This is how it all begins: Culling from its massive database,
Dun & Bradstreet provides Entrepreneur with an initial
list of fast-growing companies. Entrepreneur mails each
company a form, which the entrepreneurs must complete and submit
along with current financial statements. We then measure the
company's sales growth from the date of inception, listing the
businesses in growth order.
In order for a business to be considered, it must meet the
following criteria:
- Founder is actively involved in daily operations and controls
at least 51 percent of the business.
- Business was founded no earlier than 1998.
- Annual sales for 2000 exceeded $1 million.
- Company meets the SBA's definition of a small business,
based on the company's number of employees and sales figures.
These numbers will vary according to the particular industry.
To be considered for our Hot 100 list next year, your company
must be registered with D&B with current information on
file.
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Dun & Bradstreet research is conducted by the Dun &
Bradstreet Analytical Services Group; Entrepreneur research
is conducted by Zoy Parkinson Smith and Marina Brown.
About Dun &
Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet, the world's leading provider of
business information, has been enabling B2B commerce for nearly 160
years. With its database of 62 million companies worldwide-12
million active businesses in the United States alone-D&B's
information and technology solutions help businesses reduce credit
risk, find profitable customers and manage vendors efficiently.
Businesses also use D&B information and technology to
authenticate and verify potential trading partners online.
Through telephone interviews as well as public record searches
and trade reporting, more than 300 million financial transactions
are added annually to D&B's files in the United States
alone. D&B updates its information base continually-an average
of 1 million times each business day.
When businesses are entered in the D&B database, they are
issued D-U-N-S® numbers (similar to Social Security numbers
for companies). The U.S. government requires companies to have this
number to bid on government contracts. Also used by the United
Nations and the European Union, D-U-N-S numbers are quickly
becoming the universal standard for identifying businesses on the
Web.
For information, call (800) 234-3867 or visit www.dnb.com. To register
for a D-U-N-S number, call (800) 333-0505.
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20160 Paseo Del Prado, Walnut, CA 91789, (909) 595-0601
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