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The Business Journal - February 4-11, 2005
S&T NAMED TO AREAS TOP BUILDER LIST
In the Feb 4-11 issue of the Kansas City Business Journal,
S&T was named 4th place in the Areas Top 25 Home Builders List.
The Business Journal - January 10-16, 2003
STARTING FROM THE GROUND UP
Six years ago, Sean Tebbe, and Robbie Speer had a chance encounter
on a construction site in Blue Springs. Tebbe was in the wholesale grocery business at the time,
helping start up a new Price Chopper. Speer was in the excavation business, helping clear
land for the same supermarket. The two had known each other since elementary school.
Needing a break from overwork on the supermarket project the pair flew off the Las Vegas
for a spontaneous "five-day" trip. The glitz was still there after just three days,
but their gambling money was gone. Sitting in the Horseshoe Casino for a final cup of coffee
before flying home, the two discovered a mutual interest in being enterepreneurs.
Several days later, Speer called Tebbe to say that he had quit his day job and was
ready to start the business they had fantasized about. The initial synergy at S&T
came from Speer's virurosity with a backhoe combined with Tebbe's business savvy.
The catalyist for growth was the same on the always has driven capitalism--both were
tired of working so deathly hard to put money in someones else's bank account.
They wanted to control their own destinies.
Their first job was clearing land for a Wal-Mart expansion in Raytown. Their office was in
the Tebbe house where his wife Gina kept the books after her full time job.
Nonetheless, both men have earned not only the respect but the near-reverence of their
co-workers for strong work ethics.
Having started with little more than a collateralized house, and a vision,
Speer and Tebbe built an enterprise expected to gross more than
$30 million in 2003. Seven of S&T's eight companies deal in real estate or building,
with activities that include residential and commercial construction, electrical,
excavation, trenching, and servicce, hauling, landscaping and property management.
Kansas City Star - Wednesday October 9, 2002
COUNTY AIRPORT EXPANSION
The Clay County Airport expansion project broke ground last week in a ceremony that included
representatives from the county, S&T, the Missouri Department of Transprotation and
former U.S. Congressworman Pat Danner.
Kansas City Star - July 19, 2004
S&T ALL STAR GOLF TOURNAMENT
BRINGS BIG NAMES AND BIG DOLLARS
For the benefit of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Dream Factory,
S&T Enterprises held it's first annual golf tournament on July 13, 2004
at the Country Club of Blue Springs. "We have been very blessed", said Sean Tebbe,
the "T" in S&T, " and we wanted to start giving back to the community of Kansas City".
With the help of many celebrities, Sean and his mother raised approximately $60,000 at the event.
Some of the celebrities who particepated included: Fred Patek, Pete LaCock, Peter Marshal, Gary Lezak,
Tony Departa, Art Still, Bobby Bell, and Walter White.
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