For most students, math class alone is more than enough. But for Joe Dylewski, he needed something more ...than teaching it, that is.
"I got a little bored," Dylewski says.
But instead of starting a hobby, the math professor at Eastern Michigan and Madonna universities started First Source Partners with his friend Andy Trestrail last fall, bridging Ypsilanti and Bloomfield Hills respectively as their home base.
The two former Compuware executives decided they could put their human resource expertise to good business use by helping companies find IT workers. The company has been so successful in the short time it has been around that it expanded to six staff members with hopes to add another 18 people within the next year.
"Our goal is to make and keep everyone employed," Dylewski says.
First Source's secret special sauce is that it doesn't charge a fee when it hooks a company up with help. Without giving away too much of the company's game plan, the business model stresses focusing on building a relationship with its clients that pays them in the long run. Think of it as a frequent-flier program for employers who use the company.
Right now it's more than enough to keep Dylewski's attention and still give him some time to teach math.
Source: Joe Dylewski, president of First Source Partners
Writer: Jon Zemke
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