Wax Marketing Inc. Description: Integrated marketing communications agency Headquarters: St. Paul Founded: 2002 Founder and President: Bonnie Harris Employees: Zero, though she has a network of contractors Website: www.waxmarketing.com Bonnie Harris regularly...
Catching up
Catching up
When Upsize visited with St. Paul-based Podiumwear Custom Sports Apparel in 2016, the company was making customized apparel for cross-country skiing and cycling, sports in which its owners, Reid and Jessica Lutter, participated.
New training methodology, virtual skillset expanding reach at HueLife
In the five years since Upsize Minnesota visited with Irina and Richard Fursman much has changed. COVID-19 wiped out a significant amount of the pro bono work the facilitation training company had been doing internationally, though that will soon be re-emerging...
Catching up
When GateKeeper Systems participated in the initial Upsize Growth Challenge in 2004, the company’s biggest challenge was diversification. The company was developing systems for vehicle access control at airports, such as helping them manage busy taxi queues. And it...
Catching up
When Landmark Creations, owned by the husband and wife tandem of Tom and Stephanie Meacham, appeared in Upsize in 2004, it had 12 employees, a little over $1 million in revenue and it produced fun, large inflatables for many businesses, sports teams and the occasional...
Catching Up
In 2000, Maia and Allan Haag started I See Me! Inc., two years after receiving a personalized book as a gift for their first newborn son. They loved the personalization, but thought the illustrations and customization could have been better. By 2011, when I See Me!...
Catching Up
IN 2005, Joe Keeley was 25, six years into the launch of his successful nanny placement business that matched college students with families. He’d attracted the attention of the late Minnesota businessman Peter Lytle as an adviser and source of financing. And he’d...
Catching Up
Biolyst Inc. was in its early stages when Upsize caught up with CEO Phil Walter in 2012. Walter was optimistic about the company’s chances of making a real difference in people’s fights against peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which nerves that carry messages to...
Catching Up with Adrian Coulter
When Adrian Coulter, founder of XL Feet, participated in the Upsize Growth Challenge in 2014, his goal was reaching $1 million in sales. Mission accomplished. Growth has come steadily in the five years since he took part and much of it, he says, has been a result of...
Catching up – Taking the next step
CEO Warren Stock is eyeing retirement as Central Roofing begins transitioning toward its next generation of leaders When Upsize caught up with Warren Stock in 2011, he and his wife, Gerry Stock, had recently purchased Central Roofing Co. from its parent company, Tecta...