What Do America’s Fastest Growing Companies Have in Common?

Author and former CEO of an Inc. 500 company, Keith McFarland, will reveal what some of the fastest growing entrepreneur created companies in the country share in common at Inc.’s 2009 GROWCO Conference, March 18-20, in Orlando.

growcoconference.com - February 17, 2009

(PRNewsChannel) / Orlando, Fla. / Believe it or not, there is no better time than the present to start a business, says one of the leading authorities on business growth strategy who will share years of experience and research on traits and practices that successful companies have in common at Inc.’s GROWCO Conference, March 18-20, in Orlando.

Keith McFarland, founder of McFarland Strategy Partners, a leading provider of strategic advisory services to leading growth companies, says it’s time to change the way executives think of change.

“Participants will learn what makes some companies resilient and others fragile during a downturn,” says McFarland, the author of The Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-seller The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers, which spotlights successful traits of some of America’s fastest-growing companies.  “They will learn what mistakes leaders most often make during tough economic times- and how to avoid them.”

Inc.’s GROWCO Conference has showcased some of the brightest and most forward-thinking executives in business. First introduced in the 1980s as the Growing the Company Conference, the GROWCO Conference harvests the rich network of seasoned executives and inspiration thought leaders. Drawing upon Inc.’s decades of in-depth and on-edge business reporting, the GROWCO Conference is an invaluable opportunity to gain real, practicable advice on how to grow a business.

Before he founded McFarland Strategy Partners, McFarland was the CEO of two-time Inc. 500 company Collectech Systems. 

He understands the pressures and challenges that go along with running a company during a down economy, but also believes the current economic climate should also be seen as an opportunity.  McFarland says entrepreneurs want to be in charge of their own destiny in tough times and there’s no better time than the present to take risks with your business.

“The entrepreneurial energies in a culture are unleashed.  Entrepreneurs have nothing to lose.  Now is the time to pursue the opportunity,” says McFarland. “Some of the most influential companies in our culture were created during downturns.”

Geared to company owners and executives, Inc.’s GROWCO Conference targets two groups of businesses: smaller organizations that want to move up in market share and respectability, and larger companies that want to establish steady results while distinguishing themselves amongst their competitors.

McFarland has spent five years studying every company to ever make the Inc. 500, more than 7,000 companies, and has culled a clear set of drivers that has pushed these companies from chasing markets to influencing them.  He will give participants sneak peek at his latest research at Inc.’s GROWCO Conference, March 18-20, in Orlando.

For more information on the Inc. GROWCO Conference and to sign up, please visit: www.GrowCoConference.com

About the Inc. GROWCO Conference:  Inc. magazine’s GROWCO Conference has been a must-attend event for any business owner since it was first introduced in the 1980s. The two-day event was created with motivated business leaders in mind, and provides more than just an excellent networking opportunity.  Participants will also receive real, workable information they can use to create or improve upon their own growth models.  The GROWCO Conference puts Inc.’s decades of in-depth and on-edge business reporting to practice, harnessing an established network of executives and speakers.  The conference will be held March 18-20 in Orlando.

About Inc. magazine: Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. magazine (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today's innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 724,110, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology.

About Keith McFarland:  Keith McFarland is the founder of McFarland Strategy Partners, which provides strategic advisory services to dozens of leading growth companies.  A regular columnist for Businessweek, McFarland also occasionally writes columns for Time magazine, and is also an Inc.com blogger. Prior to founding McFarland Strategy Partners, McFarland was the CEO of two-time Inc. 500 company, Collectech Systems, and CEO of Nivo International, which ran 2000 worldwide testing and certification centers for Microsoft.  McFarland is the author of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times best seller The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers.

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