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DENNIS HENDERSON, PRESIDENT & CEO, HH VENTURES LLC (READY WIRELESS)
Dennis Henderson joined Ready Mobile, LLC in February 2005 as its founding employee and was responsible for product design, sales and marketing. He led the management buyout of the business in January 2008 and began doing business as Ready Wireless, LLC. Ready Wireless is a leading provider of prepaid wireless telephone services. Based in Hiawatha, Iowa, the company offers its Ready Mobile PCS, Trumpet Mobile and Ready Broadband brands throughout the US using Sprint's national network.
The company delivers a complete suite of prepaid mobile solutions for national chain retail partners including inventory management, merchandising support, and dedicated account management.
The business strategy of the company has been to become a leading prepaid wireless provider through unique product offerings designed specifically for chain retail distribution through affordable handsets and airtime and value-added benefits such as text marketing and shipper promotions.
Nationwide distribution partners include equipment sold in over 25 thousand retail locations, airtime distributed in over 70 thousand locations in all 50 states and more than two dozen retail chain partners including Dollar General, Walgreens, Chevron and Casey’s General Store.
In addition to the prepaid market, Ready Wireless has expertise in retail marketing and database management, international customer service/call center design and worldwide telecommunications.
Ready Mobile was recognized in the Corridor Business Journal’s 15 Fastest Growing Companies list. The company currently has approximately 60 employees and estimates that will grow to 800 by the end of 2010. In 2009 Henderson was recognized as the CBJ’s Entrepreneur of the Year.
We hope everyone has a great upcoming Labor Day weekend. Since, the Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids meets on Monday, there will not be a meeting next week, in observation of the holiday.
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