Michael Wade spent 20 years helping manage communication networks and data centers for large companies. Then he decided to take things into his own hands and start his own business,
Insight Technologies.
"I thought there has to be a better way to do this," Wade says. "What I mean by a better way is higher quality for the customer."
Insight Technologies provides turn-key solutions for advanced corporate communications networks and data center systems. The Shelby Township-based firm did everything it could to stay afloat when it first launched four years ago. Wade describes working in those first few years as "survival mode."
Insight Technologies survived. Then it, like many other companies that were able to make it through the recession, thrived. Its revenue spiked 23 percent in 2013.
"Last year was our strongest year yet," Wade says.
He credits Insight Technologies' rise in business to an improving economy that has more businesses spending on updating their technology. Those firms that cut back on technology upgrades during the downturn now see the need to improve their IT infrastructure.
Wade always wanted to run his own business and is living that dream now. Currently he is his only employee, and he expects Insight Technologies to stay that way.
"I just enjoy doing it the way it is," Wade says.
Source: Michael Wade, principal of Insight Technologies
Writer: Jon Zemke
Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
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