Inc. 500 Reveals Its 25th Annual List of America's 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies
An Industry-leading provider of digital media publishing solutions, thePlatform, ranks no. 65 on the 2006 Inc. 500 with three-year revenue growth of 1058% percent
Press Release, August 23, 2006
Inc. magazine today announced its 25th annual Inc. 500 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. An industry-leading provider of digital media publishing solutions, thePlatform, ranks No. 65 on the list, with three-year growth of 1058% percent.
Headquartered in Seattle, thePlatform™ is an industry-leading provider of digital media publishing solutions. The company's flagship product, thePlatform Media Publishing System™ (MPS), is a comprehensive solution for media, entertainment and enterprise customers enabling customers to publish digital media anywhere--over any network, to any device. Leading customers include ABC News, Bank of America, CNBC, Comcast, CSTV, Microsoft, Scripps Networks, The Wall Street Journal Online and Verizon Wireless.
"We're honored to receive such a distinguished recognition from Inc. Magazine," said Ian Blaine, CEO of thePlatform. "This is really a testament to our talented and dedicated team, which has worked tirelessly and led us to become one of the industry's most well-known and trusted companies."
The 2006 Inc. 500, as revealed in the September issue of Inc., reported the most robust bunch of companies the magazine has ever compiled, with aggregate revenue of $19.7 billion, up from $16.5 billion last year and $12.9 billion in 2000.
"If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500," said Inc. Editor Jane Berentson. "These are the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, the ones coming up with solutions to some of our most intractable ills, creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier, and manufacturing products we soon discover we can't live without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine's tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition."
About thePlatform
Headquartered in Seattle, thePlatformTM is an industry-leading provider of digital media publishing solutions. The company's flagship product, thePlatform Media Publishing SystemTM (MPS), is a comprehensive solution for media, entertainment and enterprise customers. With thePlatform MPS, customers can publish digital media anywhere - over any network, to any device. Leading customers include Bank of America, CNBC, Comcast, Court TV, Microsoft, National Geographic, Scripps Networks, The Wall Street Journal Online and Verizon Wireless. Custom feature enhancements and seamless systems integration are a simple matter using thePlatform's Web services MPS-SDK. For more information, visit www.theplatform.com.
About Inc.
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