Today\u2019s fastest-growing Knight-led companies were once ideas formed in classrooms, tested in labs and sharpened during late-night conversations across Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s campuses. Now, those ideas are scaling fast.<\/p>\n
To celebrate that rise, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Alumni has launched Ever Upward: Fastest-Growing Knight Businesses \u2014 a new annual awards program honoring Knight-owned or -led companies demonstrating significant revenue growth, innovation and leadership.<\/p>\n
Ever Upward is about more than recognition. It honors how far ideas can travel, and reminds the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ community that ambition doesn\u2019t end at graduation. For Knights in business, the direction has always been clear: ever upward.<\/p>\n
“Ever Upward … shines a light on Knight-led businesses that are scaling with purpose.” \u2014 Rodney Grabowski, senior vice president for advancement and partnerships at Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cOur alumni are building companies that are growing rapidly and making a real impact in their industries and communities,\u201d says Rodney Grabowski, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s senior vice president for Advancement and Partnerships and CEO of the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Foundation. \u201cEver Upward recognizes success and the entrepreneurial drive behind it. This program shines a light on Knight-led businesses that are scaling with purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n
Honorees will be recognized at a signature awards event on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, bringing together alumni entrepreneurs, university leadership and business leaders to celebrate remarkable achievements and share insights.<\/p>\n
Inspired by Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s unwavering charge to reach higher<\/em>, Ever Upward acknowledges businesses whose growth reflects perseverance and vision. Recognition is based solely on verified financial performance over a three-year period \u2014 spotlighting companies that are truly rising.<\/p>\nEligible businesses will be ranked by their cumulative percentage revenue growth across their 12-month reporting periods for 2022, 2023 and 2024. To ensure the highest levels of transparency and trust, all rankings will be independently tabulated, so recognition lands exactly where it\u2019s earned.<\/p>\n
Applications for the inaugural Ever Upward awards open Feb. 3<\/strong> and close March 26<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nUnlike traditional business awards that are driven by nominations or subjective criteria, Ever Upward is determined entirely by performance data. All financial information will be submitted directly to Carr, Riggs & Ingram \u2014 the program\u2019s official tabulation partner and a nationally ranked accounting and advisory firm \u2014 ensuring confidentiality and independent verification throughout the process.<\/p>\n
Applications for the inaugural Ever Upward awards will open Feb. 3. Eligible companies must have been in operation since at least January 2022, meet minimum revenue thresholds and be Knight-owned or led.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cOur alumni don\u2019t just represent Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½, they extend it,\u201d says Michael Harding, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ associate vice president for partnerships. \u201cEver Upward celebrates Knight-owned and Knight-led businesses whose leadership and momentum mirror the ambition of this university and uniquely position them to build powerful partnerships with Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½.\u201d<\/p>\n
The application deadline is Thursday, March 26, 2026. Finalists will be announced in early summer, with full rankings revealed at the August awards celebration<\/em>.<\/p>\nFor eligibility requirements and application details, visit the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Ever Upward webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new annual awards program celebrates highly successful, Knight-owned or -led companies achieving exceptional growth and driving innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":118215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[15992,4],"tags":[1582,54874,54374,15946,202,4886],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-150658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-michael-harding","tag-rod-grabowski","tag-ucf-advancement","tag-alumni","tag-ucf-foundation"],"yoast_head":"\n
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