IRVINE, Calif., July 26 — Entrepreneur magazine, in
partnership with the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO), announces a
search for the Top 50 fastest-growing women-owned/women-led businesses in
the U.S. and Canada. With women-owned companies growing at twice the rate
of all firms, the results of Entrepreneur’s Top 50 search will showcase
some of the hottest of these businesses to watch.
The Top 50 businesses will be revealed in the November issue of
Entrepreneur magazine and honored at a special event with the WPO in New
York City on December 3, 2007. Applications to enter and submission details
can be found on http://www.womenpresidentsorg.com/50Fastest.htm; the
deadline to enter is August 5, 2007.
To be eligible, companies must:
— Be privately owned
— Be women-owned/led
— Have started generating revenue by the first week of 2002
— Have reached revenue of $1 million by year-end 2006
“As the experts in entrepreneurship, we’ve found an ideal alliance with
the WPO that allows us to assist more women entrepreneurs fervent about
growing their businesses,” says Rieva Lesonsky, senior VP and editorial
director of Entrepreneur. “Revealing the Top 50 fastest-growing businesses
with the WPO will help us spotlight major successes enjoyed by women
business leaders and help others learn from their insights.”
Marsha Firestone, Ph.D., president and founder of the WPO, says “We are
very excited and proud to partner with Entrepreneur to recognize those
firms that are experiencing the fastest growth.” The WPO is a nonprofit
membership organization for a diverse group of women presidents who have
guided their businesses to at least $2 million in gross annual sales or $1
million in revenue for service-based companies.
To learn more and enter the search for the Top 50 fastest-growing
women-owned/women-led businesses, please visit
http://www.womenpresidentsorg.com/50Fastest.htm.
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