1st in Video - Music World, Inc. Included on the 2007 Inc. 5,000 List With Sales Growth of 155%.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- 1st in Video - Music World, Inc was ranked on the first-ever Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest-growing privately held companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. in the country. The Inc. 5,000, an extension of Inc. Magazine's annual Inc. 500 list, ranks companies based on their sales growth over a three year period. The expanded list incorporates many businesses that are too big to grow at the pace required to make the Inc. 500. Taken as a whole, the companies on the Inc. 5,000 represent the backbone of the U.S. economy. "The Inc. 5,000 provides the most comprehensive look ever at the most important part of the economy - the entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. part," said Inc. 5,000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. The company's president, Dennis Boudreau, started 1st in Video - Music World, Inc. in 1976 as part of a class at Quincy University Quincy University a private liberal arts Catholic university in the Franciscan tradition. It is located in Quincy, Illinois and currently enrolls around 1,300 students. History on how to start your own business. In 1997, 1st in Video Music World took its business online and has seen rapid growth ever since. "Our success can be credited to partnerships with manufacturers who embrace our strategies of e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. as a valid distribution channel through an Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: dealer network," says Boudreau. About 1st in Video - Music World, Inc. 1st in Video - Music World, Inc. was founded in 1976 and currently operates Your Electronic Warehouse (www.4ElectronicWarehouse.com), Discount Golf World (www.DiscountGolfWorld.com) and the retail website of www.4DiscountTravel.com. The company was recently named as the 27th fastest growing e-Retailer of the Internet Retailer Top 500. The company operates retail stores in Quincy, IL and manages several golf courses' pro-shops in the Midwest. For more news and information about 1st in Video - Music World, Inc., please visit our corporate website at www.1stInVideoMusicWorld.com. About Inc.com: Inc.com, the Daily Resource for Entrepreneurs, delivers advice, tools, breaking news, and rich multi-media to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully. Information and advice covering virtually every business and management task, including marketing, sales, finding capital, managing people can be found at http://www.inc.com. |
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