Visualization Network on track to double biz in 2014

Visualization Network has been around for five years making mobile apps, and the Ann Arbor-based company is now starting to hit its stride.

"Business is great," says Tom Crawford, owner & founder of Visualization Network. "Last year was the best year of the five years we have been doing this."

Visualization network makes custom apps and normal retail apps. Its custom and consulting work has doubled over the last year as the firm helps other businesses with strategic planning.

It also has its own apps for sale. They include Happy Hour Deals, which tells the user what the happy hour specials are at bars near them. It was launched on iPhone a year ago and for Andriod recently. It now covers bars all across southeast Michigan and other major cities in Michigan, like Grand Rapids and Grand Haven.

"It's starting to grow outside of Michigan," Crawford says, adding its is appearing in big cities like Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Crawford is looking to hire a sale professional now to help deal with the demand created by the app.

Another app is Return2Play. The app is used by coaches and athletes dealing with concussions. “If you have any symptom at all it tells you to take a step back,” Crawford says.

Visualization Network it core team of four people (it’s also looking for an intern) is currently fully booked for the first quarter of this year and nearly booked for the second quarter.

"If this continues this year we should double last year," Crawford says. "I don't see anything that indicates it will change."

Source: Tom Crawford, owner & founder of Visualization Network
Writer: Jon Zemke

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