[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] When advised to “loosen up,” a sales manager at Armstrong International dreamed up an imaginative Christmas card: He was photographed in a Santa Claus suit sitting on a pump trap — one of the company’s core products. The card generated more response from customers than had a previous promotional mailer, prompting the manager to continue…
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Centaur Zone Café, a chic coffeehouse in Honolulu, closed its doors just a year after the grand opening. Sealing the fledgling café’s fate were a number of unfortunate circumstances and errors in judgment, according to Sam Sloan, business consultant and president of Small Business Hawaii:
At age 50, following careers in speech pathology, communications and sales, Beth Tully discovered that her real passion was chocolate.
An electronic design engineer and model train enthusiast, Steve Dominguez began creating light and sound systems for his trains in the late 1980s.
Mies van der Rohe’s aphorism that “less is more” applies not only to architecture, but also mouthguards — at least it does for Akervall Technologies, which has created lightweight mouthguards that offer athletes more protection than conventional models
Green construction and luxury homes might sound like an oxymoron — but not to Stephen Ellis and Grant Castilow.
Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Constructive Eating makes children’s tableware so engaging that even fussy eaters will eat their vegetables without whining. The company debuted with construction-themed products, such as a “forklift” fork and “front loader” spoon, followed by a line of “garden fairy” plates and utensils.
A provider of communications and security systems to schools, government entities and healthcare facilities, Beacon Communications has grown steadily since its launch in 1998.
CEO and “linguapreneur” of Mango Languages, Teshuba launched the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based company in 2007 to create innovative language-learning products. Today the company generates more than $8 million in annual revenue and has more than 60 languages in its lineup.