With the province pausing for breath after a lengthy economic sprint, the time is right for Alberta’s fastest growing companies to reflect on which strengths brought them this far and, more importantly, which ones will carry them forward >
Fast-growing companies have their own gurus, mentors and role models they look up to. Here’s a sampling of the people and organizations this year’s Fast Growth 50 strives to emulate >
To really grasp what makes the Fast Growth 50 tick, we asked the heads of departments with various companies what challenges they’re facing in 2009. Here’s what they told us >
Industry by industry, these are the companies that out-sprinted their peers
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Visitors to the headquarters of CV Technologies Inc. discover a curious blend of science and marketing along the second floor of a brown brick building in the Edmonton Research Park. At one end, researchers check and handle the beakers, vials and high-tech measuring devices of a laboratory. At the other, Don Cherry and Mark Messier beam out from huge posters that feature bold-faced quotations extolling the virtues of Cold-fX, CV’s flagship product. >
Ever wonder what happened to that oil and gas company that made that thingamajig? The company that came out of nowhere and landed on the top of the Fastest Growing Companies list? Our intrepid writers pounded the pavement and left no stone unturned to track down Alberta’s past rising stars and flashes in the pan
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They’ve got the moves, they’ve got the momentum. Alberta’s Fastest Growing Companies are lunging ahead with a combination of solid management and a firm grasp of today’s business environment. Not to leave anyone out, this year we’ve divided the list into top performers under $20 million in revenue and those above $20 million.
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Scribbling contracts on a red-eye flight, Ashif Mawji’s revelation would launch Upside Software, Alberta’s Fastest Growing Company.
Upside Software Inc, the Edmonton-based developer that skyrocketed to the top of this year’s list of Alberta’s Fastest Growing Companies was conceived, appropriately enough, about 35,000 feet above Thunder Bay. >
Mark Redmond had hoped for scientific answers. Now Ceapro was about to get its second chance
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