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Winner: $5.1M to $20M
When Jami Moore joined her dad's business in 2000, she saw two significant challenges: adapting and branding.
First, she had to reposition Clinton Township-based JEM Computer Inc. (now JEM Tech Group) as a company on the vanguard of technology. Her father, James, started the company in 1979 and specialized in ink ribbons and tape backup for servers.
But Moore saw the IT industry changing rapidly as data storage expanded and the equipment got more powerful. She predicted JEM's growth would depend on both selling backup media and consulting with customers on ways to cut costs by reducing...