Pittsburgh 100 execs: Hard work, customer focus key to growth

“Secrets of Pittsburgh’s Fastest-Growing Companies,” a panel discussion featuring top executives from three of the 2013 Pittsburgh 100, revealed that there’s nothing secretive about their top strategies even though their companies are very different.

Dawn Kaelin Gunning, president, Gunning Inc.; Bill Baker, president and CEO, Irwin Car & Equipment; and John Sebastian, executive vice president, dck worldwide LLC, all agreed that it comes down to working and and focusing on what customers really need and want in order to achieve fast growth.