Business: Provides nationwide installation of home electronics, with next-day and second-day service available, through the company website and online and brick-and-mortar retailers
Founded: 2007
Headquarters: Minneapolis
Website: www.zipinstallation.com
Employees: Eight
Executives: Chris Mauzy, president and CEO
2008 revenue: More than $5 million (projected)
Strategy: Build retail partnerships to grow business, and amplify public-relations efforts to raise brand awareness with consumers
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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