Glass Inc. - Reflections 1999-2019

3 The Growth of Glass, Inc. “If I could give one highlight of glory, it is that there were no surprises. That’s the truth of working with Robert and Glass, Inc. He tells me up front how it is, and that’s a huge thing in this industry.” Shaul Zislin, developer I t didn’t take the team at Glass, Inc. long to see remarkable growth. “Our goal in year one was to get to $1 million in sales,” Smith said. “We exceeded that in our first twelve months of operation.” Then, we set a goal to reach $5 million inside of three years.” In addition to reaching that goal, the company moved into its newly renovated headquarters in Meridian. “At that point,” Smith said, “we were pretty close to the top of what any glass company in the state was producing.” The Yates Connection Robert Smith built a personal relationship with Bill Yates, president and CEO of the Yates Companies. Regardless of the company structure, Bill Yates depended on Robert Smith. “I built a relationship with Bill,” Smith said, “just by doing what I said I was going to do.” And Smith did whatever he — and his company and crew — needed to do to make Yates’s requests happen. Caribe is one of the finest resorts on the Gulf Coast. 27