"Our success is two fold. One, we have the best and most loyal distributors out there and two, I've said this a million times, our staff is hands down the hardest working, intuitive and most forward thinking crew in the business, period," Mackay added.
Distributors also had a very strong showing on the 2011 rankings. Breaking into the Inc. 500 is Aztec Awards, marking their first appearance on the list. "Prior to 2006, Aztec Awards sold thousands of products to thousands of customers, and it was unable to grow," said Thomas Phan of Aztec Awards. "With the new leadership team, one of the first decisions we made was to eliminate 90 percent of our products ... and focus on catering to a very specific niche of the corporate market only."
- Companies:
- iClick
- Raining Rose
- SnugZ USA
Kyle A. Richardson is the editorial director of Promo Marketing. He joined the company in 2006 brings more than a decade of publishing, marketing and media experience to the magazine. If you see him, buy him a drink.