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formed by three partners (Albright, Joe Kustelski and Kevin Brown) who have strengths in business development, marketing and technology. The intersection of these three backgrounds tends to result in a bit of magic.”
ULOOP INC.
5327 General Forrest Court (Nashville) Website: uloop.com CEO: Corey Cleek Background: Uloop is an online classifieds platform for colleges and universities. Cleek is an active angel investor in Internet media and ecommerce companies. Corey Cleek Uloop is privately held. It provides a student-only environment that offers “a safe and local way to buy, sell and trade with classmates,” the company says. Employees: 5 Cleek speaks: “Uloop’s online marketplace provides a place for students to connect with each other, recycle their goods and make or save money. It adds up to people, planet and profit.”
ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNER AVENUE BANK
111 10th Ave. S. (Nashville)
Website: avenuenashville.com CEO: Ron Samuels Background: Under the leadership of veteran banker Ron Samuels, Avenue Bank started operations in 2007 and has Ron Samuels grown to become a bank with some $571 million in assets. Employees: 84 Samuels speaks: “Nashville has such a tangible creative spirit, (and) we really founded the company on the idea of serving and emulating that spirit.”
CROSSLIN & ASSOCIATES
2525 West End Ave., Suite 1100 (Nashville) Website: crosslinpc.com CEO: J. Dell Crosslin Background: Accounting firm with international client base in health care, manufacturing, government, not-forJ. Dell Crosslin profit agencies, construction, real estate, transportation, food service, advertising and retail sectors. J. Dell Crosslin is a certified public accountant and certified fraud examiner. Employees: 51
Crosslin speaks: “The secret to our success is easy … it’s our people. ”
LATTIMORE BLACK MORGAN & CAIN PC
5250 Virginia Way (Brentwood) Website: lbmc.com CEO: Mike Cain Background: A full-service accounting firm that has expanded to include consulting on technology, risk assessment and security, mergers and acquisitions, investments and other financial services. Employees: 345 Cain speaks on secret to success: “First is hiring the right people and adhering to an entreMike Cain preneurial spirit. Second, continually listening to our clients and their changing needs. Third, staying connected to the communities and industries in our markets so we understand the changes taking place. And lastly, not being afraid to make a mistake.”
HEALTH CARE BERNARD HEALTH
Contact: alex.Tolbert@bernardhealth.com CEO: Alex Tolbert Background: In the spring of 2006, Tol-
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bert found himself becoming “passionate” about health savings accounts, and Bernard Health was founded on the principle of keeping health insurance costs in check. The company has worked to drastically lower the amount of health insurance premiums its clients pay. Employees: 14 Alex Tolbert Tolbert speaks: “The distribution channel for health insurance has a lot of competing incentives, most of which distract its members from fixing this for their clients. We’ve built our systems and incentive structures differently to ensure … we focus on (and for) our clients.”
HEALTHCARE PRODUCTIVITY AUTOMATION
3000 Meridian Blvd. (Franklin) Website: hpapro.com CEO: Sal Novin Background: Novin is a productivity expert who has aimed for greater efficiency across multiple industries from sales of flowers for FTD florists earlier in his career to improving health-care technology today. Most recently, he won the Nashville Technology Council’s Innovator of the Year Award for creating a tool known as
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