Article: Passion for printing Despite setbacks, company progresses

DAYTON -- A year ago, the district president of Sky Bank thought it fitting to celebrate the large loan he had just approved for Denny Livesay so he could purchase Dayton-based Progressive Printers.

Anticipating handshakes in some plush office, Tim Pittman was taken aback when he came to find that Livesay's office was little more than a closet.

"His sales people, his accounting people -- they had all the offices," Pittman said. "He spent his time either out on the streets or back in the press room. That's very impressive."

Livesay, indomitable yet so intensely humble that he publicly praises his 53 employees, is an approachable case study of hands-on business leadership.

He showed up to ...

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