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The Executive Connection SM
a publication of The Virtual Executive Coach SM
"Vision + Accountability = Success!"
www.virtualexecutivecoach.com
August, 2007
In This Issue:
1. Preview
2. Executive Summary
3. Small Business: 100 Fastest Growing Companies
4. Helpful Hints
1. Preview
The Executive Connection explores the creative and analytical process of business development, team-building, and executive development.
We are an interactive community of executives and small business owners who desire to network with like-minded high-performance executives
to enhance our knowledge, skills, and aptitudes in the competitive business world.
Published monthly, the Newsletter offers coaching suggestions around the topics of: business development, financing, marketing, networking,
incorporations, mergers, human resources, governmental regulations, and tax laws.
Topics are presented from the perspective of Keith Barton and represent only his ideas on creating and running your business.
Because we are an interactive community of executives and business owners, other viewpoints are welcomed and may be printed in future monthly
newsletters with permission from Keith Barton.
2. Executive Summary
August, 2007
Dear Executive Connection Subscriber,
This month's newsletter features information on Small Business: 100 Fastest Growing Companies.
3. Small Business: 100 Fastest Growing Companies
This month’s Fortune Small Business (FSB) magazine lists the 100 fastest growing companies for 2006. The magazine is
a favorite among small business owners who employ less than 50 employees. Most new companies are found in Texas (14)
and by sector, they comprise: manufacturing (25), casino and gaming (2), restaurants and food services (4), consumer
products (4), telecom (5), healthcare administration (10), energy (11), healthcare (11), technology (18), and other
(10).
The small-cap sector is where fast new companies enter the marketplace, but it’s also risky business. Most have market
caps of 500 million and are thinly traded with high volatility. Investments in these companies are risky business, but
the rewards can be great. Let’s take a look at a sample from this year’s list.
Fuel Tech’s growth (#12) is fueled by "dirty business," literally. They deal in slag removal technology which boosts
energy plant efficiency and reduces emissions at coal plants. Fuel Tech injects a chemical cocktail into boilers with
increased revenues of 42% and stock tripled to $30.With over 1500 coal plants just in the U.S. the demand is unlimited.
China, India, and Mexico are keenly interested in the technology which uses a computerized model of fire to know exactly
where to spray the compound into boilers similar to milk of magnesia into a fire.
The Knot (#15) was an IPO in 2000 with its stock tanking to 42 cents and delisted from NASDAQ. The company’s founders took
advantage of web ads and founded their own magazine to acquire Wedding Pages, a regional wedding magazine publisher. The
husband-wife team also founded The Nest a magazine for newlyweds and Nest Baby. They may continue the life cycle and
follow the married couple through Empty Nest and Retirement.
Rocky Mountain Chocolate (#80) is the largest chocolate retailer in terms of locations surpassing Godiva and See’s. He
sells in over 44 states in resort towns which cater to those on vacation who are not interested in watching their diet.
Founded by Frank Crail in Durango, Colorado he has become the "Candy Man," with profits climbing 17% and revenues last
year of 4.7 million. He gets 250,000 for each franchise he opens plus royalties and hopes to open another 40 stores in
2007.
United Therapeutics (#22), based in Silver Spring, Md., reported 159 million in revenues last year. The company makes and sells Remodulin, a drug that teats pulmonary hypertension in arteries that supply the lungs. The founder, Martine Rothblatt, an attorney, launched her biotech firm in 1996 to treat her daughter who battled this rare disease. Originally injected under the skin, the drug is now taken IV and clinical trials begin on oral tablets later this year.
For a complete listing of the 100 companies go to FSB’s July/August 2007 issue.
Helpful Hints:
Go to Zacks Investment Research, to
see computer models that track SEC data to find trends in small company growth.
Look at the NASDAQ for small-cap companies and look at
P/E ratios to see investment opportunities; historical stock prices will give you a sense at volatility and risk
potential.
Newly started healthcare companies take advantage of private equity firms and "angel investors" to partner
with major pharmaceutical companies and biotech firms to diagnose and treat common diseases such as hypertension and
diabetes. "Better mousetraps" are the name of the game in this arena.
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About Keith Barton, Ph.D
Dr. Barton received his Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of Texas at Austin and has been a practicing therapist for over thirty years. He is a graduate of
MentorCoach and is accepting new clients.
He has been an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina, consultant to Fortune 500 companies in executive development, founded and managed
Texas Community Living Ventures, Inc., in 1986 for providing group home services to persons with mental retardation, and has been running a clinical practice in Northwest Houston since 1990.
He writes part-time with the goal of completing one novel a year. His desire to coach others derives from his passionate interest in helping others become
attuned to their creative powers of storytelling.
Dr. Barton has training in coaching, cognitive and family therapy and health psychology. He has published articles, made presentations and conducted workshops about:
Small Business Development
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Anxiety and achievement
Stress management
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Core values in the workplace
Executive Development
High-performance groups
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The Virtual Executive Coach SM and Keith Barton.
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