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The Pinnacle Award has become known as a prestigious awards event to recognize business excellence in the community. They are a symbol of success, with judging criteria based on history and growth of the company, customer service, employee satisfaction and community involvement. Aeneas won in the service category for businesses with 15-49 employees.
Aeneas has been proud to call Jackson our home for over a decade. The support we've received from our customers and from this community is what's made it possible for our business to flourish. We believe in Jackson, and in Jackson's growing potential for the future. We plan to be here for a long time to come, and we're thrilled to have this award and to be counted among the many outstanding businesses that make Jackson the great city it is.
For more information: Entrepreneur and the Corporate Research Board chose the top 500 fastest growing businesses from a pool of 95,000 finalists. Finalists were chosen based on criteria such as foundation date, company sales growth, and positive job growth. To be eligible, the founder needed to be actively involved in the company, the company could not be a division of a larger company, and company sales for 2006 had to be at least $1 million. From this list, the Hot 500 were selected. "The Hot 500 is our annual ranking of the fastest-growing Entrepreneurial businesses. We're proud to salute America's leading Entrepreneurial companies, which contribute so much to the nation's and the world's economy," said Rieva Lesonsky, senior VP of Entrepreneur, in a magazine press release. Aeneas Internet and Telephone is ranked at number 343 out of 500.
For more information:   September 2007 - Aeneas chosen for BusinessTN magazine's Hot 100 list. This year, BusinessTN introduces the Hot100, an expanded revamp of the original Fast50. Eligible companies are still required to be Tennessee-based, employ at least five people and have revenues in excess of $750,000. And, like PIPS, they must be companies with a bright future. However, this new list does more than just double the number of companies profiled. It also expands the criteria in an effort to include those more established companies whose growth is remarkable but who do not—cannot—keep pace with young startup companies rocketing to early success. Additional criteria includes employee growth, growth over a period of years and growth as compared to industry average. The Hot100 also inescapably involves increased editorial judgment. BusinessTN’s staff chose 33% of the companies on this list based on knowledge of the company’s success and references from knowledgeable sources about area companies performing well. That change made it all the more difficult for applicants to make the list: the number of applications submitted reached an all-time high just as the percentage of submitting companies selected for the list hit an all-time low. In sum, the inaugural Hot100 spotlights companies from industries as wide ranging as missile defense to barbecue. They are the companies enriching our local and regional economies, providing jobs and fueling the Volunteer State’s entrepreneurial culture. The stories behind these businesses speak volumes about the value of free enterprise. They aren’t a bad read, either.
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February 2008 - Aeneas won The Pinnacle Award given annually by the Jackson Area Chamber for Business Excellence.
August 2007 - West Tennessee’s own Aeneas Internet and Telephone has been named to Entrepreneur magazine’s annual “Hot 500” list of 2007’s fastest growing businesses.
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