Business: Designs, manufactures and installs custom closet and storage systems for commercial and residential clients.
Founded: 2001
Headquarters: Minneapolis
Website: www.twincitiesclosets.com
Employees: 10
Executives: Gillett Cole and Jim Myers, founders and owners
2007 revenue: $1.2 million
Strategy: Increase awareness of high-end, green products, pursue more business with commercial builders to go with residential remodeling projects.
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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