PROFIT Magazine is putting out
a last call for companies that want to be considered for its annual ranking of Canada's
Fastest-Growing Companies. But you have to enter by April 1!
For the 25th anniversary of
this ground-breaking project, PROFIT is pulling out all the stops. This year it
is celebrating Canada’s top 500 growth companies.
With 500 companies, PROFIT should
have sufficient volume of entries to segment the national list into specialty rankings by region and by industry. Your company may be the 267th-fastest-growing
company in Canada, but you may also be the 12th fastest-growing manufacturer or
the top growth company in Manitoba. (These are just examples; the categories haven't
yet been confirmed).
The benefits? Every PROFIT 500 company
will be listed in PROFIT magazine, as well as on www.PROFITguide.com. This is PROFIT’s
annual must-read issue, so your listing could go a long way. And those interested in personal exit strategies
should know that many big companies consider the P200/500 to be Canada’s best
shopping list.
PROFIT will also be profiling
the top Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto companies in special supplements to be
distributed the week of June 3. Quebec companies will get additional coverage
in PROFIT’s sister magazine, L’actualité, and firms in Atlantic Canada will
get coverage in Atlantic Business magazine.
All winners will be invited to
the PROFIT 500 “CEO Summit” in Toronto on June 5. It’s an annual networking andprofessional development event that should blow the roof off this year with so
many successful innovators in one place. PROFIT is also hosting regional events (in
Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary) in the fall for listed CEOs in those regions.
PROFIT has even changed the
reporting criteria, to encourage more companies to enter. Companies are
still ranked on five-year revenue growth. But for the first time, the listings will
no longer refer to a company’s profitability. And private companies will no
longer have to publicly disclose their revenue if they don't want to; they will
be able to publish their revenue numbers as a range.
PROFIT insiders tell me that any
company that has had five-year revenue growth of more than 50% has a chance to
crack the listing.
Don't put if off any longer. Check
out http://www.profitguide.com/microsite/profit500 now!
Rick’s comments: As the former
editor and publisher of PROFIT (and the guy who named the PROFIT 100 and later
expanded it to 200), I salute the plucky, hardworking PROFIT staff who are continually
punching above their weight level. This is an ambitious leap forward that could
have a huge impact on innovation and entrepreneurial success in Canada. You rock,
guys. Good luck!
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