The 2012 Ernest & group employs 700,000 people and have achieved 30 percent job growth and 48 percent revenue growth between 2009 and 2011
The 2012 Ernest & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award has selected 636 finalists. Collectively this group employs 700,000 people and have achieved 30 percent job growth and 48 percent revenue growth between 2009 and 2011. Against all odds, they are growing in a spectacular way in a bad economy. E&Y, in conjunction with the Kauffman Foundation, studied these companies carefully to figure out what they are doing right. Common characteristics among the group are: high degree of risk tolerance; ability to communicate vision effectively and instill passion among teams; high degree of resilience.
About Mike Periu
Mike is a seasoned executive with experience in small business finance and management. He is the founder of Proximo, LLC a leading provider of corporate, consumer and small business education and training services with an emphasis on finance and technology.
Mike Periu is also a leading national voice for individual empowerment through financial education and entrepreneurship. He has been interviewed over 500 times in national and international media, including NBC, Univision, CNN en español, Telemundo, HITN, TVE, RTE, SBS, MegaTV and others.
Mike writes regularly for American Express OpenForum, Yahoo! Finanzas and is a Huffington Post contributor.
Mike has degrees in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University. He is on the Board of Directors of the Council for Economic Education and was a Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation’s Labs for Enterprise Creation.
