It’s back — in all of its growing green glory. The UV50 — which features the county’s 25 Fastest-Growing Companies (measured by percentage growth over a three-year period), 15 Top Revenue Companies and 10 Startups to Watch — has enjoyed another year of record-ranking success.
Meet all 50 winners, and go inside seven companies that share how they did it — in their own words.
ShareTOP 10 Startups To Watch
Youth isn’t always wasted on the young. Meet 10 local startups worth watching.
FEATURED WINNER
Zoobie Pets
No. 1 ZOOBIE PETS
Founded 2007 City Provo Employees 12
Industry Toy Web site www.zoobies.com Founders JC Smoot, 26; Reid Smoot, 30
What It Is A creator of patent-pending stuffed animals that turn into pillows and blankets.
Why It’s Watch-Worthy Zoobies [...]
TOP 15 Revenue Companies
Utah Valley’s ‘big guns’ on money and milestones
FEATURED WINNER
NuSkin
No. 1 NU SKIN ENTERPRISES
Revenue in 2008 $1,247,646,000 Founded 1984 City Provo Employees 8,525 worldwide, 1,200 in Provo Industry Direct Sales Web site www.nuskinenterprises.com Founder Blake Roney, 50
The Company A direct sales company that sells [...]
TOP 25 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES
The 2009 Fastest-Growing Companies talk about life in the fast lane
FEATURED WINNERS
NetSteps
AtTask
Simplicity Group
Five Star Painting
Best Vinyl
NO. 1 NETSTEPS
Three-Year Growth 1,021% Revenue in 2008 $2,800,200 Founded 2003 City American Fork Employees 22 Industry Technology Web site www.netsteps.com Founder Derek P. Maxfield, 32
The Company A [...]
#1 STARTUPS TO WATCH
To say the Smoot brothers have animal instinct is a bit of an understatement. The men behind the Zoobie Pets phenomenon have taken the toy world by storm — and by surprise. In just two short years, the patent-pending stuffed animals — which turn into pillows and blankets — have won [...]
#1 TOP REVENUE COMPANIES
Nu Skin Enterprises turned 25 this year, and the landmark company is as good as Nu. With more than $1 billion in sales, 8,000-plus employees and a presence in 48 worldwide markets, Nu Skin, a direct sales company that sells skin and beauty products, is stronger than ever. And according to [...]
#15 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES
Three-Year Growth
110%
The suburbs have nothing on Best Vinyl. Those dreamy, idyllic white picket fences are a fixture at the American Fork company — thanks to expert management, an ever-growing market and a picturesque corporate culture. “What’s been most rewarding is creating a culture where employees are valued. No one is more important here. [...]
#10 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES
Three-Year Growth
223%
Five Star Painting has had more than a brush with success. The relatively young company, which sells painting franchises, has 50 franchises in three countries, grew 223 percent in three years, and in 2008 ranked No. 18 in franchisee satisfaction in the Top 50 Franchises Under 50 Units. “That’s our goal,” says [...]
#7 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES
Three-Year Growth
244%
Springville-based Simplicity Group came from burrito beginnings. Over two breakfast burritos at Betos in Provo, Matthew Schneck and Adam Wilkinson answered the question of, “To venture, or not to venture.” “Every vision, every company has to start somewhere,” Schneck says. “And ours started at Betos.” Eight years later, the Web application development [...]
#4 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES
Three-Year Growth
387%
Orem-based AtTask is a regular Sherlock Holmes. The company is a problem solver through and through — and it even has an office in London (and Beijing and Tokyo). “Customers are turning to us because our solution has an immediate impact on improving their business in these recessionary times,” says Scott Johnson, [...]
