Article: 'Vision' keeps company thriving

Dr. Nancy M. Hill thought people might think she'd lost her mind when she quit her job as a member of the president's staff at Utah Valley State College to "sit in her basement cutting out little barns, baby rattles and reindeer" with a hand-cranked die-cutting machine.

But after falling in love with scrapbooking and spending months experimenting with die cutting, Hill was filled with excitement about her vision of "DieCuts With a View," which is now a leading company in the scrapbook supplies industry. It has a line of 4,000 items supplied to major retailers and more than 2,000 independently owned craft stores across the world.

Hill started DCWV with a $180 die-cutting machine and a set of ...

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