Mar 12, 2018 | Case Studies
In 1992 Doug Chapiewsky started CenterPoint Solutions, Inc. He’d spent time at Bell Labs helping to develop what would become the call center model. But back then it was simply a single number that would then fork out to different people answering the phone. ...
Feb 5, 2018 | Case Studies
In 2006 when Claude Theoret began building elements of the company which would later become Nexalogy, the term “big data” didn’t even exist. It was just called data mining. Today we’re familiar with the term and easily recognize big players like Amazon,...
Jan 9, 2018 | Case Studies
Mark Carlson bought Minnesota Mailing Solutions in 1998 for around $1M and grew the business over 10 years, eventually selling it for $4.5M. It was his ability to stay unemotional and focused on business fundamentals that ensured he walked away with the best offer...
Dec 21, 2017 | Case Studies
In 1993 Dennis Hart founded Apex Media Sales (what a great name!). Apex focused on long-form direct response television advertising, in the specific categories of religious and infomercial advertising. Dennis enjoyed the structure of the company. It was a...
Nov 14, 2017 | Case Studies
Before Jeff Hoffman became a cofounder of the Priceline group of companies, he built Competitive Technologies, which was one of the first business intelligence companies in travel. He’d had a suite of products that would help companies manage and reduce travel...
Nov 1, 2017 | Case Studies
Alexis Neely went into law to “save” her dad, who had started out wanting to be an entrepreneur, but ended up as a bit of a con artist. She also hoped that being a lawyer would save her from all the ups and downs she saw her father subjected to. Alexis could never...
