Juan Carlos Vargas had already bought a body shop with 55 years of history behind it and started restoring its reputation alongside his son. But the recession hit hard, and for a while he couldn’t…
Rusty Reynolds built Diamondback Billiards & Games into a go-to source for high-end game furniture — pool tables, game room accessories, and equipment for both households and commercial break rooms. But behind the showroom, poor…
When Linda Foss brought her newborn daughter home from the hospital, a simple nasal aspirator bulb was the thing that kept her congested airway clear. When it wore out and Linda went looking for a…
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Chad Connor started Affordable Fire and Safety in 1998, building a family-owned company that installed
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A Family Legacy at a Crossroads C&S Roofing traces its roots back to 1958, when
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In the summer of 2003, Dave Kotter left a commercial real estate lending company he didn’t enjoy working for and started his own: Integrity Capital. Over the next decade-plus, he built a solid book of…