San Mateo firm lands spot as one of fastest-growing companies in America
Michael Azzano
Cosmo PR
(415) 596-1978
michael@cosmo-pr.com
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 14, 2008 – Bills.com has been named a finalist in the “most innovative company” category of the 2008 American Business Awards.
The American Business Awards constitute one of four programs in the Stevie Awards, hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” (New York Post, April 27, 2005). The American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing awards program honoring great performances in business.
As a finalist, Bills.com will be recognized at the sixth annual Stevie Awards gala June 12 in New York City. Category winners will be announced at that time. More than 600 executives from across the United States are expected to attend the ceremony, which will be broadcast on radio nationwide by the Business TalkRadio Network and hosted by Liz Claman of FOX Business Network.
Bills.com’s unique business model incorporates the Web site as a free one-stop site where consumers can educate themselves about complex personal finance issues and comparison shop for products and services including credit cards, debt relief assistance, insurance, mortgages and other loans. Bills.com serves as the online portal to Freedom Financial Network, LLC, providing comprehensive consumer debt resolution services to more than 40,000 customers since 2002 while managing more than $1 billion in consumer debt.
With Freedom Financial Network, LLC, Bills.com employs 410 employees in three offices, and projects a total of 550 employees by the end of 2008. The company has realized a compound annualized growth rate in sales over the past three years of 294 percent, growing by 173 percent in 2007, with revenues of $43.5 million.
More than 2,600 entries from companies of all sizes and industries competed for consideration in more than 40 categories. The volume of entries grew 30 percent this year, according to Michael Gallagher, founder and president of The Stevie Awards. “Being named a finalist is more of an accomplishment than ever before,” he says.
For more information about The American Business Awards and a list of finalists in all categories, visit www.stevieawards.com/aba.
About The Stevie Awards (www.stevieawards.com)
Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars,” Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.
About Bills.com (www.bills.com)
Based in San Mateo, Calif., Bills.com is a free one-stop site where consumers can educate themselves about complex personal finance issues and comparison shop for products and services including credit cards, debt relief assistance, insurance, mortgages and other loans. Bills.com serves as the online portal to Freedom Financial Network, LLC, providing comprehensive consumer debt resolution services to more than 40,000 customers since 2002 while managing more than $1 billion in consumer debt. Its RSS feed is available at http://www.bills.com/news_releases/.
Entrepreneur Magazine has ranked Bills.com as the No. 3 fastest-growing U.S. company on its 2008 “Hot 100” list. Company co-founders and co-CEOs Andrew Housser and Brad Stroh also have been named to the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's "40 Under 40" list in 2008.
