Fast Company - June 2011

DRIVING BUSINESS POTENTIAL

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

“Time is invaluable and our clients cannot afford to waste it.”

Vehicles from Mercedes-Benz Manhattan

Meet Richard Fertig [ Founder, Brilliant Transportation ]

For Richard Fertig it’s all about time well spent. After years of wasted travel time—often separated from his team and clients in cramped vehicles—he decided to build a better model.

Why couldn’t ground transportation feel more like private jetting? Why shouldn’t travel time be enjoyable, collaborative, and productive?

With Brilliant Transportation, Fertig is making it all possible. The company’s revolutionary Private Motoring® concept is enabled by a fleet of 11 fully customized Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans. Each brings an unmatched level of luxury and utility to the road, ensuring well-spent travel time for Brilliant’s A-list clients.

go-brilliant.com / @Brilliant Trans

Meet Jeff and Robert Beaver [ Cofounders, Zazzle ]

Jeff and Robert Beaver think big. With Zazzle they are out to redefine commerce, powered by the world’s imagination.

Zazzle’s proprietary Make Product Technology™ makes getting custom-designed products, exactly the way you want them, an instant reality (most ship within 24 hours). An expansive archive of imaginative designs translates to endless possibilities.

From iPad cases to business cards to sweatshirts, almost anything can be customized on Zazzle.com. To bring the online experience to life at live events, the Beavers transformed a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter into a Zazzle-branded Mobile Make Station™. Now the company can produce custom products anywhere, including at a recent visit to the FAST COMPANY Grill at SXSW Interactive.

“It’s like a moving billboard with a factory inside.” — Robert Beaver

Jeff and Robert Beaver; Vehicle from Mercedes-Benz Hoffman Estates, IL

zazzle.com / @zazzle

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