|
Seventh Annual 25 Under 25® Awards Dinner & GalaSaturday, March 8, 2008 • 6 p.m. Downtown Marriott Imperial Ballroom (in the Muehlbach Tower)
2008 25 Under 25® Honorees & Entrepreneurial Legacy Recipient Kansas City Small Business Monthly is proud to present the Class of 2008 for the Seventh Annual 25 Under 25® Awards. Congratulations to these companies: Acceleration LLC
AesthetiCare LLC Ard Glass Service LLC CareStaf Convenience USA The DVS Group DXD EAT Advertising and Design Express Business Supply Eye Care Optical Germinder & Associates Inc. I Love a Mystery Legacy School of the Arts Mission Bowl Nash Resources Group Olathe Animal Hospital Power On Technologies, Inc. QTI ROSnet Rush Tracking Systems Sound Products STUFF Tevis Architects Top Choice Contracting Visionpace, Inc. 2008 Entrepreneurial Legacy Award Recipient: Every year at the 25 Under 25® Awards Dinner and Gala, Kansas City Small Business Monthly also presents the Entrepreneurial Legacy Award to an individual who has made enduring contributions to the entrepreneurial community.
V. Cheryl Womack is the 2008 award winner. Cheryl is the chairperson of Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World, a global organization that identifies and promotes female entrepreneurs. Cheryl began her entrepreneurial career by founding NAIT and VCW Inc., an association and insurance agency designed to meet the needs of independent contractor truck drivers. Cheryl now focuses her attention on leading The Star Group team in program and partnership development for annual events that honor the Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World™. When she isn’t participating in The Committee of 200, Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the Women's Leadership Board, Cheryl frequently addresses diverse audiences around the world. Scroll to bottom of page for information about the Entrepreneurial Legacy Award and its past recipients. 2007 Honorees All-Weather Window, Doors & Siding, Inc. Aquarius LLC Associated Audiologists, Inc. Brookside Barkery & Bath Coleman Industrial Construction Design Ranch el dorado Entrepreneur Advertising Group Finkle Williams Architecture Fish Development FPC Gage Machine Tool Gardner Animal Hospital Hangers Cleaners Industrial Supply Inc. Kansas City Master Companies Kansas City T-Bones Baseball Club Magic Touch Cleaning Restaurant Link ReUse Concrete Sealing Specialists SoftVu LLC sys-tek Top Innovations Uncommon Grounds Worldwide Clinical Research 2007 Entrepreneurial Legacy Award Recipient Bob Bernstein, co-founder, president and CEO of Bernstein-Rein Advertising, Inc., one of the six largest independent advertising agencies in America. Scroll to bottom of page for information about the Entrepreneurial Legacy Award and its past recipients. 2006 Honorees ABMI-Mergers and Acquisitions ACS Data Search AnswerPro Limited Baber's Catering LLC Birdies Bryan & Klein Inc. Creative Courseware Inc. The Culinary Center of Kansas City Designers Delivery Services Inc. Easy Street Inc. Evolv Solutions Inc. Felco Printing & Mailing GPW & Associates LLC Home Rental Services Hometown Hearing & Audiology Kenton Brothers Systems for Security LionShare Marketing Metzler Bros. Insurance Mid-America Merchandising Inc. Missouri Office Systems & Supplier Inc. OCCU-TEC Inc. Prier Products Inc. Saepio Technologies Inc. Shatto Farms Inc. Shear Madness Inc. 2005 Honorees Adams-Gabbert & Associates Inc. Allstate Specialty Construction Inc. Bartunek Technology Group BuiltToLastHome.com Caption Services of Kansas LLC CommWorld of Kansas City Design Supply Inc. ESC Index Greenleaf Construction Co. Inc. HOTMETAL Creative LLC Jantsch Slaggie Architects L.R. Cloverleaf Inc. Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise Nature’s Window NCES, Inc. Pegasus Capital Management Inc. Prairiebrooke Arts ProPrint Inc. Reynolds Consulting Sturges Word Take Two The Best of Kansas City Union Packaging Versent—The Purple Guys Wrenn Insurance 2004 Honorees Ben Weddle & Associates Canterbury Preparatory School City Market Coffee Company Dessonville Boler Wood Murray & Stalp Inc. Fulfillment Plus Inc. Gini L. Toyne & Associates Inc. Gragg Advertising Inc. J.M. Neil & Associates Inc. KC Creations Inc. Mid-America Sign Contractors Inc. Missouri Information Solutions Netchemia LLC Old-Country Bakery Inc. Partners in Behavioral Milestones Inc. Phoenix Renovation and Restoration inc. Plaza Personnel Ltd. Scandinavian Country Schloegel Design Remodel Inc. Serve & Clean Sienna Bistro Six Degrees Solutions LLC The Smile Salon Two West Inc. Weather or Not Inc. YTC Services Inc. 2003 Honorees Bridal Wreath Business By Promotion C&M Restoration CHRW Advertising Curt's Market ECCO Select FIVE STAR Speakers & Trainers Genghis Kahn Hamele Healthcare Resources Howell Construction Co., Inc. iKnowledge Inc. Leaderpoint Leatherwood's Nexus Relocation Group Original Juan Specialty Foods, Inc. R&D Associates Rees Masilionis Turley Architecture, LLC Rudroff Heating & Air Conditioning Russ Cline & Associates S&M NuTech Inc. Steed Company Remodeling Contractors TEAMOFFICE The Renova Group Threatt Nutrition Stores Inc. Transportation Logistics Systems Inc. 2002 Honorees Accommodations by Apple, Inc. Almar Printing The Auto Clinic, Inc. Corbin Bronze Limited The Cup and Saucer on Delaware Street, Inc. Custom Engineering, Inc. Financial Security Advisors Harmon Construction Indigo Wild Aromatics J. Schmid & Associates, Inc. Junk Architects Meers Marketing Communications Minuteman Press Morningstar Communications Company Network Integration Services, Inc. Noonshine Window Cleaning Service, Inc. PC Wizards, Inc. Punch Software, LLC Robin Chiropractic & Accupuncture Center Roger the Plumber, Inc. Santa Fe Auto Sound Serenity the Rejuvenating Day Spa, Inc. SPIDERtel, Inc. Tatjana Alvegaard Wilson Johnson Embers Entrepreneurial Legacy Award Recipients Every year at the 25 Under 25 Awards Dinner and Gala, Kansas City Small Business Monthly also presents an individual who has made enduring contributions to the entrepreneurial community with the Entrepreneurial Legacy Award. Past recipients include: 2007 V. Cheryl Womack Chair, Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World; Founder, VCW Inc. 2006 Henry Bloch Founder, H&R Block 2005 Honorable Carol Marinovich Mayor/CEO Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas 2004 Dr. Patricia Greene Dean of the Undergraduate School at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. Where she hold s the President’s Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship Former Ewing Marion Kauffman/Missouri Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (1998-2003) and the New Jersey Chair of Small Business and Entrepreneurship at Rutgers University (1996-1998) 2003 Barnett Helzberg, Jr. Former Chairman of the Board, Helzberg Diamonds Founder, Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program (HEMP) 2002 Richard Bendis President, Innovation Philadelphia Corp. Former CEO and President, Kansas Technology Enterprise Center |