C.B. Transportation provides single-source trucking and distribution management services throughout North America. By linking major manufacturers and retailers with an extensive network of trucking companies, railroads and warehouse facilities, C.B. Transportation offers price stabilization and greater visibility and control with a broader range of equipment and services than carriers alone provide. With the company experiencing double-digit growth in the last three years, Carole expects C.B. Transportation to triple in size over the next five years and to be among the most prestigious transportation providers in the nation.

Eved Services is a software-enabled service company providing comprehensive, event and destination management. Having operated as an in-house partner for more than 30 Chicago-area venues since 2004, Eved uses its proprietary technology to work seamlessly with event companies and hotels to select and manage vendors on a one-stop basis. Customers range from major corporations and destination planning companies to small, independent hospitality businesses. Eved is now evolving into a software-as-a-service company with significant growth over the next five years expected to derive from nationwide and global deployment of its proven technology platform.

The Barbour Group is a commercial insurance and bonding agency specializing in construction bonds and related services. As the first woman-founded surety agent in the state of Maryland, The Barbour Group provides bonding and insurance to contractors for projects located throughout the United States and internationally through the U.S. State Department. The company has initiated, authored and driven landmark legislation in Maryland and on Capitol Hill to open up the barriers to bonding faced by many small business contractors. The Barbour Group has been named among the Top 100 Minority Business Enterprises in 2006 and 2008, with Pecora-Barbour awarded the U.S. Small Business Administration Person of The Year Award in 2008.

Quantum Retail Technology creates and delivers advanced software solutions to solve the demands of modern retail. The company’s proprietary inventory management solutions quickly optimize forecasting and advanced order planning, replenishment and allocation, and assortment and product range planning activities. With its customers typically achieving significant and measurable return on investment within six months of implementation, Quantum enables large retailers to improve the performance of every product at every store to drive sales and profits, increase service levels and release working capital. In 2009, Inc. magazine ranked Quantum Retail the eleventh-fastest-growing privately owned software company, with a three-year growth rate of 963.4%.

Big Bad Boo is a media production and distribution company dedicated to teaching children about different cultures through entertainment. With offices in New York, Los Angeles and Vancouver, the company’s first animated TV series, Mixed Nutz, will debut on PBS and many other stations worldwide this January. The creative team’s first direct-to-DVD product, Babak & Friends - A First Norooz, told the story of little Babak who is stuck between his Iranian and American cultures and featured Emmy Award-winner Shohreh Aghdashloo. Big Bad Boo is currently in production on 26 episodes of a new series, 1001 Nights, and is launching its online retail distribution channel at oznoz.com.

Clinical Resources is a healthcare staffing company specializing in the growing senior care market and addressing the escalating nurse staffing shortage. The company places experienced nurses and healthcare professionals in permanent, temporary and interim positions nationwide in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. Clinical Resources continues to expand its customer base among health payors, pharmaceutical companies and health information technology companies. For 2010, the company is on pace to build critical mass in its service areas and to expand its presence in large corporations providing occupational health nurses, and is pursuing government contracting opportunities.

LetterLogic is a premium lettershop providing printing and mailing services for businesses nationwide. Since starting operations out of a basement in 2002, the company now occupies a 27,000-square-foot facility and serves clients in 41 states. LetterLogic’s’s mission and culture of putting employees first have resulted in unprecedented success and growth, with 100% client retention. Entrepreneur magazine named LetterLogic one of the Top 50 Fastest-Growing Female-Led Businesses in North America in 2007 and 2008. Sherry expects to grow the company to annual revenues of US$100 million by 2018.

Bella Tunno is a baby and children’s “necessory” company dedicated to the balance of fashion, function and philanthropy. With three fully owned brands, a licensing partnership and multiple international distribution partners, the company offers funky and fun baby basics that are sold in more than 4,000 upscale boutiques and department stores internationally. With benevolence at its core, Bella Tunno donates a portion of all proceeds to the Matt Tunno Make a Difference Fund. Moving forward, Bella Tunno intends to introduce its disposable baby product line in grocery and restaurant channels, launch additional sub-brand partnerships and create a celebrity-designed charitable line.

The Judgment Group purchases, enforces and recovers portfolios of unpaid court-ordered money judgments. Having pioneered the recovery of distressed assets to support the civil justice system, The Judgment Group’s proprietary solution combines advances in personal information and technology to locate where judgment debtors bank, work and own property. The company then navigates and leverages the power of the legal system to garnish, lien and levy those assets to get judgments paid and justice served. A winner of American Express and Count Me In’s ”Make Mine a Million $ Business” award, The Judgment Group was named one of Working Mother magazine’s Best Women-Owned Companies for 2008. In 2009. Susan Wilson was named to Fortune magazine’s 2009 List of Most Powerful Women in Small Business. Looking ahead, the company is focused on creating a secure technology-driven trading platform to buy and sell personal information.