LAST CALL for Canada's hottest startup companies

PROFIT Magazine makes its final call for entries to the PROFIT HOT 50 ranking of Canada's Emerging Growth Companies

TORONTO, June 23 /CNW/ - The deadline for identifying Canada's Emerging Growth Companies is fast approaching.

Now in its 11th year, the PROFIT HOT 50 is the premier ranking of Canada's fastest-growing young businesses based on two-year revenue growth. Anyone who manages or knows of a fast-growing young company is invited to submit a nomination by completing the simple entry form at www.PROFITguide.com/awards.

Candidates and nominators looking for more information can call the toll-free PROFIT HOT 50 hotline at 1-800-713-GROW or visit www.PROFITguide.com/awards. But ACT NOW: the entry deadline is July 9, 2010.

PROFIT will honour Canada's Emerging Growth Companies in its October issue and at GrowthCamp, an exclusive summit at which HOT 50 leaders share ideas, learn from experts and make valuable new contacts. Past winners have called it the best business event they've ever attended.

Winning firms are backed by a national publicity campaign that generates extensive consumer and trade-media coverage.

Past PROFIT HOT 50 winners include Robert Herjavec of The Herjavec Group and "Dragons' Den"; Tony Lacavera of Globalive Communications and Wind Mobile; and Stephan Cretier of Garda World Security, a billion-dollar global security firm.

For a list of last year's winners and stories about their best practices, visit www.PROFITguide.com/hot50.

About PROFIT Magazine:

PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success is Canada's preeminent publication dedicated to the management issues and opportunities facing small and mid-sized businesses. For 28 years, Canadian entrepreneurs and senior managers across a vast array of economic sectors have remained loyal to PROFIT because it's a timely and reliable source of actionable information that helps them achieve business success and get the recognition they deserve for generating positive economic and social change. Visit PROFIT online at www.profitmagazine.ca.

For further information: Jim McElgunn, Senior Editor, PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success, 416-764-1213, [email protected]