There are many perspectives of what 2012 holds for the Triangle. The prevailing view seems to see some economic growth and improvement in employment. As you read the stories of the businesses in this issue of Small Business Insight of the Triangle, I think you will see that whatever happens in the Triangle will be driven by the focus, talents and spirit they represent. Our concept is “small business owners talking to small business owners.” In this issue we have [...]
For Karen Albright, improving people’s lives through beauty and skincare has become a calling. She is the Owner and Co-Founder of BodyLase Skin Spa, the first free-standing medical spa in the Triangle. BodyLase Skin Spa offers the traditional day spa services such as massage therapy, facials, and microdermabrasion, but is unique in also offering medical-based cosmetic treatment services which include laser skin rejuvenation, laser skin hair removal, laser vein removal, fillers and injectables. Albright started her company in 2002 together [...]
Making amazing events happen is Sally Webb’s job. She is the CEO of The Special Event Company, a strategic event and meeting management company founded in London in 1986. The company has been operating in the U.S. since 1999 and in recent years has moved its headquarters to the Research Triangle Park in order to be closer to several important clients. The Special Event Company is a “one-stop shop” for event management, meeting services, production, lighting, catering, décor and marketing. [...]
Neomonde Baking Company was founded over thirty years ago by the Saleh brothers who came to America from northern Lebanon. The company’s name “Neomonde” combines the Greek word for new and the French word for world, resulting in “new world bakery.” The four Saleh brothers, Samir (“Sam”), Joseph (“Joe”), Mounir, and DeGaulle consider it their responsibility as ambassadors of their country and of their culture to provide the highest quality and most authentic foods possible. The brothers’ dedication to excellence [...]
Radon Stancil and Co-owner Rick Parkes head up Retirement Investment Strategies, a fee-based advisement firm specializing in retirement planning. The company focuses on advising about financial matters, including IRAs, 401ks, income planning, risk tolerance and annuities. Diversified Estate Services, LLC was the first incarnation of Stancil’s business, which opened in 2000. “Rick Parkes had been working in financial services for a little over thirty years, but he was more in the insurance arena than where we are today,” explains Stancil. [...]
Sam Kumar is the President and CEO of MYCO Medical, a company that supplies high-quality medical tools for the healthcare industry. Kumar’s training is in electrical engineering. He graduated from N.C. State in 1986 and worked several years for various IT companies. After experiencing multiple layoffs however, Kumar says he’d had his fill of being at the whim of a corporation. “I really wanted to have more control over my own destiny, rather than somebody else taking my hard work [...]
Capital Associated Industries Inc. has earned a longtime reputation as a trusted resource for compliance, human resources and people development. The company, headed by President and CEO, Bruce Clarke, is the nation’s largest non-profit employers’ associations, serving the Research Triangle, Piedmont Triad and sixty-five central and eastern counties of North Carolina. The company has over 1,200 members. Capital Associated Industries Inc. has a rather long history, beginning in 1963. Clarke joined the team ten years ago. He explains the impetus [...]
Most people don’t think twice about what it takes to make emergency services run smoothly. In dire times, you make a 911 call and you get help. End of story. Kyle Breischaft is one of those people behind the scenes that helps make this process an orderly one. He is the President and CEO of Emergency Technologies, Inc., a company that provides vertical software solutions for Fire and EMS professionals. The company’s record management systems ensure easy access to critical [...]
