The 2009 StartupNation Home-Based 100 Competition

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Image Premium Sales Inc.

Image Premium Sales Inc. The winners have been announced. See the winners

Contestant's Case to Win

Many family members, friends and former colleagues advised against starting a promotional products business, as the industry seemed to be a particularly crowded marketplace. We jumped in anyways, and held on to one basic assumption: where it's cluttered, there is opportunity. That turned out to be true: despite 1000s of competitors, often much larger, and with only a small starting capital, we launched Image Premium Sales in a spare room of my home, and through stamina, creativity, and often the right timing by staying on top of proposals and opportunities, we are now a nationally-certified woman-owned firm, servicing many Fortune 500 companies and top name brands. There is much, much more room to grow, especially due to the recession-caused drop in spending by existing clients. Customers love our personal approach, our fast response and knowledge of where to source the right and quality products. You can check out some of the fun goods we produced in our video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNBDxjrhahI. Making us a Home-based 100 winner will help spread the word about what we pride ourselves in: we can really help promote your business with creative, unique promotional products...you just don't know it yet :)