At the
2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards last week, Toronto entrepreneur Razor Suleman was recognized in the business-to-business category for his company
Achievers.
Founded originally in 2002 as I Love Rewards, Achievers offers client companies employee recognition software that allows peers and supervisors to give each other rewards for excellence in the workplace. The software employs social media-style tools to allow employees a platform to work together achieve organizational goals, and offers real world rewards for excellence.
"There is a significant demand for results-driven recognition solutions that offer more than that of traditional service awards," says Sarah-Beth Anders of Achievers. "The same stagnant rewards programs have existed since the 1940s, but Achievers is revolutionizing the industry with results-driven recognition tied with meaningful rewards."
Over the past year, the company has seen explosive growth, expanding from its Liberty Village offices to open a US location in San Francisco after raising $24.5 million in capital, according to Anders. The company also has an office in Boston. Across the three location, Achievers now employs 160 staff—double the number they did last year at this time. "We hope to double our number [again] within the next year," Anders says.
"The awards our company is recognized with—including Razor Suleman’s recent win as E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in the B2B category—builds our brand and authenticates our success," Anders says in an email. "Receiving public acknowledgement helps to make our business reign top of mind among customers and prospects, and leads us that much closer to achieving our mission to change the way the world works."
Writer: Edward Keenan
Source: Sarah-Beth Anders, Achievers