BEACHWOOD COMPANIES RECOGNIZED FOUR BEACHWOOD COMPANIES SELECTED AS WEATHERHEAD 100 WINNERS Beachwood City of The Weatherhead 100 Award was established in 1988 through Case Western School of Business to celebrate Northeast Ohio’s spirit of entrepreneurship and to recognize companies that exemplify innovative success in our region. The latest edition of the Weatherhead 100 includes four Beachwood-based businesses. A+ Solutions - #10 (Founded: 2005, Sales growth: 612.35%) A+ Solutions provides a high-quality educational and psychological services to schools and families. Stratos Wealth Partners - #28 (Founded: 2008, Sales growth: 234.79%) Stratos Wealth Partners is a nationally recognized full-service wealth and financial services firm working to facilitate the success of more than 180 independent financial advisers nationwide. Audimute Sound Proofing - #59 (Founded: 2005, Sales growth: 163.57%) Audimute creates custom acoustic products and solutions designed to deliver extraordinary experiences at work and at home. Simple Solutions - #87 (Founded: 2003, Sales growth 84.86%) Simple Solutions writes, publishes, prints and distributes supplemental workbooks for students in grades K-8. TWO BEACHWOOD COMPANIES SELECTED FOR WEATHERHEAD 100 UPSTARTS AWARDS The Weatherhead Upstart award recognizes fast-growing smaller companies, with 15 or fewer employees and less than $5 million in net sales in the past year. Ardleigh Minerals - #14 (Founded: 1994. Sales growth 84.78%) Specializes in recycling of by-products from the aerospace industry. The DiJulius Group - #15 (Founded: 2006. Sales growth 73.15%) Keynote speaker, international customer experience consultant and best-selling author of three books. SIMPLE SOLUTIONS RECEIVES CRAIN'S 52 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES AWARD Simple Solutions is a publisher of supplemental educational materials for grades K – 8 and was selected to receive the Crain’s 52 Fastest Growing Companies 2015 Award that recognizes the fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio. Businesses are selected because of their entrepreneurial spirit, innovative business tactics and skyrocketing revenue growth in Northeast Ohio. March 2016 n Beachwood Buzz 27