The Inner City 100
100 street-smart companies.
41. Digital Visual Display Technologies
546%
19.7 million
14
DVDT sells highest-end audio and visual equipment to a national client base of government, academic, and corporate customers, and installs the equipment in settings that range from offices to convention centers. The company has also developed some interesting smaller niches: It frequently installs high-end equipment in boardrooms and on yachts.
42. Legal Network
537%
11.3 million
213
Last fall, Special Counsel, a division of MPS Group, acquired Legal Network and expanded it from two markets to nearly 30, almost overnight. The company recruits lawyers to supplement the work force at firms that have recently taken on big cases. "It took me starting my own company and selling it to get the job I've always wanted," says founder Karl Schieneman.
43. Reglera
490%
3.6 million
59
Doing business with a government agency involves a certain amount of red tape. If that government agency is the Food and Drug Administration, the red tape can seem endless. Reglera helps medical device manufacturers and tissue banks navigate the regulatory maze to get their products and services to the market. The company was spun off from previous Inner City 100 company Enscicon.
44. Capitol Digital Document Solutions
487%
13.2 million
280
Law firms hire Capitol Digital to store documents, mostly old e-mail. The business began as a copy shop with five Xerox machines in founder Lucas Mageno's living room. Capitol now has a dozen offices from Los Angeles to New York City, and plans to expand to Miami and Chicago soon.
45. Detroit Chassis
483%
18.6 million
190
Detroit
Detroit Chassis' automotive assembly plant can best be described as adaptable. In the company's seven-year history, its state-of-the-art assembly line has churned out chassis for vehicles ranging from 40-foot motor homes to a new hybrid auto. Next up: the half-motorcycle, half-car Merlin roadster.
46. ComFrame Software
482%
6.4 million
42
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