Self-Promo Pumps Profits —Sherburne

“When we bought the business,” says Brown, “it was only generating $450,000 in annual revenues. We ran the operation with the two of us and three part-time employees.”

Today, Tri-Lakes employs 10 full-time people, three of whom are graphic designers, and generates annual revenues of $1.5 million. They are building a new 10,000-square-foot facility that will increase production space from 1,000 square feet to 6,000 square feet.