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Instructions
Anyone can nominate a company for consideration using
the
Nomination Form.
Nominated companies are asked to submit an application
containing relevant company information. Researchers use the information
in the application to rank companies.
The information will be verified with the company CEO
and accountant.
Qualifications
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Independent, privately held corporation, proprietorship, or partnership.
Franchises, subsidiaries, divisions, and fixed-term funds and their management
companies are NOT eligible.
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A full three-year sales history with an increase during 2007. Sales in
2005 must be for a full 12 months and more than $125,000.
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Applicants that operate in bankruptcy at any point during the contest period
through to the time of winner selection are not eligible.
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Company headquarters located in one of the following counties:
Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia
Delaware
Chester
Montgomery
Bucks
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New Jersey:
Burlington
Camden
Gloucester
Mercer
Delaware:
New Castle
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The Philadelphia 100 program reserves the right to not
accept applicants at its discretion.
All applicants should fill out our brief 2008
Philadelphia 100 nomination form. Those firms that appear to be eligible will
receive an email in May with a link to an online password protected
Secondary Application, which will ask for more details about your company.
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Evaluation
Nominees will receive an email requesting sales
information from the Wharton Small Business Development Center. Researchers at
the Wharton SBDC will use this information to rank the top 100 performers based
on their percentage increase in sales from 2005 to 2007.
Findings
Our findings will be presented in a special report:
"Philadelphia 100®: The Region's Fastest-Growing Private Companies." The report
will appear in the Philadelphia Business Journal at the end of October. Winners
will be honored at a celebratory banquet in October.
Email questions, comments or nominations to
philly100@wharton.upenn.edu
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