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Inc. Magazine Honors Tastefully Simple with Hall of Fame Induction, CEO All-Star Status

Inc. 500 Hall of Fame
Tastefully Simple recently became one of the newest members of the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame.

This special honor, which was given to seven companies this year, is awarded to organizations consistently on Inc. magazine's list of the fastest-growing private companies in the nation. Tastefully Simple joins only 80 other companies with the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame distinction.

In April 2006, Founder & CEO Jill Blashack Strahan accepted the award on behalf of Tastefully Simple at the 24th annual Inc. 500 Conference and Awards Ceremony in Savannah, Georgia. Other 2005 Hall-of-Fame inductees honored at the event included Cardtronic; Gray Hawk Systems; Noodles & Co.; Skoda, Minotti & Co.; Vesta; and Vitacost.com.

Founder & CEO Jill Blashack Strahan with Hall of Fame recipients and Founding Partner & COO Joani Nielson

Inc. 500 All-Stars
In addition to Tastefully Simple's Hall of Fame honors, Jill Blashack Strahan was awarded Inc. 500 All-Star status - a distinction given to founders and CEOs who've grown their companies to be household names and achieved spots on the Inc. 500.

Other Inc. 500 All-Stars include Scott Cook (Intuit^®), Jenny Craig (Jenny Craig^®), Larry Ellison (Oracle^®), Gary Erikson (Clif^® Bar), Bill Gates (Microsoft^®), Joe Mansueto (Morningstar^®), Tom Monaghan (Domino's Pizza^®), John Paul Dejoria (John Paul Mitchell Systems), Elisabeth Robert (Vermont Teddy Bear Co.), Jeffrey Swartz (Timberland^®), and Richard Thalheimer (The Sharper Image™).

Learn More
The Inc. 500 issue of Inc. honoring stand-out private companies hit newsstands November 1, 2005. Want to read more about Tastefully Simple and the Inc. 500? View our Inc. 500 Hall of Fame press release.

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