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SMU Cox Recognizes Dallas/Fort Worth
Entrepreneurs at the 17th Annual Dallas 100™ Awards
Dallas (SMU) - In its 17th year, the Dallas 100™ Awards, presented by the SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, recognized the top 100 fastest growing, privately held companies in the North Texas area. The success of these companies indicates the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in North Texas, as these 100 companies combined to generate sales of $3.6 billion in 2006, and grew average sales 190 percent from 2004 to 2006.
The top 100 companies were recognized at an awards ceremony at the Meyerson Symphony Center November 7, with keynote speaker Michael G. Staffaroni, president and director of Heelys Inc. and Patrick F. Hanmber, senior vice president and director of Heelys Inc. Huntley Paton, publisher of The Dallas Business Journal, and David Johnson, with 1080 KRLD Newsradio, served as emcees for the event.
Taking the top spot in this year’s Dallas 100™ Awards is the Carrollton-based Internet retailer, Woot, Inc. Founded by electronics wholesaler Matt Rutledge in 2004, Woot Inc. pioneered the "one deal a day" business model on the Internet, offering a single discounted item each day. Woot.com is also home to an active community of members who share their opinions of products on the site’s many forums. In the last three years, sales at Woot have increased to 10 times that of its first year and nationwide membership has grown to 1 million strong.
In order to qualify for the Dallas 100™, a company must be an independent, privately held corporation, proprietorship or partnership (not a subsidiary of a parent company) as of May 1, 2007; be headquartered in the Dallas area; have had sales of more than $500,000 in fiscal 2004; have had sales of not more than $75,000,000 in 2004; have a three-year sales history reflecting growth; and, have a credit report and character satisfactory to the Dallas 100™, determined at the sole discretion of the Dallas 100™.
Below are the winners for 2007, in ranked order:
Woot, Inc.
Fusion Solutions, Inc.
driversselect
American Fuel Distributors, LP
Continental Cabinets, Inc.
Presbyterian Plano Center for Diagnostics & Surgery
Ryan & Company
Valere Power
Stream Realty Partners LP
Davaco, Inc.
One Technologies, L.P.
Ivie & Associates, Inc.
Womack Machine Supply
Red River Solutions
Razor
Pariveda Solutions, Inc.
OraMetrix, Inc.
eRewards, Inc.
Omnifight Helicopters, Inc.
Masergy
Accuro Healthcare Solutions
Benchmark Mortgage
Texas Institute for Surgery, LLP
On-Target Supplies & Logistics, Ltd.
Fast-Trak Construction, Inc.
imc2
Mumbo Jumbo
RMCN Credit Services, Inc.
Epic MedStaff Services
MYCON General Contractors
Pavecon Commercial Contrete
Platinum Select
Lumenate
Xterprise, Inc.
CI Host
Shaddock Developers
Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc.
Pantheon
HumCap LP
Plexent
Pegasus Logistics Group
Builders Blinds of Texas, Inc.
Service King Collision Repair Centers
The Delta Companies
RG Logistics, Inc.
Management Information Services
InnerWireless, Inc.
Maverick Residential Mortgage, Inc.
Capital Title - A Shaddock Company
Spear One Productions
W.R. Hodgson Co., LP
Nedderman & Associates
Tabani Group
Lubricants USA, L.P.
Mobile Comm Professonals, Inc.
Earth Tech
The Retail Connection, L.P.
The Landscape Partners, LTD
Food Team, Inc.
SB International, Inc.
Med-Tech Construction, Inc.
Buchanan Associates
First Choice Emergency Room
Conchemco, LTD
Peloton Real Estate Partners
Sleep Experts
Knowledge Tranzfer, Inc.
B & B Waste Transit, Inc.
Medicus Partners
Multicam, L.P.
EDGE Tech Corp.
Al Coker & Associates
eSports Partners
Lingualcare Inc.
Anthony Travel, Inc.
Trinity Real Estate Solutions, Inc.
Resulte Universal
SCA Walls, Inc.
Halff Associates, Inc.
Illes Seasoning & Flavors
Hotsos Enterprises Ltd.
HomeVestors of America, Inc.
All-Tex Pipe & Supply
Authentix, Inc.
Enseo, Inc.
SimCrest, Inc.
Trinity Consultants, Inc.
Service Lighting and Electrical Supplies, Inc.
REDLEE/SCS Inc.
Prospera Financial Services
Duplium
Colo4Dallas, LP
eVerge Group
Pinnacle Technical Resources, Inc.
Ritual Entertainment
American Leather, LP
AVIDWireless
Baylor Medical Center at Frisco
Via Viente US
Swiss-American Products
About SMU Cox
SMU’s Cox School of Business offers a full range of business education programs, including BBA, full-time MBA, Professional MBA (PMBA), Executive MBA (EMBA), Master of Science in Management (MSM), and Executive Education. The school also offers a number of unique resources and activities for students, ranging from its Business Leadership Center (BLC), Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, Maguire Energy Institute, and American Airlines Global Leadership Program (AAGLP) to its Associate Board Executive Mentoring Program and an international alumni network with chapters in more than 20 countries. SMU Cox is ranked among the top business schools nationally and internationally by major publications, including BusinessWeek, The Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and U.S. News & World Report.
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