BetterWorld Telecom Makes 2011 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing U.S. Businesses

Aug. 27, 2011 - PRLog -- NEW YORK, August 23, 2011 -- Inc. magazine today ranked BetterWorld Telecom number 3,531 on its fifth annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs.

Online retailer ideeli tops this year’s list. BetterWorld Telecom joins Spirit Airlines, television maker Vizio, Honest Tea, Dunkin Donuts and Metrokane, makers of the Rabbit corkscrew, among other prominent brands featured on this year’s list.

“As we break into Inc. 500|5000 list for the first time, the BetterWorld team wants to thank its amazing customers, partners, and investors for believing in us and that a different model could be possible in the $500B telecom carrier industry,” noted
BetterWorld President and Co-founder, Matt Bauer. “In this highly competitive industry, it has been our unwavering commitment to putting people and planet alongside profits, while pursuing the Good to Great ethos of constant and persistent improvement that has kept us surviving and thriving. We look forward to visiting the Inc. 500|5000 for many years to come,” added Bauer.

In a stagnant economic environment, median growth rate of 2011 Inc. 500|5000 companies remains an impressive 94 percent. The companies on this year’s list report having created 350,000 jobs in the past three years, and aggregate revenue among the honorees reached $366 billion, up 14 percent from last year.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/5000.

# # #

BetterWorld Telecom provides business-grade voice and data telecom solutions, applications, hardware, and cloud computing services in over 35 states, comprised of traditional services such as local, long distance, toll-free, conferencing, internet access, as well as cloud communications services such as VoIP, Unified Communications services, and Virtual PBX products.

BetterWorld Telecom is a certified B Corp, and certified as donating at least 1% to environmental causes by 1% for the Planet and as a democratic company by WorldBlu.

BetterWorld offers an average of 23% savings off the competition while providing 100% service guarantee and donating 3% of revenues to causes benefiting children, education, environment, and fair trade.

BetterWorld proudly serves over 40,000 employees that all share a common goal: To make the world a better place.

Specialties:
Conferencing, Internet Access, VoIP, Virtual PBX, Unified Communications Services, Local, Long Distance, Toll-Free