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11
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Mallen & Friends Advertising Arts, LLC
Gross Revenue: 2003: $1,801,197 2000: $471,248
Growth: 282.218% Full-time
employees: 5
This full-service advertising and graphic design company is based in
Leawood, but has a client base that covers the greater Kansas City region.
By concentrating on new business and capitalizing on the many referrals
the firm receives from its existing clientele, Mallen & Friends
Advertising Arts is a feel-good success story.
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1st Year
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12
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EPIQ Systems, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2003: $67,936,000 2000: $19,906,000
Growth: 241.284% Full-time
employees: 173
Kansas City-based EPIQ Systems provides technology-based case management
solutions to attorneys, law firms, trustees and debtor companies that
administer cases in the federal bankruptcy system. The company believes
the firm's computer systems allow it to focus on service and financial
fundamentals.
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5thYear
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13
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Top Innovation, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2003: $8,115,314 2000: $2,446,759
Growth: 231.676% Full-time
employees: 18
Returning for their second year on the Corporate Report 100, Riverside-based
Top Innovation, Inc. specializes in supplying appliances and housewares.
Benny Lee, president, attributes the company's success to timely introduction
of quality steam cleaning products to the market.
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2nd Year
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14
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Keller Williams Realty Partners Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2003: $4,548,620 2000: $1,374,007
Growth: 231.048% Full-time
employees: 4
Keller Williams Realty Partners Inc. is a privately owned real estate
company that is based in Overland Park. As a result of its success the
company has found itself able to be proactive in recruiting highly skilled
associates, a position CEO Judy Johns attributes to the company's business
model.
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2nd Year
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15
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Speer & Tebbe Enterprises, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2003: $18,572,243 2000: $5,764,101
Growth: 222.205% Full-time
employees: 60
Based in Blue Springs, Speer & Tebbe Enterprises, Inc., specializes
in residential home building and commercial development and excavation.
CEO Sean Tebbe notes that aggressive marketing and solid development
deals in southern Jackson County in recent years have helped spur business
new business.
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2nd Year
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16
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The Mutual Fund Store
Gross Revenue: 2003: $4,604,406 2000: $1,485,800
Growth: 209.894% Full-time
employees: 44
The Mutual Fund Store, based in Overland Park, has enjoyed growth in
an industry that generally has not seen much growth during the past
few years. The mutual fund firm believes that the volatility of the
market has convinced consumers of the value of a good advisor, a reputation
that the Mutual Fund Store enjoys.
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2nd Year
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Indigo Wild
Gross Revenue: 2003: $2,200,687 2000: $752,684
Growth: 192.379% Full-time
employees: 17
According to CEO Emily Voth, one of the primary reasons for the success
of Kansas City-based Indigo Wild, a manufacturer of all natural body
and home products, is that its “people and products are planetarily
aligned.” The company originally began in Voth's home and has now
grown to 17 employees.
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3rd Year
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18
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Regulatory Clinical Consultants, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2003: $15,527,774 2000: $5,316,700
Growth: 192.057% Full-time
employees: 75
Based in Lee's Summit, Regulatory Clinical Consultants, Inc. provides
contract research support to help drug and medical companies research
new products. Diane Seif, CEO, began the company in her home and has
watched it grow to become a multi-million dollar venture with more than
70 employees.
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3rd Year
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19
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Perceptive Vision, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2003: $10,702,319 2000: $3,719,792
Growth: 187.713% Full-time
employees: 90
Perceptive Vision, Inc., based in Shawnee, Kan., develops document
imaging, management and workflow software for various industries. Lead
by CEO Scott Coons, the company is backed by a patented technical architecture
that seamlessly integrates departmental business processes.
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1st Year
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20
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Birch Telecom
Gross Revenue: 2003: $340,000,000 2000: $119,000,000
Growth: 185.714% Full-time
employees: 1,500
Kansas City-based Birch Telecom has emerged as a regional leader in
the telecommunications industry in recent years. The emergence comes
in wake of a merger with Ionex Telecom last year, a move that CEO Dave
Scott says will allow the company to prosper against its larger rivals.
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3rd Year
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