Brian Lamkin of Austin still remembers his first year of operations at Flooring Solutions, Inc. When he founded the company in 2002, Brian Lamkin of Austin had high hopes for growth, but knew he had to start small. In fact, for the first year and a half Brian Lamkin of Austin remained the sole employee of Flooring Solutions, Inc. It seems hard to imagine now, with the multi-million dollar company being home to a full host of talented employees housed in a newly acquired 51,000 square foot facility. “Growth is like that,” said Brian Lamkin of Austin. “You work and work and you think nothing is happening, and then it seems like all of a sudden – boom, you’ve expanded beyond what you would have imagined.”

Flooring Solutions, Inc. recruits new employees out of the construction science department at nearby Texas A&M, often hiring interns and recent graduates of the program to join the fold, according to Brian Lamkin of Austin. In just the past three months, Brian Lamkin of Austin said, the company has hired two new Project Managers and two support staff to answer growing need and expansion. Austin Business Journal has named Brian Lamkin of Austin’s company one of Austin’s Fast 50 rising companies, honoring its impressive growth record. Brian Lamkin of Austin says that the company’s future plans include working from its new facility to enable the retention of new clients across Texas and into Louisiana.

Brian Lamkin of Austin keeps a level head about his company’s successes. “It feels great to be expanding, especially in these tough economic times,” he said. “But the important thing is to take it one day at a time, to continue to develop new business one client at a time, keeping the same high level of integrity we built in the first place. That’s what matters to me.”

If Brian Lamkin of Austin’s company’s success is any indication, it seems safe to say his attitude is paying off. What began as little more than one man’s idea has blossomed into a full-blown corporate success story, and the room for growth seems next to limitless.