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Ex-Marine with a mission.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 28-APR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Ex-Marine with a mission.(FROM BEGINNERS TO BIGSHOTS)

Article Excerpt
Entrepreneurship wasn't former Marine Mark Llano's first mission, but it's become one of his best. The Desert Storm veteran already had a successful career in investment banking when in 2003 he decided to "get back to his passion," founding Source One Distributors Inc. in Wellington, Fla., to help U.S. servicemen and women by providing them with tactical products, equipment and services.

Initially operating from an office he created by converting his daughter's bedroom, Llano financed his $60,000 startup with equity from his home and credit cards. He's built the company into a $52 million business now headquartered in a 12,000-square-foot warehouse.

Source One's product catalogue, which began at less than 10 pages, is now more than 300 pages. The company distributes goods from more than 1,000 manufacturers, primarily to the departments of Homeland Security and Defense, NASA and law enforcement...

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