Companies founded:
JBA, Inc (Jim Baughman Associates) Founded 1968. Based in Miami. Nationwide sales and marketing of multiple apparel lines. Grew to offices in Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, LA, Chicago, and NYC. Turned over to managers in 1975.
Shirtdress, LTD. Founded 1972. Based in Miami. Manufactured apparel in factories in the Hialeah/Miami area. Sold exclusively to up-market mail order as strictly limited private label designs. Neiman Marcus, Talbots, and 30 additional clients enabled growth to 5 factories and 1280 employees. Sold to offshore company in 1985.
Corporate Motorsports, Inc. Founded 1988. Based in FL and MI. Developed and managed motorsports sponsorship programs for major corporations including Hospitality, PR, Travel, Licensing and Merchandising. Services closed in 1995 to focus on MCT and corporate client sponsorships.
Motorsports Consulting Team, Inc. Founded 1989. Based in WY. Developed and managed motorsports sponsorship programs for major corporations (DuPont, Shell Oil, Caterpillar, and 79 more) in IndyCar and NASCAR, and became the most successful sponsorship development company of its time…surpassing $1.5Billion in sponsorships created. MCT Special Projects still in operation.
Thunder MTN, Inc. Founded 1992. Based in NC and WY. Premium bottled water from a single 8 TDS spring in the NC Mountains and bottled in TN. Distributed through wine and spirits distributors and within 2 years was available in over 1300 upmarket retailers, restaurants and country clubs. Closed with the entry of major beverage companies into the category…and their competition to buy placement.
GloriaFlora, Inc. Founded 2003. Based in WY. Successful nationwide marketing of pre-made up-scale bouquets delivered direct from growers to retailers via Next Day FedEx. Closed in 2021 due to the pandemic and changes in FedEx delivery.
AmeriVeri CR, LLC. Founded 2010. Based in IN. Developed proprietary process for pre-payment verification of Medical Code accuracy for Insurers and TPAs. Closed Dec. 2019 with the creation and focus of Medical Code Verification LLC.
Medical Code Verification LLC. Founded Jan. 2020. Based in WY with associates in CO, IN, GA, MO, and NC. A proprietary educational post-payment service for payers and providers and an integrated clearinghouse and audit recovery service for state Medicaid Agencies. Capable of line-by-line processing of 1 million medical claims in under 30 minutes with the assurance of significantly reducing administrative costs and the recovery of $100’s of Millions. Details at www.medicalcodeverifiction.com.
Note: JBA was founded after my selection to develop the SE. The balance of the companies each began with an original, unique idea followed by industry and market research; developing the business plan with applicable legalities; establishing proper finance and accounting; attracting the best possible associates to create our team; developing presentations/sites for specific markets; and the challenges of going live and building the companies.
Industries include: Apparel Sales and Manufacturing; Corporate Consulting; BtoB Wholesale of Premium Spring water and Premium Floral products; and Healthcare medical coding verification.
