Outstanding Incubator Client, Nontechnology Category

One-Stop Cellular

Danville, Va.

Scott Brooks and Charles Fulp, founders

Incubator: Dan River Business Development Center, Danville, Va.

Revenues: N/A

Employees: 200

One-Stop Cellular is one of the largest privately held retailers of wireless phones and pagers on the East Coast, with locations in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The company offers products from all major manufacturers and has established relationships with many of the most well-known wireless providers in the United States. In addition to One-Stop Cellular, co-founders Scott Brooks and Charles Fulp also have launched several other business ventures – all from the Dan River Business Development Center

Incubator role: DRBDC President Linda Hutson Green is one of One-Stop Cellular’s biggest fans. “Linda works tirelessly to help open doors and has been instrumental in many aspects of our business,” Brooks says. “As a cheerleader for our company, she has helped spread the word about our successes, even as we try to remain low key.” It’s not surprising she wants others to know about the company’s good news: Since One-Stop Cellular joined the incubator in 2004, it has created more than 100 new jobs in an area with one of the highest unemployment rates in Virginia.