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Grid4 Communications looks to double telecom biz

metromode, 10/2/2008

The five people who started Grid4 Communications began the telecommunications service provider with the same idea many entrepreneurs begin with.

"It just didn't look overwhelming," says Chris Hopkins, president and CEO of Grid4 Communications. "We thought we could do it better."

And with that realization, the quintet started the Troy-based business seven years ago. Today it employs 25 people and about 100 subcontractors. It's also looking into starting an internship program.

Grid4 Communications is now one of the top 5 communications carriers in Michigan, providing phone and Internet services. It counts AT&T and Comcast among its competitors. It's revenues measure about $8 million today but Hopkins expects those numbers to hit $20 million within two years.

"We expect to double the size of the company next year in both revenue and employees," Hopkins says.

To accommodate this Grid4 Communications plans to build a new corporate headquarters and data center next year. The building's 35,000 square feet is expected to house the growing firm for years to come.

Source: Chris Hopkins, president and CEO of Grid4 Communications
Writer: Jon Zemke

Entrepreneurship , Internet , Oakland County