THE taxpayer-backed Future Fund is turning its sights to the troubled British banking industry, investing in the country’s largest new lender to start up since the global financial crisis. Continued here:  Future Fund to invest in start-up UK lender | Yahoo! News Search Results for start-up business  Read More →

No. 1 in Manufacturing InterGroup International 1,285.2% Three-Year Growth Revenue: $3.2 Million Employees: 25 CEO: Neil Gloger Founded: 2005 Overall RANK: No. 239 Warren, Ohio intergroupinternational.com In December 2007, a fire broke out at one of InterGroup International’s warehouses. The facility was filled with plastic scraps; InterGroup buys plastic from vendors, recycles it, and then sells... 

No. 1 in Logistics and Transportation Coyote Logistics 13,846.8% Three-Year Growth Revenue: $249.8 Million Employees: 351 CEO: Jeffrey Silver Founded: 2006 Overall RANK: No. 6 Lake Forest, Ill. www.coyotelogistics.com Jeff Silver spent 15 years at American Backhaulers, a Chicago freight brokerage. When the company was sold, he wanted to try his hand at replicating its success. After earning a master’s... 

Wade Patton Insurance moving to new locationAfter 46 years in one location, Wade Patton Insurance wi … See more here: Business briefs | Yahoo! News Search Results for start-up business  Read More →

No. 1 in IT Services Carbonite 11,207.6% Three-Year Growth Revenue: $19.1 Million Employees: 100 CEO: David Friend Founded: 2005 Overall RANK: No. 9 Boston carbonite.com David Friend had observed that everyone with a PC had purchased, or obtained in a bundle with their computer, antivirus software. As more information moved into the cloud and the cost of digital storage dipped, Friend, who had founded... 

Sharon K. Jiral has joined the Coghlan Crowson law firm as an associate. Jiral recently graduated with a juris doctorate degree, with a concentration in estate planning, from Baylor Law School. She interned with a federal magistrate judge and an associate judge during her law school career. Excerpt from:  Business digest: Associate attorney joins local law firm | Yahoo! News Search Results for start-up... 

No. 1 in Insurance QuoteWizard 5,950.5% Three-Year Growth Revenue: $9.1 Million Employees: 31 CEO: Scott Peyree Founded: 2006 Overall RANK: No. 36 Seattle quotewizard.com Scott Peyree’s first company, an online marketing firm called WorldClass Strategy, survived the dot-com crash by creating EarnMyDegree.com, a website on which visitors could browse course listings from the University of Phoenix,... 

Flagler College is partnering with SCORE — Counselors to America’s Small Business — and The St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce to play host to a four-part planning workshop for small businesses. The workshop is designed both for those with an existing business who wish to increase their business, as well as those considering starting a new business. The SCORE counselors will address... 

No. 1 in Human Resources Pursuit of Excellence 7,054.4% Three-Year Growth Revenue: $10.7 Million Employees: 200 CEO: Marie Diaz Founded: 1994 Overall RANK: No. 26 Dallas pursuitofexcellenceinc.com At 19, Marie Diaz was looking at a dismal future. A recent widow, she had dropped out of college and was working three jobs to support her young son. Then a recruiter for Jenny Craig spotted her, and five... 

No. 1 in Health Physicians’ Pharmaceutical 9,307.2% Three-Year Growth Revenue: $8.7 Million Employees: 10 CEO: Christopher Jaffurs Founded: 2005 Overall RANK: No. 15 Knoxville, Tenn. ppcdrx.com Physicians’ Pharmaceutical helps doctors’ offices set up and manage in-house pharmacy and dispensary counters. It was once common for doctors to fill the prescriptions they wrote, but the...