EOY nominees in West grew revenue by 51 percent
A recent study conducted by Ernst & Young and reported by The Orange County Register shows the 508 nominees competing in the six Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 programs in the West – California, Utah, Washington and Oregon – grew their companies’ combined revenue by 51 percent, generating $30 billion in combined revenue between 2009 and [...]
EY announces EOY finalists in Pacific Northwest
Ernst & Young LLP today announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 Award in the Pacific Northwest. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Award winners will be announced at a gala on [...]
The value of awards programs
Ernst & Young’s Joe Muscat spoke about the value of awards programs and his company’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year program recently with Press: Here‘s Scott McGrew. Muscat, who leads the firm’s Strategic Growth Markets practice on the West Coast, stressed awards programs are a great vehicle for getting a brand name recognized — whether the company ends up [...]
California leads venture capital funding in Q3
Venture capitalists are pouring money into the cleantech industry even though investors are scaling back funding in other sectors, according to a report from Ernst & Young LLP as reported in the Los Angeles Times. The report found cleantech companies raised almost $1.2 billion in the third quarter, up 73 percent from $684 million compared [...]
FOX 11 special celebrates Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year winners
Fox 11 reporter Christine Devine interviewed a number of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winners who discussed doing business in California, tips on starting a business and what it takes to survive in today’s economy. The 30-minute special report on entrepreneurship in California titled “Livin’ the Dream” aired this past Friday. Also [...]
Venture capital firms continuing to pour money into cleantech
The San Jose Mercury News highlights Ernst & Young’s quarterly IPO pipeline report in an article that ran on May 27. According to the story, venture capital firms are continuing to pour money into cleantech, with $1 billion invested in the first quarter of this year. At the end of Q1, Ernst & Young listed 125 [...]
Electric cars are charging into the marketplace
By Jerry Hirsch and Tiffany Hsu The Los Angeles Times Click here to read the full article Stalled for nearly a century, electric cars are about to move into the fast lane when the first of a new generation of vehicles reaches dealer showrooms next month. Every major automaker plans some sort of electric or [...]
Interview with E&Y Entrepreneur Of The Year — KNX Business Hour
Frank Mottek of the KNX Business Hour in Los Angeles interviews one of the winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the Greater LA Area — Steven Dunn, Chairman & CEO, Munchkin, Inc. in North Hills, Calif. KNX Business Hour 06.24.2009 | play.it (EOY story begins at 25:30) The group [...]
