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Article: Sarasota County: a hotbed for entrepreneurs. (The Point).
- Article from:
- Sarasota Magazine
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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Just when you thought you'd have all the time in the world to go fishin'... BAM! You launch out of retirement and into a booming business in one of the country's most prosperous entrepreneurial markets. That's what happened to two friends from Chicago. Since 1994, their company LexJet, which supports the inkjet industry and digital imaging field with products and expertise, has called Sarasota home.
And it has been a great home: Inc. magazine ranked LexJet as the 48th-fastest growing company in the nation. Owner Art Lambert selected Sarasota with partner Ron Simkins after a demographic search. The community's beauty wasn't lost on them, either. "We need young, ...