IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a leading online local media company, today announced that Heath Clarke, chairman and CEO, was a recipient of the Orange County Business Journal’s Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award, presented at a luncheon on March 17 in Irvine. The awards were the tenth annual for Orange County’s leading business weekly, which honored Clarke and five other business leaders for their entrepreneurial spirit and success.
Clarke was recognized as a pioneer in the fast-growing local search market and for leading Local.com to an average 50 percent compound annual growth rate, top ranking in the directory search segment, and for securing a number of high-profile partnerships with major media networks in the past year. Local.com’s strategic acquisitions and organic growth placed the company on the list of Deloitte’s 2010 Technology Fast 500 in North America.
“Heath Clarke’s vision and leadership have propelled Local.com to the top, as one of the industry’s largest and fastest growing local search sites and networks in the United States,” said Richard Reisman, publisher, OCBJ. “The company grew revenue nearly 50 percent from 2009 to 2010 in one of the most challenging economies in history. It’s accomplishments like these that warrant Clarke’s inclusion in our Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards.”
The Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards program is designed to recognize individuals who exemplify the American entrepreneurial spirit – who, by their creativity and determination, have established and nurtured successful business ventures.
About Local.com®
Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM) owns and operates a leading local search site and network in the United States. The company uses patented and proprietary technologies to provide over 20 million consumers each month with relevant search results for local businesses, products and services on Local.com and over 1,000 partner sites. Local.com powers over 100,000 local websites, and tens of thousands of small businesses use Local.com products and services to reach consumers using a variety of subscription, performance and display advertising and website products. To advertise, or for more information visit: www.local.com.
About the OCBJ
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