18 JACKSONVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL JULY 26, 2019

EMERALD C'S DEVELOPMENT INC.

RANK: 19 | PERCENT GROWTH: 47.60% | CEO: BRITTANY & JESSE CULBRETH | YEAR FOUNDED: 2010 | NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 16

If you had to describe Emerald C's Development Inc. in one word, it’d be customer driven . The 2 things that have helped us grow so
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quickly are: relationships and reputation . Although we focus on growing the business, we also have fun. What’s it like to work here?
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Our office can best be compared to The Office , and our CEO is most like Ariana Huffington . If we had a mascot, it would be a dog .
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of our laid-back and approachable nature

People want to work here because . If there’s one thing we learned over our years of growth it is
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to maintain a high level of performance pay your bills & keep your promises
. Our advice for other companies who want to grow and succeed is .
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THE HCI GROUP

RANK: 20 | DOLLAR VOLUME RANK: 4 | PERCENT GROWTH: 47.46% | CEO: RICKY CAPLIN | YEAR FOUNDED: 2009 | NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 1,500

If you had to describe The HCI Group in one word, it’d be entrepreneurial . The 3 things that have helped us grow so quickly are:
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great employees, hard work and the best clients in the world . Although we focus on growing the business, we also have fun. What’s it like to
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work here? Our office can best be compared to Shark Tank , and our CEO is most like Indiana Jones . If we had a mascot, it would be
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a jaguar if you have an idea, HCI can make it happen

. People want to work here because . If there’s one thing we learned over our years of
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never stop being entrepreneurs. Although we're getting bigger, we still have the feeling of being a startup in certain ways
growth it is . Our advice for
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don't cut corners. Be willing to do what others won't. Listen to your clients
other companies who want to grow and succeed is .
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JAX REFRIGERATION, INC

RANK: 21 | PERCENT GROWTH: 46.07% | CEO: MARK A. LOWERY, PE | YEAR FOUNDED: 2010 | NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 215

If you had to describe Jax Refrigeration in one word, it’d be responsive . The 5 things that have helped us grow so quickly are:
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responsiveness, experience, innovation, being charitable, diverse capabilities . Although we focus on growing the business, we also have fun.
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What’s it like to work here? Our office can best be compared to Hawaii 5-0 , and our CEO is most like Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) . If
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Fridgie (alligator) . People want to work here because we have a comfortable, collaborative and secure
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environment never say no the first time

. If there’s one thing we learned over our years of growth it is . Our advice for other companies
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you cannot do it without help and always ask for more money than you think you need .
who want to grow and succeed is So what does the future
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hold? Our main focus is our new office and we will move when we finish construction .
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