Company: UpFront Productions, Inc.
Headquarters: Minneapolis
Founded: 1994
Employees: More than 60
Web: www.alwayslead.com
Revenues (2005): $8 million
Background: After working in the marketing department at
Medical Graphics in St. Paul, Tricia Hamrin started UpFront in 1994 with the
help of her husband, Chris, who worked in sales for a large commercial printer.
Together they turned UpFront into a communications firm that is a one-stop shop
for services such as creative brand development, printing, and mailings. UpFront
has been recognized as one of North America’s top 20 fastest growing printers in
American Printer magazine.
In
Her Own Words: “Our business model is totally different than a model that
anybody else has. We are the only company that combines the strategy and the
execution in one company.”
