Ken Becker, CDT Articles

From the Series: 40 Under Forty

Ken Becker, CDT: Turns Family Laboratory Into 'Slim, Trim, Debt-Free' Business

In 2007, Becker Dental Lab was doing well, but the business was about $170,000 in debt, including delivery cars, an equipment loan from a supplier, a business renovation loan, credit cards and a line of credit. Ken and his two brothers, Dan and Ryan, all worked at the lab—owned by their parents—and...

Becker Dental Lab Gets On the Ball

Shawn Holmes, a ceramist at Becker Dental Lab in Herculaneum, MO, had been going to physical therapy in an attempt to relieve lower back pain and discomfort, which was only exacerbated by long hours at the bench. So when a co-worker made a novel suggestion—sit on a stability ball during the workday...