FAIRFAX, VA, January 27, 2011 (Press-News.org) In recognition of the economic power of privately held businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations' leading business-to-business internet site, recently named QSS International, Inc. as one of the 2011's top businesses in the United States.
QSS International Inc is happy to announce that it has been listed by DiversityBusiness.com on its Top Businesses list for the year 2011 in its 11th annual listing of the VA and Nation's top businesses. Companies listed on the Top Business Lists represent the Nation's top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a privately held business is small or insignificant. Winners are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with small businesses.
"Entrepreneurs are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with," said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. He adds that, "This is a whole business segment that can carry on its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business."
In a statement, QSS International Inc. management commented that they are pleased to be included among the nation's Top 500 Asian Owned Businesses in the U.S. & Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in Virginia for the year 2011 by DiversityBusiness.com. Such an honor for QSS International Inc is an assertion of the efforts and contribution that it puts in providing solutions to its customers as a privately held, diversity-based firm.
Methodology
This List is a classification that represents the top small businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural, small and women-owned businesses use the list. The List is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.
The winning companies are honored at a special awards ceremony. This year DiversityBusiness.com's 11th Annual National Multicultural Business Conference took place from April 19 - 21, at the Gaylord Resorts, Washington, DC.
The complete list of winning companies can be found at: http://www.diversitybusiness.com/awardees/
About DiversityBusiness.com
DviersityBusiness.com., http://www.diversitybusiness.com, Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness, with over 48,000 members, is the largest organization of diversity owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection services for diversity including the "Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America" and others.
About QSS International Inc
QSS International, Inc. (http://qssinternational.com) is a leading provider of general construction and construction management in the Washington DC metropolitan area servicing the local, state, and federal government. QSS International Inc is a Class "A" Contractor that is minority owned and operated, QSSI is a SBA 8(a) Certified firm. QSS International Inc is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. For additional information, please visit http://qssinternational.com.
QSS International Inc Wins 2011 Top Business in America by DiversityBusiness.com
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