4 GUYS INTERACTIVE

The story of 4 Guys could be told as a guy working out of an extra bedroom making it big. But, this wouldn't give you an accurate picture of our history.

4 Guys was originally started in 1995; at a time when web development companies didn't even exist. You might think because the company is named 4 Guys that there were four equal partners at the beginning. That wasn't the case however. The real reason for the name 4 Guys is because Yahoo used alpha numeric sorting; making any company that started with a number jump to the top of the list (a big benefit if you don't have a huge advertising budget).

In late 1996, Dave Nienberg, CEO, came to a crossroad in his life. Either continue his career as an Army officer or make a leap of faith and start a business that not many were sure would be around in a few years (at the time there was a lot of speculation that the Web would grow too large and collapse). He decided to follow his passion and moved across country to Houston. Armed with one active client and no savings to speak of, he picked up job after job and made the business work.

In mid 1997 the jobs started flowing in faster than one person could handle so we started adding people. And as our reputation increased, so did our growth. We incorporated, moved into commercial office space and continued to build an impressive list of clients. And as our client's needs changed, we changed along with them.

To this day we've funded all our growth internally from profits; without loans or venture capital. We've also done something not many companies in our industry have, turned a profit every single quarter. While our continued growth will require changes in our strategies, we're proud of what we've achieved so far.

Currently we're adding great people as fast as we can find them. We're also continuing to push the envelope on both the complexity and scope of our work. We've set our goals extremely high and fully expect to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.