There are no more than 12 steps from FoamFit Tools design area to its production space.

Peter Mayer crosses that distance, a common hallway used by other fledgling businesses, in a matter of seconds.

Yet his steps have been years in the making over some daunting thresholds, no more so than quitting his full-time job and growing a business focused on producing foam organizers for tool boxes. Read the full story here.