The Email Wars

Well it was a night to remember. Second year in a row for little old eROI to win a place on the 100 fastest growing companies in Oregon list from the Portland Business Journal. Now last year was of course major coup hitting the list at 15th, but it sure is hard to sustain incredible growth at those levels. So funny as it might be we were there waiting our turn as they rapid fire through the list and CEOs stumble across the stage in a sea of hand shakes and hugs (Ryan B reference here, as he is loved by the Portland business community) and we made a bet… what number would we be this year? Many wanted to hedge low as they thought others had not had as impressive as a string of years as eROI has, I tried to be pragmatic and doubled plus six. Yep 36th.

I was dismissed by most eROI peers, but being the VP of Sales I think I have a pretty good pulse on things. And low and behold, the eROI logo popped right up at 36th. So I guess I won. Won what, who knows. But here is to the eROI Team, those that have been with us and have moved on, our clients, friends, supporters, evangelists and most importantly the people that believe in what we are doing.

And now we are left to bust our tails even harder to stay in this list. We need one more year of growth by the terms of the Business Journal to get a Lighthouse Award. Sleeves are rolled up and a year of innovation is ahead of us. Keep your eyes peeled around this time next year.