1998 TLMI Converters of the Year

With a $2,000 investment from each of the Schreiners and another $2,000 borrowed from his father, Buckley founded Custom Tape & Label in 1964 with 300 sq.ft. of rented space and nothing more than a phone, some label stock and a printing press made by a local machine shop.

Buckley describes the first three years as "difficult, grueling, stressful and oftentimes bleak. Many times I wanted to throw in the towel," he remembers. "For every one success there were many failures, but it was the fear of failure that kept me going."