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While Brian Hock trained for the Louisville Ironman in 2010, he had an idea for a way to stay hydrated along the way. That idea evolved into Simple Hydration, a start-up company with an innovative product that is being manufactured in the US.

Five months ago, David Johnson and his wife Estelle McNair started a branding company together. Today, Johnson-McNair is beginning to gain traction and serve clients all over the country.

MarketVision Research sets itself apart through its signature data-driven, quantitative analysis, and its thoughtful, qualitative analysis that helps companies understand what drives the decisions of their own customers.

Dominion Liquid Technologies has grown from a small startup company manufacturing coffee flavored syrups to one that develops and produces energy shots, pancake syrups, cocktail mixes, barbeques and hot sauces - all made right here in Cincinnati.

The Wolf Group is a one-of-a-kind business that started out in the founder and president’s home in the late 1980s. Today the business is home to a 17,000 sq. ft. facility in Blue Ash where dozens of trained palates taste, as well as touch, smell and test a host of food, personal care and other products for companies who want to make them better.

Marketing the Pursuit of Happiness is what happens at Barefoot Inc., an agency that works on making consumers passionate about brands and products. Cincinnati-based Barefoot has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies,

making it on to the magazine’s inaugural Inc. 5000 list.