Startup to Scaleup: Sassa Akervall on Innovation and Growing a Business in Michigan
SALINE, Mich., October 29, 2019 /Endeavor Detroit/ — What started as a physician’s idea to help protect patients’ teeth has grown into a decade-old business that supplies dental protection for sports, dentistry and medical use all over the world. Akervall Technologies, based in Saline, Michigan, recently marked its 10-year anniversary, celebrating the development of its SISU line of sports and nighttime mouthguards. The company has grown to 20+ employees and $5 million in sales, and was named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing U.S. companies for three years in a row. Sassa Akervall, CEO of Akervall Technologies, gave Endeavor a snapshot of what it has been like to take her business from startup to scaleup…