50 contractorsAfterburner was founded 20 years ago by Jim Murphy, a former Air Force instructor pilot, who says he’s interested...
View ArticleAir Force One
CEO: Greg GuyRevenue: $30 millionEmployees: 160Air Force One has become a regional giant despite its local focus. The company provides heating, ventilation and air-conditioning services to large,...
View ArticleABT Electronics
Co-Presidents: Jon, Michael, Billy and Ricky AbtRevenue: $400 million (est.)Employees: 1,404Abt Electronics is one of the last examples of a nearly defunct species of business: the family-owned,...
View ArticleThe Best Small Companies In America
These 25 small giants have chosen to be great instead of big.
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