Business: Manufactures and markets electronic muscle stimulators designed to strengthen abdominal muscles and tone the body with electrical impulses that cause the muscles to expand and contract.
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: Minneapolis
Website: www.thecontour.com
Executives: Co-founders Ken Sherman and Dale Henn. Henn is president and CEO.
Employees: 7
Revenue: $51 million in 2008, the first full year of sales. The business is on track to gross nearly $65 million in 2009.
Quote: "Given the economy, the results have been extraordinary." -- Sherman
