Powered by a pillow (local paper in Osceola, Wisc)
A spate of back pain 32 years ago turned Phil Mattison's life completely around.
The former truck driver's visit to an area chiropractor in 1981 launched an interest in an orthopedic pillow that turned into an entire business. These days, the Forest Lake entrepreneur, 56, owns a multimillion-dollar business called Core Products that manufactures some 450 orthopedic products for medical service practitioners worldwide.
The Osceola, Wis.-based firm employs 125 and expects to grow sales 40 percent over the next five years. Mattison offers motivat...
