Original Impressions — Marketing, Miami Style

Starts Own Company

By 1982, Garcia had built the BKC shop into the second largest in-plant in the state of Florida with 54 employees offering creative, printing and distribution services. But later that year, BKC decided to close its graphics department. So Garcia started Original Impressions with 12 employees. Twenty-four years later, Garcia’s company—now part of Nationwide Graphics—employs 154 people, with an average service time of 81⁄2 years per employee. (Garcia sold the company in 1999, and repurchased it in partnership with Nationwide in 2002.)