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MARCH 5, 2012 / YOUR BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS WEEKLY SPECIAL FOCUS A BIG HAND FOR SMALL BUSINESS This month, VEGAS INC highlights the small-business community BROUGHT TO YOU BY BANK OF NEVADA A NOTE TO OUR READERS Bruce Spotleson and Ric Anderson We listened, we reflected and we made changes. With this issue of VEGAS INC, we have taken both a step back to our publication's roots and a step forward in improving our balance of substance and style. This issue is the first to offer a new LEILA NAVIDI ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Hardware assembly technician Freddy Abregon puts together lithium battery packs at K2 Energy Solutions in Henderson.. 3 SMALL BUSINESSES THAT BUCKED THE RECESSION By Ric Anderson vegas inc staff survived, but thrived — proving that not even the worst economy in nearly a century could snuff out the entrepreneurial spirit in Las Vegas. ¶ This week, VEGAS INC looks at three small businesses — MonetizeDigital.com, K2 Energy Solutions and A&D Designs — that have grown despite the recession. ¶ The businesses don't offer much in common on the surface, besides being located in the Las Vegas Valley. MonetizeDigital.com, formerly known as CPAlead, is a digital advertising firm; K2 Energy Solutions makes rechargeable batteries, and A&D Designs is a printing and design company. F SEE SMALL BUSINESS, PAGE 14 INSIDE: Trying to launch a business? For tips, suggestions and resources for developing a business plan, see page 17 FULL SPEED AHEAD or many small businesses in Las Vegas, the past few years have been like facing a typhoon in a rowboat. ¶ Business after business failed or scaled back as the recession hammered the city, leaving even the biggest employers suffering heavy losses. ¶ But amid the turmoil were small, privately held businesses that not only design that incorporates some of the styling we introduced nearly a year ago while also featuring elements that helped make our predecessor publication, In Business Las Vegas, such a mainstay in the local business community. Our primary mission in making these refinements is to create more room for news content, while at the same time maintaining a visually appealing format. The result is a modest makeover that incorporates a thriftier display of photography and illustrations and generally makes better use of space for coverage of Las Vegas commerce and industry. SEE NOTE, PAGE 16 SPECIAL SECTION INSIDE 40 UNDER 40 VEGAS INC's 12th annual 40 Under 40 special publication hon- ors some of the best and bright- est leaders in Southern Nevada. READY, SET, WIN. PECCOLE PROFESSIONAL PARK 10080 WEST ALTA DRIVE, SUITE 200 • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89145 HUTCHLEGAL.COM