Who Are The Top Young Entrepreneurs of Southern New Jersey? The Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey Announces The Miles Young Entrepreneur Award Program

MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY - Chris Miles, founder and president of Miles Technologies, announces today the Miles Awards -- Miles Young Entrepreneur Award of Southern New Jersey 2005. Created by Miles, 34, the Miles Award will be presented in cooperation with the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey during a special ceremony in Spring 2005.

Mooorestown, NJ (PRWEB) October 9, 2004 -- Chris Miles, founder and president of Miles Technologies, announces today the Miles Awards -- Miles Young Entrepreneur Award of Southern New Jersey 2005. Created by Miles, 34, the Miles Award will be presented in cooperation with the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey during a special ceremony in Spring 2005.

The Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering the development of entrepreneurial ideas and ventures and improving the success rate of emerging, growth-oriented companies.

Miles -- who started his first business at age 12 and founded Miles Technologies at age 26 with no venture capital - created the Miles Award specifically to recognize leading young entrepreneurs in South Jersey, under the age of 30, who have created viable businesses, employed South Jersey residents and are leading their businesses in smart growth directions that contribute to the South Jersey economy.

Today, Miles Technologies is a $4.6 million private business that employs more than 45 full-time professionals, serves more than 580 small businesses. Miles Technologies has been recognized four consecutive years, including 2004, by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Businesses in the Delaware Valley in the respected Philly 100 and the South Jersey 25, a ranking of the 25 fastest growing private businesses in South Jersey. Additionally, Miles Technologies placed 19th in the 2004 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 , recognizing the firm as one of the top 50 fastest growing Delaware Valley technology companies.

The Miles Award will seek out and recognize young entrepreneurs who have strived and created new business opportunities, employed South Jersey residents and sustained viable business and financial success. This award is a validation of their efforts, their vision and their striving to build and lead successful South Jersey businesses," Chris Miles states.

Miles Technologies - under the direction of its founder and president Chris Miles - develops and implements groundbreaking, intelligent custom software for small businesses, including: Contact Management & Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Automated Collection Management, Automated Marketing Management, Inventory, Shipping, Invoicing and A/R, Purchasing and A/P, General Ledger, Check Printing, Human Resources, Contact Management, Sales and Accounting Reports, Scheduling, Graphical Website, Quoting & Estimating, Order Entry, Credit and Payment Processing as well as Order Fulfillment. Miles Technologies Information Technology & Computer Consulting division provides industry leading Installation and support of networks, servers, and workstations.

The Miles Award is an ideal way to promote awareness and recognition of entrepreneurs who are starting businesses younger than in the past, especially in businesses using the latest technologies," states Dr. Kenneth M. Weaver, Executive Director of the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey and Rohrer Chair for Entrepreneurial Studies, Executive Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. As in the Forums mission statement, the Forum exists to assist people and enterprises with ideas, skills, money and expertise to share their collective resources to foster entrepreneurial innovation and business growth in the South Jersey region to generate increased jobs and revenues for the region. The Miles Award fits well with the types of people we have been created to advise, mentor and enable."

More information regarding the Miles Young Entrepreneurs Award program will be announced during October and November by Miles Technologies, working in cooperation with the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey.

Winners of the Miles Award will be announced in Spring 2005.

Chris Miles is a member of the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey Advisory Board.

Visit Miles Technologies at http://www.milestechnologies.com for more information or to download an application for the Miles Award -- Miles Top 10 Young Entrepreneurs Award.

About Miles Technologies

Serving more than 580 small business, Miles Technologies develops and implements groundbreaking, intelligent custom software for Contact Management & Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Automated Collection Management, Automated Marketing Management, Inventory, Shipping, Invoicing and A/R, Purchasing and A/P, General Ledger, Check Printing, Human Resources, Contact Management, Sales and Accounting Reports, Scheduling, Graphical Website, Quoting & Estimating, Order Entry, Credit and Payment Processing as well as Order Fulfillment.

For 2004, Miles Technologies is recognized on the Philly 100, the Top 100 Fastest Growing Businesses, as well as the SJ Fast 25 - Fastest Growing Private Businesses in South Jersey - ranking and the Delaware Valley Technology Fast 50, a ranking presented by Deloitte & Touche. For Miles Technologies, 2004 marks the fourth consecutive year the company has places strong on both the Philly 100 and SJ Fast 25.

The company is also the technology provider for Global Protection, the Number One company on the South Jersey 25 ranking of fastest-growing private companies. Global Protection reported a 767 percent revenue growth from 2001 to 2003 - growing from $1.68 million in 2001 to $6.96 million in 2002 and $14.5 million in 2003. Global Protection operates utilizing custom Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and integrated business technologies developed by Miles Technologies.

About the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey, Inc. (EFSNJ)

The Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey, Inc. (EFSNJ) is a not-for-profit organization, headquartered in southern New Jersey, which will be dedicated to fostering the development of entrepreneurial ideas and ventures and improving the success rate of emerging, growth-oriented companies. EFSNJs focus will be on servicing the needs of entrepreneurs, businesses and educational institutions located in the South Jersey region, primarily the counties of Burlington, Ocean, Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Salem, Cumberland and Cape May. The emerging firms that will benefit most from EFSNJs services will typically be under 5 years old and have annual revenues under $50 million. EFSNJ will provide information, programming, resources and networking opportunities to this targeted entrepreneurial community, to colleges and universities, and to secondary school programs throughout South Jersey.

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