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ScienceLogic

ScienceLogic is a company founded by Dave Link that plans on helping companies get all of their IT assets and data into the cloud. The cloud getting larger and growing in size has helped the company out tremendously. Before Dave Link started this and he worked in a web company that died in the “dot-com bubble”. He said that he wanted to build the company up and keep it solving a problem that he feels is very necessary.Image result for ScienceLogic

Fifth Avenue Brands

Richard Lorenzen is an entrepreneur that started his first business at just the age of 15. With his drive and dedication to his work it has lead him to be able to do amazing things with his business and his life. He has been featured in many ways from Forbes to Huffington Post to Fox News. According to his website “His mission is to share his expertise and experience to empower and inspire other young people to become entrepreneurs and to strive for their potential.”

His business Fifth Avenue Brands is one of the top public relations firms for entrepreneurs and public figures. He is constantly trying to improve his business and reach out to new customers. The customers also reach out to them time and time again because of how good of a job they do. Since their launch in 2008 they have served hundreds of clients all over the place.

Lorenzen now travels all over the place speaking and educating the youth about how to do what he does and tell his story. He tells about how he did it back then and how they can do it too.

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Convoy

Convoy is a new company that is like Uber for Freight companies. It allows shipping companies to get connected with local truckers to avoid large fees from brokers. It helps both sides to set their own terms and getting a service at a reasonable price.Image result for Convoy

This is a really nice things for the trucking industry because it will make the ease of contacting local drivers much more easily and efficiently. Since the industry is so large it is important that it work well. Many times people overlook this type of industry because it isn’t the most apparent to everyday life and isn’t the most appealing.

The founder Dan Lewis really has a step up on others trying to get into this industry because he is an ex-Amazon executive. This means he has all of the connections with old Amazon engineers as well as other big businesses that can trust his work. Also, because of his past position he has a lot of trust from investors and they have high hopes that the company will succeed.

The company is up and coming but is growing very quickly and is expected to grow outside the trucking industry as well.

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Chubbies: Fraternity Empire

Chubbies is a company that has grown drastically over the past 6 years since its creation. It was founded in 2011 by Kyle Hency, Rainer Castillo, Preston Rutherford, and Tom Montgomery. The founders made it because they wanted to sell the short shorts they enjoyed to wear from their retro dads clothes. They knew that it was hard to find short shorts because the shorts were not in style at the time but they enjoyed wearing them and so they knew others would too.

It was a great business idea because they saw an old interest that others were not looking into and made it new. This opened up a whole new market that other companies now strive to compete with in the realm of “fratty” clothing. They started with the materials they had and sold them to the people that they complimented them. This just proves that even old ideas can be remade into new businesses and make a huge profit.