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Life Lessons: Albert Weatherhead III
Issue: December 2009
Author(s): Interview by Laura Putre
From the time he was 3 years old, entrepreneur Al Weatherhead III thought he would grow up to run his father’s auto and military parts empire. Thirty-eight years and a Harvard Business School degree later, he realized that wasn’t going to happen. In 1966, he bought a $400,000 plastics manufacturing company in Twinsburg and built it into Weatherchem Corp. Thanks mostly to an innovation called the Flapper — a ubiquitous plastic lid found on everything from spice bottles to pet food conta... |
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Life Lessons: Amy Hammond
Issue: December 2009
Author(s): Interview by Heide Aungst
Amy Hammond has found the fabric of success in exactly that — fabrics. In 1997, she launched MMI Textiles in Rocky River, working independently as a manufacturer’s representative. Five years later her husband, Joe, joined the company to oversee business operations. Then in 2007, after a decade in the business, MMI Textiles purchased NDW textiles, a company owned by her father and stepmother. Today, the company has nine employees and has grown every year. One of the great influe... |
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Life Lessons: Bill Jones
Issue: December 2009
Author(s): Interview by Laura Putre
An entrepreneur at heart, Bill Jones left TRW’s electronics division in the early 1960s and bought a tiny outfit called Cleveland Machine Controls. When he sold the company 32 years later, it was worth $75 million. In the meantime, Jones became well-known in Cleveland’s small-business community as the founding chairman of the Council of Smaller Enterprises. COSE got its start in 1972 as a branch of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. Previously, the Growth Association had mostly catere... |
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Service Plans
Issue: December 2009
Author(s): By John Walsh
Perceptis Launched: 2004 Location: Cleveland Founder: Bill Bradfield Growth Percentage 2004-2008: 705% Perceptis doesn’t have a sales force. Hasn’t needed one. No, the provider of help desk and customer support services to colleges and universities has done just fine through referrals and trade shows, thank you very much. Maybe that’s because college kids have lots of questions — things like how to connect with the dorm’s wireless network or how to perform a task in Microso... |
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The 2009 Weatherhead 100
Issue: December 2009
COMPANY CITY WEB SITE FOUNDED SALES GROWTH ’04-’08 # OF EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEE GROWTH ’04-’08 1 SageQuest LLC Solon sage-quest.com 2003 1,474% 50 - 249 253% SageQuest provides GPS vehicle-tracking solutions to improve the efficiency and productivity of mobile work forces. 2 Turning Technologies LLC Youngstown turningtechnologies.com 2002 983% 50 - 249 742% Turning Technologies develops interactive response systems for the K-12, higher education and professional markets. 3 E-merg... |
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The 2009 Weatherhead 100 Centurions
Issue: December 2009
COMPANY CITY WEB SITE FOUNDED SALES GROWTH EMPLOYEES EMPLOYMENT GROWTH 1 Dealer Tire Cleveland dealertire.com 2001 229% 250 - 999 161% Dealer Tire designs, implements and manages tire programs exclusively for automobile OEMs and their dealers. 2 Safeguard Properties Valley View safeguardproperties.com 1990 211% 250 - 999 123% Provider of field services, valuations, title, REO services, hazard claims and repairs, property inspections and preservation services for the mortgage industry. 3 The Federal Meta... |
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The 2009 Weatherhead 100 Upstarts
Issue: December 2009
COMPANY CITY WEB SITE FOUNDED SALES GROWTH EMPLOYEES EMPLOYMENT GROWTH 1 MMI Textiles Inc. Rocky River mmitextiles.com 1997 1,372% 1 - 15 167% A supplier to the industrial textile sewing industry distributing fabric, hardware, hook and loop, etc. 2 Hannah Electric LLC Perry N/A 2004 733% 1 - 15 150% Full-service licensed electrical contractor. 3 Lakeside Produce Distribution Inc. Rocky River lakesideproduce.net 2002 608% 1 - 15 200% Lakeside produce is a national distributor of fresh produce to salad ma... |
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Wall Studs
Issue: December 2009
Author(s): By Shawn A. Turner
Kyle Kazak knows that in the construction business there are contractors who are willing to make wild, unrealistic promises to get their crew on a job. That’s a game Kazak, president of Expert Construction in Cleveland, is not willing to play. If he gives in and starts saying anything to get work, his company’s streak of growing revenues each year is likely to come to an end. “We will not promise something if we can’t do it,” Kazak says. “We’ve lost jobs ... |
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2008 Weatherhead 100 Rankings
Issue: December 2008
# Name Web site Launched Sales Growth 2003-2007 # of Employees Employee growth ’03-’07 1 The Cleveland Group Theclevelandgroup.com 1998 8,026% 16-49 900% Provides construction and real estate development for the public sector as well as global business consulting 2 Turning Technologies LLC Turningtechnologies.com 2002 5,229% 50-249 1,567% Interactive response system developers for the K-12, higher education and corporate markets 3 Longbow Research LLC Longbowresearch.com 2003 3,424% 5... |
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