UVEF Top 25 Under 5 Wrapup
Yesterday the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum held its annual Top 25 Under 5 awards ceremony, recognizing Utah’s leading entrepreneurial companies on factors including company age, revenue, and number of employees. To qualify, winning companies must be under five years old, and must demonstrate financial growth and employment opportunity.
Hosted by UVEF chairman Roger Andrus and emcee’d by Rick White of Fusion-io, the event featured a keynote address by Utah Leutenant Governor Gary R. Herbert with comments and insights from Alan Ashton, founder of WordPerfect, and event sponsors Steve Grizzel of Innoventures and Rona Rahlf of the Provo Daily Herald. 25 award plaques were presented to the winners. The exciting event was punctuated with Rick White’s energetic humor, drawings for gifts, and an extravagant buffet lunch will well-appointed table settings.
Here is a YouTube video of the event, with winners and links listed below in reverse order:
Here are the winners of the UVEF Top 25 Under Five 2009:
25 | CFOwise
CFOwise provides executive-level expertise on a flexible budget by offering businesses of any size a part-time, outsourced Chief Financial Officer (CFO). CFOwise is based in Pleasant Grove.
24 | Isis Dei
Named after the Egyptian goddess of protection, Isis Dei offers creative, practical accessories for all types of electronic devices. Isis Dei is based in Provo.
23 | The Ready Project
The Ready Project simplifies the preparedness process. Their line of gourmet food storage meals are delicious and easy to prepare and are sold through several different distribution channels – Online, Local Retail and Direct Sales. The Ready Project is based in Pleasant Grove.
22 | Big Brainz
Big Brainz develops the most powerful, effective educational video games ever created by combining the most compelling technology from “real” video games with the cuttingedge methods of interactive instruction. Big Brainz is based in Provo.
21 | Rocketship, Inc.
Rocketship is a multi-disciplinary industrial design and product development firm, providing creative product development solutions across a wide range of categories. Rocketship is based in Provo.
20 | Spoon Me
Spoon Me is a fun, fresh, exciting and truly “green” frozen yogurt and smoothie franchise with stores in Utah and Arizona that focuses on creating remarkable experiences for our customers and a life changing business for our franchise owners. Spoon Me is based in Provo.
19 | Jive Communications, Inc.
Jive provides full-featured, affordable IP telephone systems to clients nationwide. Their virtual platform offers a wide range of features for businesses of any size. Jive is based in Orem.
18 | Castlewave, LLC
CastleWave was initially started in March 2007 as a test-case to prove out entrepreneurial principles that were written in a book authored by 2 of the managing partners. They followed the book, chapter by chapter, as they developed CastleWave, a Search Engine Optimization business, and were soon landing large customers and starting to see some growth.
17 | SEO.COM
SEO.com provides search engine marketing and optimization consulting services. They help companies of any size show up at the top of Google and get more leads and sales for their businesses. SEO.com is based in the Provo Technology Center at Novell
16 | IntelliSchematic
IntelliSchematic is an industrial training company focused on training programs for industries utilizing motion control and power transmission equipment for production and operation. IntelliSchematic is based in Alpline.
15 | Snapp Conner PR
Snapp Conner PR is a specialized agency that provides all aspects of strategic and tactical PR execution for companies in the technology space. Snapp Conner PR is based in South Jordan.
14 | Infuse Medical
Infuse Medical is a medical education agency that develops comprehensive training programs for medical device manufacturers. Infuse Medical is based in Lehi.
13 | Rockwell, Inc.
RockWell, Inc. is a manufacturer of one-piece decorative window wells for the residential construction industry. RockWell is based in Utah County.
Pfadt Race Engineering is focused on the design and manufacture of high-end performance suspension products for 1997 and newer Corvettes and the 2010 Camaro. Pfadt Race Engineering is based in Salt Lake City.
11 | iTOK
iTOK offers Help Desk tools and services to optimize your home computer for better performance and to protect it from virus attacks and spyware. iTOK is based in Lindon.
10 | FamilyLink.com
Family Link helps families connect online primarily through it’s ‘We’re Related’ Facebook and iPhone application. Family Link is based in Provo.
9 | ZenPrint
ZenPrint is a leading developer of web-to-print applications helping businesses and social networks promote and monetize their brand. ZenPrint is based in Salt Lake City.
8 | InsideSales.com
InsideSales.com is the first provider of on-demand Lead Management software to integrate a powerful suite of marketing tools that include dialers, voice messaging and nearly two dozen other productivity-enhancing ‘power tools’. InsideSales.com is based in the Provo Technology Center at Novell.
7 | LaneLinks, Inc.
LaneLinks is a team of dedicated transportation professionals that utilizes proprietary tracking tools to create and manage customized partnerships between private fleets and shippers. LaneLinks is based in Provo.
6 | Navigator Business Solutions, Inc.
Navigator Business One Solutions is a leading SAP Gold Partner that offers SAP products and services to small and mid-size companies to help manage their growth. Navigator Business One Solutions is based in Pleasant Grove.
5 | Aribex, Inc.
Aribex is the worldwide leader in innovative handheld x-ray products. Aribex develops X-ray products for the dental, veterinary, forensic, security, and industrial verification markets. Aribex is based in Orem.
4 | Allegiance, Inc.
Allegiance offers a suite of web and phone-based Enterprise Feedback Management solutions to provide companies and organizations with a way to collect, manage and act upon customer and employee feedback to improve their business performance. Allegiance is based in South Jordan.
3 | OrangeSoda
OrangeSoda’s specialty is in helping small and medium-sized businesses who don’t have massive advertising budgets show up when potential local customers search for companies or services like theirs online. OrangeSoda is based in American Fork.
Imagine Learning was founded with one goal in mind: to teach English to the children of the world. Today Imagine Learning English is being used by tens of thousands of students globally. Imagine Learning is based in Provo.
1 | ZAGG, Inc.
ZAGG designs, manufactures, and distributes protective clear coverings and accessories for consumer electronic and hand-held devices, worldwide. ZAGG is based in Salt Lake City.
Congratulations to all on a job well done! The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Utah, helping to reduce the impact of our ailing economy and establishing Utah as one of the best places to start a business in the United States.
My special thanks and appreciation to the UVEF board of directors for their collective effort to make this year’s event the most well-prepared and recognized event to date.
Read other stories about the award ceremony here:
Provo Daily Herald: 20 Utah County entrepreneurs honored by the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum
PilmerPR: Top 25 Under Five | Entrepreneurs Honored By UVEF
Featured on Local FoxNews:
For more information about the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum, or the annual Top 25 Under 5 Awards, contact any member of the UVEF Board of Directors, including myself.
-Cary
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This was a great event that was well attended by both political and business leaders as well as the entrepreneur community as a whole. Rick White made the event entertaining, and the give-aways were perfect for keepong the event from becoming too monotonous. Very well done!