Business: Provides free lesson plans and 30 to 40 workshops a year to the nation's teachers to promote what a company executive calls "the elegance of wind power." It generates revenue from the sale of miniature wind turbines that teachers use in classroom experiments, demonstrations and science fair projects.
Founded: 2004
Headquarters: St. Paul
Website: www.kidwind.org
Executive: Founder and director Michael Arquin
Employees: 16
2009 revenue: $1.1 million, vs. $585,000 in 2008
Quote: "I'm not in this for the money; I'm in it to promote better education. The money's more of an accident." -- Arquin
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