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DirectViz Solutions and the art of making nothing happen
A $68.5 million Navy task order puts a quiet federal IT contractor in the spotlight. Its business is keeping complicated systems secure, useful, and running while the machinery changes underneath.
MDM Corp.: Before the first shovel, the first conversation
An Arizona job posting asks for a right-of-way agent who speaks Navajo. That small requirement explains a great deal about MDM Corp., the company working where energy projects meet land, people, and permission.
Sprint Signs Makes the Last Few Feet of Finding a Business Count
A San Diego sign shop turns logos, directories and room markers into the physical language of a building. Its most revealing work happens between the artwork file and the installation.
ForceNow Is Selling Small Teams a Cybersecurity Department - Without the Cybersecurity Department
Born during the pandemic to defend small businesses, the eight-person Colorado firm now sells human-watched security, secure AI builds and smart-contract audits. The interesting idea is not another dashboard - it is access to a security bench that most buyers could never hire.
The Startup That Put a Screen on Your Chairlift - and a Business Behind It
A handful of Colorado skiers got tired of whiteboards and analog clocks on the mountain. Their fix - a self-charging screen on the chairlift - became a communication company with four products and one stubborn idea: communities run on information that arrives on time.
The Fighter Pilot Who Traded Jets for a Camera That Watches Your Back 40
A retired fighter pilot from a Nebraska ranching family set out to build a water-tank sensor. His customers told him what they actually wanted: eyes on the land, no Wi-Fi required.
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 Veterans Who Bet Security Belongs in the Cloud, Not a Closet
YourSix turned the dusty server-in-a-closet model of building security into a subscription. Here is how a veteran-founded team in suburban Minnesota built a cloud platform for cameras, doors and everything watching them.
The Firm That Remodels America 3,000 Stores at a Time
McDonald's, Starbucks and Walgreens don't remodel one store at a time - they hire a Downers Grove firm run by a former Green Beret to do thousands at once, on schedule, on brand.
Inside the Tennessee Family Office Quietly Building a Portfolio of Unsexy Companies
The Providence Groups turned a long-term-care operator in White House, Tennessee into a ten-company family office that bets on septic pumping, nurse staffing, and construction - the businesses nobody posts about.