Mokan Title Services 

Gross Revenue: 2006: $3,415,454 2003: $530,54 Growth: 543.77% Full-time employees: 32

The shareholders of the law firm Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, PC, founded MoKan Title Services in 1999, and partner Steven Leigh serves as managing member. A traditional title company, MoKan provides basic and special title insurance coverage and services for residential and commercial lenders on new loans, refinancing of existing loans and foreclosure actions in all counties in Missouri and Kansas. “With the growth of the real estate industry, the closing side of our title company has grown as well,” comments Lisa Threatt, COO. “We have upgraded our computer software to the latest in the industry.” Since 2003, the company has open-ed offices in Lee’s Summit, Overland Park, Liberty and St. Louis.

Kansas City Business Supply Inc.

Gross Revenue: 2006: $2,105,8052 003: $350,344 Growth: 501.07% Full-time employees: 13

Kansas City Business Supply Inc. began in 1924 as a stationery company selling paper and pens to area customers. Today, the company supplies office furnishings for clients nationwide. “We have expanded and diversified into the contract office furniture business; that’s the primary reason for our growth in sales,” explains Kim Marshall, who acquired the company in 1995. In a business where time is critical, Marshall’s staff will work around the clock on weekends to furnish an office by Monday morning. Going forward, the company hopes to expand national services. “We see us providing cutting edge facility services to companies small and large.”

GreenSoft Solutions, Inc. (“GSI”)

Gross Revenue: 2006: $7,187,078 2003: $1,210,739 Growth: 493.61% Full-time employees: 56

Technology services provider GreenSoft Solutions, Inc., (GSI) offers security, risk management, applications development and maintenance, and functions as a data center, a website host and a manager of data security. The company’s highly secure hosting services set them apart. “Anybody who is taking credit cards over the Internet is held to a higher level of security,” explains President & CEO Kelly Kephart. “A lot people in the hosting business have not stepped up to that level.” The firm began in 1996, primarily as a Web site developer, and has shifted its focus to marketing hosting services. Kephart foresees a lucrative future in Kansas City and beyond.