FSB 100 2009
What do you think of the companies on this year’s FSB 100 list this year? Have you worked for any of these companies, or bought their products or services? Share your thoughts here. Replies will be published here, and may appear in an upcoming issue of Fortune Small Business magazine.
From Linda, Springville, CA My pick is Bank of the Sierra home base in Porterville, CA, home-grown, home-owned, still paying dividends !!!
From Debra Baginski westminster maryland Gooseberry Natural Feed, LLC is a all natural feed company with patent pending horse feed. We have designed a feed to save horse owners thousands of dollars per year on their feed bill without sacrificing nutrition.
We have managed to help save equine rescue facilities a minimum of $9,000 per year by using our patent pending blend at the rate of 1lb per horse a day.
Not only can people afford to feed their horses in this economy, their horses are healthier from using it!! http://www.gooseberrynaturalfeed.net
From Ted I think on page
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb100/2009/industries/Technology.html
you have an errata in the row
Phase Forwad Inc.
may be Forward?
From Alisa Stewart, Portland, Oregon I run a pub quiz business in Oregon. We bring trivia nights into bars, restaurants and brew pubs all over the Pacific NW, and are moving into the rest of the USA. Since the economic turndown, we've found it difficult to keep up with the demand for weekly quiz nights. Small business owners of restaurants and taverns count on us to bring their customers back into their establishments. We are hiring more trivia emcees and trivia writers to keep up with the demand. And even when the economy does turn upwards, typically the repeat business does not reverse. In fact, customers get hooked on playing every week as a team. Pub quiz is the new bowling night out, only cheaper, and the thrill of the win brings smiles to everyone involved. Its a win-win situation!
From Bruce-Queen Creek,AZ As one might expect from a site that tackles consumer issues in fighting the recession, we've done well with our Poor Man's Recession Survival Center. We offer free resources and sell a line of Poor Man CDs.
From Mo Stiles We are a small Health IT software development firm in the DC area. We specialize in developing software or integrating existing software with Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health. Our recent clients include American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and Planned Parenthood. Due to the attention President Obama has given Health IT, we have seen a sharp increase in business during the course of 2009. We anticipate this trend to continue into 2010 as incentives are created for the medical community based on their commitment to health technology.
From scowley Is your company doing booming sales despite the economic slump? Tell us about it.
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Arson. Scrappers. Blackouts. It's part of business for the last tenant in Detroit's Packard Plant. More -
Inventing is the easy part. Marketing? Trickier. Experts tell how they'd advertise 5 hard-to-tout products. More -
Every restaurateur knows about Cursed Locations, the addresses where no venture survives. More -
Detroit's churches are plowing millions into redeveloping local housing and businesses. More -
Winepod attracted a wait list of eager buyers and millions from investors. Then came the recession. More
MGA Cast Stone is a 5 year old architectural precast manufacturer. Although small with only 7 employees, we continue to see sales climb to 1 million as we stress quality products and service. When the economy turned we immediately started to stree to our potential clients the importance of quality products and how our clients can save money in the long run by using superior products and service. We continue to get repeat clients even though they inform us our pricing was higher than our competitors, but also realize the long term savings. Please visit us at http://www.mgacaststone.com and learn how you can do the same! Quality product, quality service is a win win for everyone!