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growth[period] was voted as one of the Best Places to Work in Greater Washington in 2017 by the Washington Business Journal for the third year in a row. This year growth[period] placed second out of 25 small business winners. Every year the Washington Business Journal honors 85 companies that foster an enjoyable and meaningful work environment for their employees as the ‘Best Places to Work’ in the D.C. area. 

growth[period] was born from the concept that every goal must have a plan. Founder Courtney Spaeth is driven by the idea that every company should focus on the specifics of what it wants to achieve.

As a leading strategic business development and transaction advisory services firm, growth[period] is proud to be celebrating a decade of helping clients around the world successfully expand, grow, and thrive.  Over the past ten years our own company has grown and supported clients across a wide range of industries, from healthcare to cybersecurity to legal services and everything in between, and has been voted one of the top ten best places to work in the greater Washington, DC region two years in a row.  CEO Courtney Spaeth has also been personally selected for a number of accolades during this time, including SmartCEO’s Brava Award, and was a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women award.   

growth[period] was voted as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work in Greater Washington in 2016 by the Washington Business Journal, for the second year in a row. This year, growth[period] was named number six, out of 25 small business winners. Every year the Washington Business Journal honors 85 companies as the ‘Best Places to Work’ in the D.C. area.

Winners received this distinction by scoring the highest among hundreds of employers that participated in an annual employee engagement survey. We are so honored to receive this recognition.

July 2016 - CEO Courtney Spaeth recieved SmartCEO's "Brava Award", a program that celebrates high-impact female entrepreneurs. The winners are selected by an independent committee of local business leaders. The Brava Awards program recognizes women with entrepreneurial spirits and a passion for giving back to the community, and encourages philanthropy, mentoring of up-and-coming leaders, and business growth.  This year's winners in the Washington, DC region collectively generate more than $1.44 billion in annual revenue and employs 21,320 individuals, and we are pleased to be a part of this impressive cohort.

COO Kate Pickworth attended the reception on July 7th to accept the award on Courtney's behalf.

March 2016: growth[period] CEO Courtney Spaeth was interviewed on Through the Noise, a weekly podcast focused on the "business of communicating" for non-profits and charitable organizations.  To listen to her speak about business development, the work growth[period] does to support non-profits, and the importance of strategic planning for company growth, please click here!

February 3, 2016: growth[period] is proud to announce that our clients Momentum Aerospace Group (MAG) and Zebra Technologies have been featured in RFID Journal for their innovative technology.  RFID Journal was the first independent media outlet devoted to radio frequency identification and its business applications, and works to help companies utilize RFID technology to improve the ways in which they do business.  

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OPINION

20 years later, the lessons of Bosnia-Herzegovina

By  Daniel M. Gerstein 

 ·Published August 19, 2015

The French armored personnel carrier carrying a team of American diplomats and French soldiers was traveling on a muddy mountain “road” leading into Sarajevo when tragedy struck: Without warning, the vehicle lurched to the right, and then seemed to teeter for a moment before beginning a deadly series of rollovers. Five of the eight passengers died in that crash 20 years ago this week. I was one of the survivors.

The delegation had been en route to a meeting with the Bosnian president to discuss halting the fighting in Bosnia that had begun in 1992. With one tragic accident, three U.S. peacekeeping envoys, with deep experience in the region, were suddenly gone – Ambassador Robert Frasure, a deputy assistant secretary of state who had been the chief U.S. negotiator for Bosnia; Joseph Kruzel, deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO Affairs; and Air Force Col. Samuel Nelson Drew, director of European Affairs for the National Security Council.