For Immediate Release
September 5, 2008
Leigh Segall
Leigh.segall@savogroup.com
312.506.1740
SAVO Named to the Inc. 5000 List for 2008
Inc.’s 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America honors leading provider of
on-demand sales enablement solutions
Chicago, IL—SAVO, an award winning provider of on-demand Sales Enablement solutions, announced that it has been included in Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest growing companies. The list is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s leading entrepreneurs. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.
“Our second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism,” said Inc. 5000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. “The Inc. 5000 gives an unrivalled portrait of young companies across all industries doing fascinating things with cutting-edge business models, as well as older companies that are still showing impressive growth.”
John Aiello, SAVO’s CEO and co-founder added, “Being recognized in this list is an honor and testament to the importance of SAVO’s industry leading technology innovation, and its collaborations with organizations of all sizes... Since 1999, SAVO has focused its energies on truly enabling sales teams to become more effective and efficient. We have built the standard for on-demand Sales Enablement and we look forward to continued growth and success in the months and years ahead.”
The 5000 companies that made the list reported aggregate revenue of $185 billion and median three-year growth of 147 percent. Most important, the 2008 Inc. 5000 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 826,033 jobs since those companies were founded. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and a list of the fastest-growing companies that can be sorted by industry and region can be found at www.inc5000.com.
Methodology
The 2008 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004, and $2 million in 2007.
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SAVO is the industry's leading provider of sales enablement solutions, which maximize a sales organization's ability to communicate value and differentiation in clear, consistent, and compelling ways. SAVO's award-winning, on demand application combines proven sales and marketing best practices to address all aspects of the sales enablement challenge – spanning people, process, content, and technology. SAVO's on-demand application and services have been developed and refined through long-standing relationships with companies such as Morgan Stanley, CareerBuilder.com, Acxiom, ADP, AmerisourceBergen, AutoTrader.com, Citigroup, GE, FedEx Kinkos, and SPSS. The combination of real-world client experience, an innovative consulting approach and award-winning technology uniquely positions SAVO to deliver practical solutions to enable the entire sales organization.
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