【時報訊】由聖路易中小企業月刊評選，位於聖路易以東，伊利諾州Belleville城之新長城海鮮公司(Arctic Food)榮獲2008年中小企業20強獎，頒獎典禮於8月19日中午，在聖路易Hilton旅館舉行，2008年、2009年二年內入選之20強企業主分別接受獎牌表揚，新長城海鮮公司負責人高嵩代表上臺接受頒獎，是所有得獎企業中唯一一位華裔企業得獎人。
聖路易中小企業月刊1988年創刊，在全美企業刊物中排名第5，是聖路易地區企業界重要刊物，涵蓋大聖路易地區近二萬四千家企業，該月刊每年評選傑出企業，頒予不同類別之獎勵。新長城海鮮公司獲頒之20強為“Top 20/Under 20”獎，每年頒予企業員工在20名以內之傑出企業。
新長城海鮮公司成立於2004年春，由幾位年輕的企管碩士組成，總裁為畢業於香檳伊利諾大學之企管碩士高嵩。成立的第一個月營業祗有三十九萬元，但是經過公司全體上下齊心努力，以最佳冷凍海鮮，最佳銷售服務，最佳經銷團隊和最佳企業管理，新長城海鮮公司品自此之後，每年以兩位數字成績成長，公司在第三年，15位員工努力下，創造出二千二百萬元之營業額佳績。2008年公司在經濟不景氣環境下，更創出破紀錄之二千五百萬元之營業額，得獎實至名歸。
新長城海鮮公司高嵩表示，“祗靠自己不會成功，靠的是在適當的工作上，派任正確的人選，有些人需要明確的、一步一步的指導，有些人則能接目標指令，就能有創意的完成任務。”高嵩強調“我的員工是我最大、最重要的資產，沒有他們，公司不會有今天的成就。”
Top 20 Under 20 in 2008 - ARCTIC FOOD SERVICE David Gao
In 2004 David Gao started Arctic Food Services in three refrigerated trucks and a small rented warehouse in Peoria, Ill. With less than 10 employees, he managed to earn $390,000 in sales his first month.
Although he has been able to aggressively grow his business, Gao encountered some challenges in the beginning. "Since Arctic Food Services was a brand-new frozen food warehouse and distribution business, it was initially financed completely out of my pocket and very hard to get suppliers' credit, if any," says Gao. "And a lot of talented people, such as salespersons, were skeptical about joining a new company."Establishing Arctic as a top-tier company has helped Gao employ the people he attributes his success to. "First, since you can't do everything yourself, you need to find the right people for the right job," he says. "Some people are better at following instructions, so you need to give them clear step-by-step guidelines for them to do a good job. Other people have more creativity, so you may only need to give them an objective to achieve and leave them to do the creative jobs. I always consider my employees are my most important asset because without them I can't have today."
Arctic Food Services has achieved double-digit growth annually. "With less than 20 employees, we have an estimated more than $25 million in sales this year," says Gao.
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