Fast-Track Firms : Success Amid the Mess

Classic Graphics, Charlotte, NC
Most Recent Fiscal Year Sales: $34.35 million
Previous Fiscal Year Sales: 
$30.63 million
Change: 12 Percent

It is a far cry from the day Bill Gardner and David Pitts opened shop in 1983 with just $600 in working capital. The company generated $65,000 that first year and has blossomed into a formidable digital, wide-format and offset printer, with sales that were projected to approach $40 million by the end of this year.