In 1994, Patricia “Trish” Karter and two partners founded Dancing Deer Baking Company as an all-natural Boston bakery that sold cakes to upscale local restaurants and cafes. Today, the company sells more than half a million units of cookies, cakes, brownies, and mixes through national supermarkets, retail stores, and the Internet. Dancing Deer will generate $15 million in revenue for the fiscal year ending June 2008 and hopes to pass $50 million in sales by 2012. Increasing sales…

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