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—Andrew Medvedev, Weatherhead School of Management
"Our role as a leading higher education institution is to be the problem-solving business school."
The 35th anniversary of the Weatherhead 100 offers us an opportunity to reflect on how much the business world has changed. In the 1990s, the rapid expansion of the Internet was the big news, with a host of new businesses emerging to support organizations looking to have a dominate presence on the World Wide Web. Then, in the 2000s, eCommerce took center stage, with the rapid rise of dot-com startups in 2000, and the dramatic fall of many of these new ventures three years later. Big Tech emerged, but the bigger challenge in 2008 was a global financial crisis. And most recently, a global pandemic.
Today, businesses are facing a new paradigm shift. The transition to data-driven and analytics-based decision-making across organizations has led to a rapid acceleration in data analytics, deep machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, digital transformation and cloud computing. In parallel, the growing social challenges, including ongoing disruptions created by climate change, social inequalities, digital divide and the new realities of the geo-political environment demand business leaders recognize the interconnectedness between organizations and society and how to do well by doing good.
“Our role as a leading higher education institution is to be the problem-solving business school. We bring the best of our talent, innovation and networks from around the world to Cleveland, and in doing so, serve the region’s corporate community,” said Andrew Medvedev, interim co-dean of the Weatherhead School of Management.
Now in its 35th year, the Weatherhead 100 sheds a spotlight on those businesses modeling the leadership, growth and success that define Northeast Ohio’s entrepreneurial spirit and visionary acumen. Presented by the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, The Weatherhead 100 program recognizes fast-growing, for-profit Northeast Ohio-based organizations.
—Published on December 18, 2023
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This year’s winners were required to show exemplary net sales growth over the past five years, starting with 2018 net sales of at least $100,000. Th e organization could not have been a franchise or subsidiary of another company between 2018 to 2022. The organizations were required to be headquartered in one of the counties in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area: Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull or Wayne.
The winners are recognized in four different categories:
• Weatherhead 100 Stalwarts: Exceptional net sales growth over the past fi ve years, from at least $100,000 to $1 million.
• Weatherhead 100 Rising Stars: (formerly known as Upstarts). Fast-growing companies with 15 or fewer employees or net sales of less than $5 million last year.
• Weatherhead 100 Titans: (formerly known as Centurions). Fast-growing companies with at least $100 million in net sales last year.
• Weatherhead 100 NextGen: (new category for 2023). Companies in business for two to four years with a significant increase in sales. Weatherhead’s problem-solving reputation is powered by its world-class research enterprise. From artificial intelligence, data analytics and supply chain resiliency to organizational transformation, the school’s faculty have long been shaping, and not just teaching, the future of business through ground-breaking research.
J.B. Silvers, Ph.D., interim co-dean and professor of health care fi nance and banking and fi nance at Weatherhead, explained that the school’s goal is to present a curriculum rooted in applying its research work to real-world scenarios and the ever-evolving challenges faced by businesses worldwide.
“We want to make sure the Weatherhead experience is inextricably linked to real life, informed by ideas and involvement from our major stakeholders,” Silvers said.
The dynamics of a 21st-century global business world may continue to change at a rapid pace. However, the Weatherhead School of Management remains unwavering in its mission to serve as the intellectual hub of the corporate community.
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"Our role as a leading higher education institution is to be the problem-solving business school."
Andrew Medvedev
The lists
"We want to make sure the Weatherhead experience is inextricably linked to real life, informed by ideas and involvement from our major stakeholder."
—J.B. Silvers, Weatherhead School of Management
Weston & Associates
J&O Plastics
Foundation Software
Valley Auto /Valley Truck Centers
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Weatherhead 100
Titans
Emergent
Enterprise
Business profiles
This year’s winners were required to show exemplary net sales growth over the past five years, starting with 2018 net sales of at least $100,000. The organization could not have been a franchise or subsidiary of another company between 2018 to 2022. The organizations were required to be headquartered in one of the counties in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area: Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull or Wayne.
The winners are recognized in four different categories:
• Weatherhead 100 Winners: Exceptional net sales growth over the past five years, from at least $100,000 to $1 million.
• Weatherhead 100 Enterprise: (formerly known as Upstarts). Fast-growing companies with 15 or fewer employees or net sales of less than $5 million last year.
• Weatherhead 100 Titans: (formerly known as Centurions). Fast-growing companies with at least $100 million in net sales last year.
• Weatherhead 100 Emergent Businesses: (new category for 2023). Companies in business for two to four years with a significant increase in sales.
Weatherhead’s problem-solving reputation is powered by its world-class research enterprise. From artificial intelligence, data analytics and supply chain resiliency to organizational transformation, the school’s faculty have long been shaping, and not just teaching, the future of business through ground-breaking research.
J.B. Silvers, Ph.D., interim co-dean and professor of health care finance and banking and finance at Weatherhead, explained that the school’s goal is to present a curriculum rooted in applying its research work to real-world scenarios and the ever-evolving challenges faced by businesses worldwide.
“We want to make sure the Weatherhead experience is inextricably linked to real life, informed by ideas and involvement from our major stakeholders,” Silvers said.
The dynamics of a 21st-century global business world may continue to change at a rapid pace. However, the Weatherhead School of Management remains unwavering in its mission to serve as the intellectual hub of the corporate community.
Innovation central to Weston’s growth in storage tank market
Weston & Associates
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J&O Plastics pioneers growth in plastic injection molding industry
J&O Plastics
Read more
Foundation Software grows by diversifying with focus
Foundation Software
Read more
Customer service shifts Valley Truck Centers into high gear
Valley Auto /Valley Truck Centers
Read more
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The 35th anniversary of the Weatherhead 100 offers us an opportunity to reflect on how much the business world has changed. In the 1990s, the rapid expansion of the Internet was the big news, with a host of new businesses emerging to support organizations looking to have a dominate presence on the World Wide Web. Then, in the 2000s, eCommerce took center stage, with the rapid rise of dot-com startups in 2000, and the dramatic fall of many of these new ventures three years later. Big Tech emerged, but the bigger challenge in 2008 was a global financial crisis. And most recently, a global pandemic.
Today, businesses are facing a new paradigm shift. The transition to data-driven and analytics-based decision-making across organizations has led to a rapid acceleration in data analytics, deep machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, digital transformation and cloud computing. In parallel, the growing social challenges, including ongoing disruptions created by climate change, social inequalities, digital divide and the new realities of the geo-political environment demand business leaders recognize the interconnectedness between organizations and society and how to do well by doing good.
This year’s winners were required to show exemplary net sales growth over the past five years, starting with 2018 net sales of at least $100,000. The organization could not have been a franchise or subsidiary of another company between 2018 to 2022. The organizations were required to be headquartered in one of the counties in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area: Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull or Wayne.
The winners are recognized in four different categories:
• Weatherhead 100 Winners: Exceptional net sales growth over the past five years, from at least $100,000 to $1 million.
• Weatherhead 100 Enterprise: (formerly known as Upstarts). Fast-growing companies with 15 or fewer employees or net sales of less than $5 million last year.
• Weatherhead 100 Titans: (formerly known as Centurions). Fast-growing companies with at least $100 million in net sales last year.
• Weatherhead 100 Emergent Businesses: (new category for 2023). Companies in business for two to four years with a significant increase in sales.
—Published on December 18, 2023
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