July 1, 2009, 7:35 pm

FSB 100 2009

What do you think of the companies on this year’s FSB 100 list this year? Have you worked for any of these companies, or bought their products or services? Share your thoughts here. Replies will be published here, and may appear in an upcoming issue of Fortune Small Business magazine.

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AFrom Gerry Hamann, New Gloucester, ME

MGA Cast Stone is a 5 year old architectural precast manufacturer. Although small with only 7 employees, we continue to see sales climb to 1 million as we stress quality products and service. When the economy turned we immediately started to stree to our potential clients the importance of quality products and how our clients can save money in the long run by using superior products and service. We continue to get repeat clients even though they inform us our pricing was higher than our competitors, but also realize the long term savings. Please visit us at http://www.mgacaststone.com and learn how you can do the same! Quality product, quality service is a win win for everyone!

Posted By Gerry Hamann, New Gloucester, ME : November 17, 2009 3:39 pm
AFrom Linda, Springville, CA

My pick is Bank of the Sierra home base in Porterville, CA, home-grown, home-owned, still paying dividends !!!

Posted By Linda, Springville, CA : September 26, 2009 12:23 am
AFrom Debra Baginski westminster maryland

Gooseberry Natural Feed, LLC is a all natural feed company with patent pending horse feed. We have designed a feed to save horse owners thousands of dollars per year on their feed bill without sacrificing nutrition.
We have managed to help save equine rescue facilities a minimum of $9,000 per year by using our patent pending blend at the rate of 1lb per horse a day.

Not only can people afford to feed their horses in this economy, their horses are healthier from using it!! http://www.gooseberrynaturalfeed.net

Posted By Debra Baginski westminster maryland : August 7, 2009 8:46 am
AFrom Ted

I think on page
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb100/2009/industries/Technology.html

you have an errata in the row

Phase Forwad Inc.

may be Forward?

Posted By Ted : August 1, 2009 4:15 pm
AFrom Alisa Stewart, Portland, Oregon

I run a pub quiz business in Oregon. We bring trivia nights into bars, restaurants and brew pubs all over the Pacific NW, and are moving into the rest of the USA. Since the economic turndown, we've found it difficult to keep up with the demand for weekly quiz nights. Small business owners of restaurants and taverns count on us to bring their customers back into their establishments. We are hiring more trivia emcees and trivia writers to keep up with the demand. And even when the economy does turn upwards, typically the repeat business does not reverse. In fact, customers get hooked on playing every week as a team. Pub quiz is the new bowling night out, only cheaper, and the thrill of the win brings smiles to everyone involved. Its a win-win situation!

Posted By Alisa Stewart, Portland, Oregon : July 24, 2009 2:09 pm
AFrom Bruce-Queen Creek,AZ

As one might expect from a site that tackles consumer issues in fighting the recession, we've done well with our Poor Man's Recession Survival Center. We offer free resources and sell a line of Poor Man CDs.

Posted By Bruce-Queen Creek,AZ : July 24, 2009 12:56 pm
AFrom Mo Stiles

We are a small Health IT software development firm in the DC area. We specialize in developing software or integrating existing software with Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health. Our recent clients include American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and Planned Parenthood. Due to the attention President Obama has given Health IT, we have seen a sharp increase in business during the course of 2009. We anticipate this trend to continue into 2010 as incentives are created for the medical community based on their commitment to health technology.

Posted By Mo Stiles : July 15, 2009 10:04 am
AFrom scowley

Is your company doing booming sales despite the economic slump? Tell us about it.

Posted By scowley : July 2, 2009 1:03 pm
AFrom scowley

What are your picks for the most promising small, publicly traded companies?

Posted By scowley : July 2, 2009 1:02 pm
AFrom scowley

Have you bought products from any of this year's FSB 100?

Posted By scowley : July 2, 2009 1:02 pm
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