Local businessman profile
THE BUSINESSMAN: Trevor Gates
THE COMPANY: One-Stop Buttons, Manufacturing Division
THE JOB: My father started the company in 1952 to manufacture buttons for area clothiers. In 1970, a local politician ordered hundreds of campaign buttons, even though we only made buttons for shirts and sometimes pants. We decided to expand to meet his needs and we almost went bankrupt because even though they're both buttons, they're completely different things and we had to retrain half our staff and buy all kinds of different machines.
THE FUTURE: We are considering making buttons for things like control panels. The third kind of button. That's not a joke.
THE MAN BEHIND THE BUSINESS: I collect books but I usually don't get around to reading them.
THE PITCH: We're mostly business-to-business, so I don't know what to say. If anyone out there ever needs a metric ton of buttons, give us a call.
THE BUSINESSMAN: Trevor GatesTHE COMPANY: One-Stop Buttons, Manufacturing Division
THE JOB: My father started the company in 1952 to manufacture buttons for area clothiers. In 1970, a local politician ordered hundreds of campaign buttons, even though we only made buttons for shirts and sometimes pants. We decided to expand to meet his needs and we almost went bankrupt because even though they're both buttons, they're completely different things and we had to retrain half our staff and buy all kinds of different machines.
THE FUTURE: We are considering making buttons for things like control panels. The third kind of button. That's not a joke.
THE MAN BEHIND THE BUSINESS: I collect books but I usually don't get around to reading them.
THE PITCH: We're mostly business-to-business, so I don't know what to say. If anyone out there ever needs a metric ton of buttons, give us a call.
