Urban E Recycling Among Second-Stage Businesses
Competing to Earn Prestigious Honor
(Tampa, FL) Urban E Recycling was among the first round of the 2019 Florida Companies to Watch finalists recently
announced by GrowFL. The awards event – now in its ninth year – honors 50 select second-stage companies from
throughout the state for developing valuable products and services, creating quality jobs, enriching communities, and
broadening new industries throughout Florida. Chosen from 224 growing second-stage participants from throughout,
Florida, this year’s applicants had a total revenue of $596 million and over 3,000 employees.
We are proud to be included in the final round in the Florida Companies to Watch; a program that supports and
promotes Florida businesses.
The Florida Companies To Watch program consists of two rounds of selections. Finalists now advance to the second
round, where they will be further evaluated based on their performance in the marketplace, innovative products,
services or processes, philanthropy and empowered employees.
“We applaud these first round finalists who have shown how they stand out in their regions as innovative business
leaders, going to the next level to grow their companies. They are true rock stars,” says Dr. Tom O’Neal, GrowFL
Executive Director.
The Finalists represent a unique group of scalable, high-growth enterprises that are already located within Florida. These
high growth enterprises are an important segment of our economy and their numbers have been steadily increasing.
According to the Kauffman Foundation, “entrepreneurship is not a monolithic phenomenon, and it includes many
moving parts. Creating new businesses is a different economic activity from running small businesses, which in turn is
different from growing businesses.” Florida Companies to Watch recognizes the different approach needed to
successfully grow and scale a business and celebrates those that are working to achieve this goal.Developed by the Edward Lowe Foundation, GrowFL’s Florida Companies to Watch is a distinguished awards program
specifically designed to seek out second-stage businesses from a wide range of industries representing all areas of the
state, not just those in major metropolitan areas. In addition to evaluating past growth and projected success, applicant
companies are judged according to their special strengths and impact in their markets, communities and within the state
– thus deeming them “worth watching.”
The Honorees for this year’s award will be announced in July. The 9th Annual Florida Companies to Watch awards
celebration will take place on November 14, 2019 at Hard Rock Live, Universal City Walk, Orlando, FL. Tickets go on sale
June 19, 2019.
For more information visit https://www.growfl.com/flctw19/about-flctw.
Our Mission is to Make Proper Disposal of Electronic Waste Convenient & Secure.
We do not charge for our services which includes: pickup, data destruction by shredding, Certification of data
destruction and responsible recycling. We profit from the metals we recover.
About GrowFL
GrowFL was created in 2009 as an economic development program focused on assisting second-stage growth companies
prosper in the state of Florida. By providing strategies, resources and support to second-stage companies for next level
growth through Strategic Research, Peer Learning and Leadership Development, GrowFL helps companies overcome
obstacles to growth and leads them towards prosperity. GrowFL is an official partner of the Edward Lowe Foundation.
Learn more at www.GrowFL.com.
###