Mapleton Hill scores with work on Web

BOULDER — Mapleton Hill Media has grown rapidly since 2006, when two former software developers from Wall Street on Demand decided to start their own custom Web and database development firm.

So far this year, the firm has collaborated with Spoken Image film company on a project for Toyota, has worked with international advertising giant Crispin Porter + Bogusky on another project and has revamped the ecommerce website of outdoor retailer client Kelty, said Paul Sabini, who co-owns Mapleton Hill with colleague Jason Timbo.

Mapleton Hill Media is No. 1 on the Boulder County Business Report’s Mercury 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list for companies with annual revenue of less than $2 million for the 2008 to 2010 time period. The company grew 468 percent, generating revenue of $829,206 in 2010, compared with $146,000 in 2008.

“It’s really exciting that they’re doing so well,” said Jessie Pappas, director of administration at the Boulder-based Wall Street on Demand, where developers design online financial service products for national firms such as TD Ameritrade, Reuters and others. Wall Street is owned by Markit Group Ltd. in London.

There’s plenty of work in the online world for those who know their way around Web development, Sabini said, putting in a plug for potential new employees to contact him, because he is hiring. Mapleton’s specific niche market is Microsoft development and statistics, he said. The company also has a design team, employing eight people.

“We have had a chance to grow as developers and designers. We enjoy working together, and we have a passion for intuitive design,” Sabini said. “We all love what we’re doing.”

With industry-level experience with Fortune 500 clients such as Goldman Sachs, former owner of Wall Street on Demand, Sabini said it was easy to generate new work. He pointed to Boulder’s well-known “collaborative” environment as a great place for entrepreneurs to start their own companies.

“We always wanted to start our own company, but you have to be that kind of person (to start something like Mapleton Hill Media),” Sabini said. “We work more now, but it’s more enjoyable, because I’m working for myself.”

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