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[ad_1] Mukesh Vasani founded Aimtron at the height of the worst recession in 2008 with just three employees and an investment of $250,000. Today, the $25-million Chicago-based company specializes in electronic manufacturing services and produces printed circuit boards that make their way into General Dynamics F-16 Falcon fighter jets as well as …
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[ad_1] When David DeFazio graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1992, he decided to hit the mountains of Jackson, Wyoming before hitting the books in law school. After taking the California Bar exam in 1996, he found his way back to Jackson with the intention of spending one last summer as …
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