Today, Sherpa Marketing is recognized as
one of Canada’s Growth 500 Fastest-Growing companies.
Making the Growth 500 list (formerly the
Profit 500) is a business accomplishment that validates all the years of
planning, risk taking and hard work of dozens of Sherpa’s current and former
colleagues.
Keeping in mind that it’s a list of
companies that volunteer to submit their financial information for scrutiny and
that there are likely hundreds of companies that could have made the list, it
still feels awesome.
“The companies on the 2018 Growth 500 are
truly remarkable. Demonstrating foresight, innovation and smart management,
their stories serve as a primer for how to build a successful entrepreneurial
business today,” says Deborah Aarts, Growth 500 program manager. “As we
celebrate 30 years of the Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies program, it’s
encouraging to see that entrepreneurship is healthier than ever in this
country.”
You can see where Sherpa ranks by following this link.
So what does it all mean?
It means that hard work, smarts, planning
and execution are key to success as a business. I’ve often said, success isn’t
an accident and joining this group, proves that Sherpa shares many of the
qualities of our peers on the Growth 500 list. You can be sure that our peers
didn’t just accidentally make the list.
It means that we have a phenomenal roster
of clients. While our clients represent some of Canada’s finest companies, they
are so because they employ their own incredible leaders and marketers. We are
humbled by the trust that they employ in Sherpa. Our clients trust Sherpa to
answer the question “what should I do?”. They trust Sherpa to devise creative
and effective technology driven marketing solutions that drive their company’s
sales success. Without their advocacy Sherpa wouldn’t be where it is today.
It means that Sherpa has assembled a team
of highly skilled, smart, funny, diverse and cross-functional employees. We are
a team that responds quickly and follows through relentlessly. A team that
pushes to constantly find blue ocean solutions and keep our clients at the
frontlines of innovative, effective, measurable marketing.
It means that the unwavering support that
my wife, Meg has given me helped Sherpa achieve this additional measure of
success.
It means that the mentors like my father
Tom and my business coach Rob saw something in me and the company to invest
money and time to help Sherpa be better.
It means that we aren’t done. Sherpa will
continue to strive to be one of Canada’s leading marketing service companies.
Whether it’s Digital Advertising, Inbound Marketing or Augmented Reality,
Sherpa will keep innovating, keep pushing our clients and never lose sight of
how we got here.
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