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What makes you think you’re so hot?
Now in its 12th year, the PROFIT HOT 50 is Canada's most rewarding ranking and recognition program for growing young companies. The PROFIT HOT 50 showcases Canada's Top New Growth Companies by ranking the two-year revenue growth of firms founded in 2006 through 2008. HOT 50 winners are profiled in the October issue of PROFIT magazine at at PROFITguide.com. In addition, HOT 50 CEOs are invited to attend GrowthCamp an exclusive networking and learning summit.

The deadline to enter this year’s ranking is June 30, 2011. Please click here to nominate your firm or here to find out more information.

Here’s what we learned from the 2010 HOT 50 winners:
The economy has been in such a sorry state for the past two years that you can't expect companies to have done much more than stay afloat. Try telling that to the PROFIT HOT 50. The firms on PROFIT’s 2010 ranking of Canada's Emerging Growth Companies haven't merely survived in the most perilous economy in decades, they've flourished. The HOT 50 have shown that even in a Great Recession, you can go great guns. The proof: over the past two years alone, the country's hottest young businesses have achieved average revenue growth of 548%.  What's their secret? Canada's next generation of entrepreneurial bright lights has shown a keen eye for exploiting under-served niches, a willingness to take risks, a ruthless attention to cost control and, above all, a passionate commitment to delivering value to their customers. Click here to download the 2010 HOT 50 spreadsheet.

2012 HOT 50 Ranking and GrowthCamp

PROFIT HOT 50

  1. Great Circle Works Inc. / Zipfy Inc.
  2. GT Global Telecom Networks Corp.
  3. Teach Away Inc.
  4. SalesForce Search Ltd.
  5. Simply Good Technologies Inc.
  1. Paradigm Public Relations Inc.
  2. Shopify (Jaded Pixel Technologies Inc.)
  3. VersaPay Corp.
  4. Fabulous Furballs Ltd.
  5. Mama Earth Organics Inc.
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How Canada's hottest young company grew by 10,330%.
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How to gain credibility, fast.
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    Time is running out to enter the 2011 PROFIT HOT 50 ranking of Canada’s Top New Growth Companies! June 29, 2011 We’ve extended the entry deadline to Tuesday, July 5.
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    PROFIT HOT 50: No. 1 profile - Not-so-wild child By Jim McElgunn  | September 15, 2010 The man behind Canada’s top young business is crazy for cool new products—and smart ways to reduce startup risk.
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    PROFIT HOT 50: Hotlines September 14, 2010 While many post-secondary students are content to spend their summers planting trees or bartending, others aspire to do something more ambitious. It’s these proto-entrepreneurs who have helped Deco Windshield Repair Inc. (No. 37) expand rapidly across Western Canada.
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    PROFIT HOT 50: Hotlines By Deborah Aarts  | September 13, 2010 The market for mobile apps is white-hot; Juniper Research Ltd., a U.K.-based mobile telecom research firm, forecasts it will triple globally by 2015 to US$32 billion. So, it should come as no surprise that three of the PROFIT HOT 50 deal in creating smartphone-friendly tools.
    Mike Abbass and Tracey Bouchner of Paradigm Public RelationsMike Abbass and Tracey Bouchner of Paradigm Public Relations
    PROFIT HOT 50: The 5 essential strategies of successful startups By Annette Bourdeau  | September 13, 2010 How did PROFIT HOT 50 firms do so well against such steep odds? By adopting these key strategies early on.
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    PROFIT HOT 50: Overview - Canada's hottest startups By Jim McElgunn  | September 13, 2010 The young growth stars of the PROFIT HOT 50 didn’t let a little thing like a global economic slump hold them back.
    HOT 50 July 30, 2010
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