San Diego, Calif. — August 26, 2002 - SmartDraw.com, the leading provider of affordable business graphics software, has been named to Deloitte & Touche’s prestigious "Technology Fast 50" program, honoring the fastest growing technology companies in the San Diego/Orange County area. Rankings are based on the percentage growth in fiscal year revenues from 1997 to 2001. This marks the second year in a row that SmartDraw.com has been named to the Fast 50.
"Our mission has always been the same...to produce great software," said SmartDraw.com CEO Paul Stannard. "We believe in using the Internet as a marketing medium, but in a thoughtful and innovative way. We never wanted to get caught up in the so-called ‘Internet bubble,’ so we ran SmartDraw.com as a rational business. We’re thrilled that it’s paid off."
Founded by Stannard in 1994, SmartDraw.com has been profitable since day one. In fact, the company received its first purchase order less than 12 hours after it opened for business. Now located in Scripps Ranch, the company continues to develop user-friendly drawing software for the "artistically challenged." But don’t look for SmartDraw.com products in a software store—almost all products are sold online. The SmartDraw.com website draws more than 1 million visitors per month, and more than 5000 people download SmartDraw software each day.
In order to qualify for the Fast 50 award, companies had to have operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 1997 and $1,000,000 in 2001, and had to be public or private companies headquartered in North America. Contenders also had to be "technology companies," defined as companies that own proprietary technology which contributes to a significant portion of the company’s operating revenues, or devote a high percentage of effort to the research and development of technology.
About SmartDraw.com
Founded in 1994, SmartDraw.com is the creator of SmartDraw, the world's most popular business graphics
software. SmartDraw allows anyone to create professional-quality business graphics in minutes - no
experience or training required. The Company is the leader in the emerging "Personal Productivity
Graphics" market. This market is made up of ordinary computer users who want to create attractive
and effective business graphics, but don't have the expertise to use software designed for graphics
professionals. In mid 2006, SmartDraw.com surpassed the ten millionth download of SmartDraw.
Headquartered in San Diego, CA, SmartDraw.com is privately-held and counts more than half the Fortune
500 among its customers. To download a free trial of SmartDraw, please visit:
www.smartdraw.com.
Contact:
Public Relations & Marketing Specialist, 858-225-3340, PublicRelations@smartdraw.com
SmartDraw.Com Corporate Information
Company Name: SmartDraw.Com
Mailing Address: 9909 Mira Mesa Blvd., Ste 300, San Diego, CA 92131
Web site: http://www.smartdraw.com
E-mail: mail@smartdraw.com
Phone: 858-225-3300
Fax: 858-225-3390
