What are the family values of your business, and how do they help you remain competitive in the market?
The values that unite a family are what drive this business: hard work, focused drive, forgiving each other’s weaknesses, and utilizing each other’s strengths. If you treat your employees like family, work together, and treat the customer as the boss, you better your chances of succeeding.
What would your founder say about the state of your company today and its achievements in the last year?
We are positioned to succeed and grow. The business has reached new heights by recently adding a hardware division, expanding into new territory, embracing new technologies, and hiring new talent. He would say we have come a long way, but we have never wavered from our roots and core values.
What is the biggest challenge to your business in the coming year?
The market place is very demanding. As a small business, we have little room for error. Every customer interaction is priceless. We compete globally every day. Our challenge is to remind our current and potential customers the reasons why they should shop with us and why small business matters.
Family Businesses with fewer than 25 full-time employees
- First Place: United Gear & Machine
- Second Place: Hartford Prints!
- Third Place: D’Addario’s Auto Service
Family Businesses with between 25-75 full-time employees
- First Place: The Associated Construction Co.
- Second Place: Advanced Performance Glass
- Third Place: Precision Computer Services
Family Businesses with between 76-169 full-time employees
- First Place: Windsor Marketing
- Second Place: Carla’s Pasta
- Third Place: Connecticut Lighting Centers
Family Businesses with 170 or more full-time employees:
- First Place: J.E. Shepard Companies
- Second Place: Fairfield Processing Corp.
- Third Place: EBP Supply Solutions
