A former Bibb County firefighter turned his side gig into a 16-person shop that undercuts the alarm giants on price and skips the contract entirely. Here is how a small-town security company keeps winning against companies 1,000 times its size.
A musician started a mobile recording business in 2005. Twenty years later, Tim Manning runs one of North Jersey's go-to smart-home shops - and the pitch is still 'it's not about us, it's about you.'
A 20-year-old Greenville integrator built a business on a simple bet: the best home technology is the kind you forget is there. The hard part isn't the gadgets - it's the wiring, the calibration, and the phone that still gets answered a year later.
Strategic Connections is a Raleigh, North Carolina technology infrastructure integrator that designs, installs, inspects and maintains the systems most people never notice but everyone depends on - structured cabling, audio visual, commercial security, fire alarm and fire protection. Founded in 1998 and built up through acquisitions and specialty divisions, the firm bundles enterprise-grade low-voltage work into a single turnkey partner for commercial, government, education and data center clients across the Carolinas and beyond. In August 2025 it joined forces with SuperHero Fire Protection, a Hidden Harbor Capital Partners portfolio company, to scale its recurring service and inspection business.