Many companies offer free shipping or a special discount on Black Friday, but Psychsoftpc, which sells high performance computers out of Quincy, Mass., wanted to be different.
Walker had made enough money that he kept a warehouse full of prized vehicles and later opened a business, Always Evolving, that customized and sold high-performance cars -- earning a place in the hearts and minds of car enthusiasts.
Tesla Motors designs and sells high-performance, highly efficient electric sports cars — with no compromises.
Hitachi Data, based here, sells high-performance enterprise servers, storage systems and professional services.
He argued that Chevrolet should manufacture and sell high-performance parts itself, rather than leave outsiders to direct the market and reap the profits.
The new framing materials just beginning to filter into the specialty shops that sell high-performance bicycles are aluminum and fiber composites.
"If it doesn't look good, it's over," says Mark Satkiewicz, president of SmartWool, a company that sells high-performance merino wool socks and clothing.
Douglas Brown, 62, worked for 33 years doing marketing for Michelin, typically getting to work at 7 a.m. and heading home at 6 p.m., helping the company sell high-performance tires for Porsches, Mercedes-Benzes and other high-performance vehicles.
Eventually, Mr. Conforti decided to open a sideline business, Bonneville Motor Werks (the German spelling is deliberate), to create and sell high-performance parts for BMW's that are "reverse engineered" from factory specifications.
Nick Frey, owner of Boo Bicycles, builds and sells high-performance bamboo-frame bicycles (like the one pictured at far left, $7,645), ranging from $3,000 for just the frame to $10,000 for a tricked-out racer.
"In the near future we also want to sell high-performance lenses to industry, like those used in laser technology and medicine," says Cohn.
