Findaway – World Mitch Kroll, CEO Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. During our start-up in 2005, we were focused exclusively on the retail market for our flagship product, Playaway. While enthusiasm for Playaway and sell-in was very high, our sell-through...
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LEFCO Worthington LLC – Larry Fulton, president Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. I’ve been faced with the challenge of continuing our growth rate even when Northeast Ohio’s manufacturing industry is declining, and in an extremely competitive environment where our competitors...
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e2b teknologies – Bill Henslee, president Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. e2b teknologies was formed as a business software consulting and development organization focused primarily on enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems. The company specialized in supply chain solutions primarily for...
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Longbow Research LLC – David MacGregor, president & CEO Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you handled it? The biggest challenge we have faced is in starting up and building a Wall Street institutional research organization from Cleveland. From a group of seven people...
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NineSigma – Andy Zynga, CEO Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. Like so many companies, NineSigma was impacted by the recession of 2008 and 2009. Many of our clients were forced to cut back on spending and re-evaluate business priorities which...
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Alliance Staffing – Aaron Grossman, President Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. We have had so many business challenges that we have had to overcome in our nine years of existence, that it is hard to pinpoint one for discussion....
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Advantage Technical Services, Inc. – Michael Kane, president Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. Federal and state governments’ policy towards small business and the devastating increases in healthcare costs have been our greatest challenges. We have been unable to pass our...
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EnviroScience Inc. – Dan Dunston, CEO, Martin Hilovsky, president Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. As we’ve grown over the years, we recognized that our management was heavy on the technical side but lean on business and banking know how. Although...
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Risk International- Michael Davis, president and CEO, Douglas Talley, chairman Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. Michael Davis, president and CEO: One evening our President, Del Jones, was in the old BFGoodrich headquarters in downtown Akron when Dave Burner stepped...
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RNR Consulting – Holly Julius, president & CEO Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. Like most small business, RNR Consulting was affected by the economic downturn. In order to maintain profitability, we looked for cost-effective ways to grow our client base...
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