Winner, Manufacturing Christopher J. O’Connor is no stranger to challenges. He still serves as a senior officer in the U.S. Army Reserves and has experience
Finalist, Services In 2006, few investors were prepared to back a start-up company, let alone one in a relatively unknown industry. However, Jeffery Prough identified
FINALISTS SAK Construction LLC was born seven years ago when co-workers Jerry Shaw Jr. and Tom Kalishman walked away from the construction company where they
Winner, Industrial Products Douglas J. Grimm was stepping into a chaotic situation in 2008, but you wouldn’t have known it by his approach. He was
FINALIST: Industrial and Engineered Products and Materials Alan Woll knew he wasn’t going to reinvent the wheel when he co-founded Network Polymers Inc. 26 years
FINALIST Benny Lee CEO DuraComm Corp. Benny Lee had become the majority shareholder of DuraComm Corp., an industrial power supply builder and distributor, and right
WINNER – Technology Mike Morhaime co-founder, president and CEO Blizzard Entertainment Inc. In February 1991, Michael Morhaime co-founded Blizzard Entertainment Inc. with Allen Adham and
Winner, Services Lifestyle Lift, a facial cosmetic surgery practice based in Troy, Mich., was founded in 2001 by Dr. David Kent. The idea for Lifestyle
WINNER / SERVICES Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Charles Sanders launched his mortgage service company, initially called Urban Settlement Services, out of the basement of
FINALIST / HEALTH CARE & HEALTH CARE SERVICES TJ Farnsworth, founder and CEO of SightLine Health LLC, was born and bred an entrepreneur. He grew
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