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The Charger Company That Quietly Became an Energy Company
Anker started by selling a better phone charger on Amazon. Fourteen years later it is putting battery walls, robot vacuums, and solar systems in homes across 100-plus countries - and betting its next act is energy, not accessories.
The Garage Company That Won the Dashboard
Roger and Scotia Alves started Scosche in a garage with a car-audio how-to book. Four decades later, three generations of the family run the brand that put a magnet between your phone and your dashboard.
The Company That Rents Out America's Most Trusted Logos
A Woodbridge, New Jersey family business has quietly built a 2,000-product catalog by borrowing names shoppers already trust - and doing the unglamorous work of design, packaging, and shelf logistics behind them.
How a Barn in Kalamazoo Built the iPhone's First Real Backup Battery
The company that decided the phone in your pocket shouldn't die before you do - and built a battery business out of everyone's least favorite icon, the red one.
The Veterans Who Turned Boring Laptop Bags Into a Multi-Brand Empire
A 1992 laptop-case brand, two Naval Academy roommates, and a plan to own every unglamorous accessory that keeps a company's laptops alive. Here is how CODi Worldwide built a quiet hardware business on the stuff IT departments never brag about.
The Texas Company Quietly Behind the Flashlight in Your Junk Drawer
It doesn't put its name on a single box. But NEBO, HALO, TRUE and Thaw sit in 50,000 stores - and Alliance Consumer Group owns all of them.