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DHS's New No. 1 Son Dr. Terry Yamauchi Brings His Medical Background To One Of The Toughest Jobs In State Government Bob Fiser and Terry Yamauchi have been the best [...]

Carl Beavers Jr. has built a sound construction business by relying on his instinct, good advice, and a standard of excellence. His company has succeeded because he has maintained close internal control, and been flexible enough to adjust to changing market conditions.

The Image Factory's principals Skip Thomas and Carry Pollock have more than doubled their 1986 income expectations of $10,000 a month. The company focuses on videos for corporations. It has produced them for corporations across the country and in Mexico and Canada.

Ann and Tucker Steinmetz produce crafts and stationery using folk art designs. Their Delightful Dimensions line now sells nationally. The Steinmetzes have 18 full-time employees and 50 contract workers.

Buzz May's United Conveyor had 1984 sales of $3.95 million. His company's success is based on its unique offering of complete materials handling systems for manufacturers. This includes sales, installation, fabrication and in-house engineering for overhead or floor systems.

Description of three Arkansas genera Services offered, management philosophy, and geographical areas for projects are given for Pickens-Bond, Baldwin and Shell Contruction Co., and Kinco Inc.

Arkansas Systems is a custom software company with four main specialty groups: on-line banking environment, small systems, RPG (report program generator), and consulting and special projects. The partnership was founded with $2000 savings and credit cards. They now employ 40 and grossed $2.5 million last year.

Budget Office Seating operates a factory in Benton, Arkansas, a factory-direct store in Little Rock and a warehouse in Houston. The five-month-old factory store has a monthly sales volume of nearly $15,000. Owner Ira Slover hopes to establish more outlets within a 500-mile radius of central Arkansas.

North Little Rock-based Arkansas Restauarant Equipment had sales of $1.3 million in 1984. President Matt Hilliard expects the company to have sales of $1.7 million this year. 70% of his sales consists of small businesses that provide maintenance service.

Phillip Moore and Martin Ogles started videotaping weddings and graduations in their spare time in February 1984. Their company, Filmed Events, will generate about $35,000 in income in 1985 from an average of two nights a week work on their latest project: corporate inventories. Ogles and Moore plan a national franchise.

Jim Faulkner of Little Rock founded Falcon Publications Inc. to publish Take One, a monthly tabloid describing movies for the home video market. Falcon distributes the tabloid to video dealers; circulation of Take One has passed the half-million mark.

Frank Vestal saw a fishing movie and decided he could produce them. His business, Cinesport, is expected to generate $3.75 million in 1985. They make and distribute to TV films on sport fishing featuring fishing stars Bill Dance, Roland Martin, and Rayo Breckenridge.

In 1983 Nell Pinson and three other employment agency operators started Express Temporary Service, a nationwide temporary service agency. They license, rather than franchise their branches, in order to maintain closer control. They attribute their rapid growth to the slower economy and the quality of their service.

International Video Communications Corp. has grown rapidly along with the growing and highly competitive satellite dish business. Their success is attributed to: excellence of personnel, planning and research, the use of an excellent marketing plan, competitive pricing, and guaranteed delivery and service.