WANTED: Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies for the new PROFIT 200

PROFIT Magazine makes its call for entries

TORONTO, Feb. 25 /CNW/ – “When I launched my first business,” says Dragons’ Den’s Robert Herjavec, “I had two goals in mind: to survive, and to make the PROFIT 100 ranking.” Herjavec, CEO of The Herjavec Group, achieved both. So did Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie of Research in Motion, Clive Beddoe of WestJet Airlines and Tony Lacavera of Wind Mobile and Globalive Communications.

These CEOs understood the benefits of participating in Canada’s most exciting business ranking and awards program. Since 1989, the ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies has celebrated the success of the best and brightest companies from all sectors of the economy. Now, in its 23rd year, it’s expanding to give full recognition to 200 of the nation’s most entrepreneurial companies—which is why it has been renamed the PROFIT 200.

Do you manage a fast-growing Canadian company or know someone who does? Then submit a nomination today to the PROFIT 200, the definitive list of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies based on five-year revenue growth. An entry form can be found at http://www.PROFIT200.ca.

PROFIT will honour Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies in its special June issue and at the ninth annual PROFIT 200 CEO Summit, Canada’s most exclusive and educational event for entrepreneurs.

Winning firms are backed by a national publicity campaign that generates extensive consumer and trade media coverage. The top 20 Quebec-based winners will also be featured in L’actualité magazine. For a list of last year’s winners and their best practices, visit http://www.PROFIT200.ca.

Candidates and nominators looking for more information can call the toll-free PROFIT 200 hotline at 1-800-713-GROW or visit http://www.PROFIT200.ca. The entry deadline is March 31, 2011.

About PROFIT magazine:

PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success is Canada’s preeminent publication dedicated to the management issues and opportunities facing small and mid-sized businesses. For 29 years, Canadian entrepreneurs and senior managers across a vast array of economic sectors have remained loyal to PROFIT because it’s a timely and reliable source of actionable information that helps them achieve business success and get the recognition they deserve for generating positive economic and social change. Published six times a year by Rogers Publishing Ltd., PROFIT is distributed almost exclusively to the chief executives of companies with five to 250 employees and annual revenue of $1 million to $25 million, reaching more than 300,000 readers across Canada. Visit PROFIT online at http://www.profitmagazine.ca