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DEBBIE LITTLE
Company: Debbie's Staffing
Title: Founder/CEO
Location: Winston-Salem
When Debbie Little's staffing company was up for sale, she wanted to buy it but felt the price was too high.
So in she started another staffing company, this time on her own. In 2001, Debbie's Staffing in Winston-Salem is celebrating its 15th anniversary.
The company that Little started has grown to a staff of 72 fulltime employees with 11 offices in North Carolina and southern Virginia. Debbie's Staffing places about 2,000 field employees each week. In 2000, the company sent out more than 13,000 W-2 forms.
"It has been a real accomplishment," says Little, 49, looking back over her company's history. Her mom was her first employee and her parents co-signed for her loan.
"Mom is...