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1. 1. www.killershade.com

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   Published on: 4/1/2008   Last Visited: 4/1/2008

   Mike Campion Gives A Tour of Killer Shade
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   Mike Campion, owner and chief shade officer for Killer Shade in Phoenix, calls himself a late bloomer.
   
   "I didn't invest in a company until I was like 23, even though I knew at 21 I wanted to own my own company."
   
   His friends, he said, thought he was crazy. "I was making good money selling cars." advertisement
   
   But he wanted to run his own show.
   
   That show turned out to have a relatively short run when personal issues forced him to sell his first company. That sale also inspired Campion to rethink his business approach entirely.
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   Very simple, Campion said. "I was really broke and it's what people were buying."
   
   More than that, he had made a decision to focus on large-scale, architecturally driven projects.
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   "We'll open an office with four sales people," Campion said, "and depending on how well it goes and how well we like it, move into Texas in another year.
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   For Campion, though, Killer Shade isn't so much about the work.
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   I really like building the team and finding the right people," Campion said.
   
   "The first year we opened, there were customers who wanted to work with us. By our second year, we had talented people who wanted to come and work with us."
   
   "I think," Campion said, "we can grow to $10 million or more in sales in another few years." The company's already grown from zero to just over $2 million in sales in about two years. Growing to be a bigger company, he said, is just "like a competition.

2. 2. Member Biographies

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   Published on: 3/19/2008   Last Visited: 3/19/2008

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3. 3. About Chats

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   Published on: 6/21/2007   Last Visited: 6/21/2007

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