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Growth Monitor: Michael Hecht, President & CEO, Greater New Orleans, Inc.

By on July 2, 2013 in Finance, Multicasts, Video

  New Orleans, LA — Asked how New Orleans recently managed to rank third — just below Silicon Valley (1st) and San Francisco (2nd) — when it comes to U.S. metro areas attracting information jobs, Michael Hecht of Greater New Orleans, Inc., a local economic development nonprofit group, says, “We realize that it may seem completely [...]

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Growth Monitor: Woody Whitcomb, CFO, La Familia Pawn & Jewelry, Orlando, Florida

By on June 19, 2013 in Multicasts, South, Video

  Orlando, Fla – When La Familia Pawn & Jewelry opened its first location in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, back in 2009, it had a line of 50 people waiting at the door, according to Woody Whitcomb, CFO and cofounder of the Orlando, Florida–based pawn chain that is today estimated to be capturing more than $30 million in [...]

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Growth Monitor: Greg Ashe, COO, M1 Data & Analytics, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

By on June 3, 2013 in In The Middle, Multicasts, South, Video

  When Greg Ashe is asked about the data aggregation business he cofounded with Andrew Marcus 6 years ago, he begins by assessing the middle-market firm’s current data supply pipeline. “We probably take in 4 million bits of information on individuals on a daily basis, of which net unique pieces of information account for probably [...]

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Growth Monitor: Adam Ogden, CEO of JuiceBlendz, Weston, Florida

By on May 21, 2013 in Multicasts, South, Video

  According to Adam Ogden, CEO of JuiceBlendz as well as its sister brand YoBlendz (think self-serve yogurt), the future of franchising comes in many flavors. So far, JuiceBlendz and its sister brand have introduced four variations to the traditional franchising model: a cobranding concept that incorporates both brands into a single store, an arena-style [...]

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Growth Monitor: Rich Kahn, CEO, eZanga Middletown, Delaware

By on May 14, 2013 in Multicasts, Northeast, Video

  “And behind this curtain there lies that rarest of all middle-market companies — the Internet search firm!” Or so a carnival barker might hazard in this age of search behemoths such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing. However, middle-market search firms — both midsize and small — continue to compete and sometimes even thrive in [...]

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Growth Monitor: Ted Bier, Founder & President, T.M. Bier & Associates Glen Cove, NY

By on April 3, 2013 in Multicasts, Northeast, Video

  To say that T. M. Bier & Associates (TMBA) was ahead of its time is not exactly accurate, according to Ted Bier, TMBA’s founder and president. It seems that the engineering practices and control systems that TMBA pioneered to lower the energy usage of office buildings have enjoyed steady demand ever since the mid-1970s. [...]

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Growth Monitor: Mike McClernon CEO of SmartSource, Hauppauge, NY

By on March 15, 2013 in Multicasts, Northeast, Video

  SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals appears to have read the technology tea leaves well, beginning with a name change in 2007 (from Rent-a-PC), the same year the Kirtland Capital Partners, a private equity firm located in Cleveland, OH, acquired a majority interest in the firm. Going forward, the breadth of depth of SmartSource’s offerings [...]

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Growth Monitor: Clark and Ross Twiddy, Owners of Twiddy & Company, Outer Banks, NC

By on February 6, 2013 in Multicasts, South, Video

  Once upon a time, mom-and-pop shops dominated the Outer Banks vacation rental market. Most are long gone, but a handful learned to evolve and change as the competitive landscape demanded new skills and extra levels of service. Twiddy & Company is riding a new wave by doubling down on people, process, and software. Read [...]

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Growth Monitor: Mike Damiani, CEO, Radco, Batavia, Illinois

By on January 28, 2013 in Midwest, Multicasts, Video

    As a manufacturer of high-performance specialty fluids, Radco Industries is not the type of company that comes to mind when you think of green industry. However, as more solar energy enterprises around the globe turn to Radco for heat transfer fluids, the stature of the company’s green credentials — along with its revenues [...]

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Growth Monitor: Mike O’Neill, CEO, Switch, St. Louis, MO

By on January 11, 2013 in Midwest, Multicasts, Video

  Switch, a St. Louis–based experiential marketing agency— which often goes by the long-form moniker “Switch: Liberate Your Brand” — has emerged from the downturn with 12 percent jump in revenues and a new appetite for talent. The agency added 15 full-time employees over the past 12 months, bringing it to 130 employees — all [...]

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