Inc. 5000 named 36 businesses who graduated from the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) in its annual list of fastest growing companies in America. Of the 36 VIP Graduate companies listed, 19 of them were also featured on last year’s Inc. 5000 list and 12 are in the top 1,000.
VIP is a certification training program designed for veteran-owned companies to increase their ability to win government contracts by establishing best business practices. VIP arms veteran-owned small businesses to win contracts in the Federal Marketplace. VIP participants are provided with specific knowledge and best practices to help accelerate their businesses. Some of the session topics include Strategic Planning in the Federal Marketplace, Financing Solutions in the Federal Marketplace, Labor Rules & Regulations: Federal Market Compliance, and Marketing to Win.
The VIP program includes five (5) educational training curriculums for owners, principals, and C‐level executives of VOSB/SDVOSBs. Those programs are VIP START, VIP GROW, VIP ADVANCE, VIP INTERNATIONAL and VIP AEROSPACE. To date, VIP has trained over 2,000 veteran-owned companies across all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam.
The VIP Graduate companies featured on the list include:
| Company Name | Rank |
| LAUNCHTECH | 42 |
| RP Professional Services, LLC | 74 |
| OneZero Solutions, LLC | 111 |
| PingWind Inc. | 129 |
| Distributed Technology Group LLC | 190 |
| Sierra 7, Inc. | 457 |
| Dominguez Design-Build, Inc. | 546 |
| ThinkTek, LLC | 687 |
| Securable, LLC | 694 |
| E-INFOSOL LLC | 804 |
| Vectrona-Ita Solutions, LLC | 880 |
| 3 Reasons Consulting, LLC | 955 |
| SDV International, LLC | 1092 |
| Goldschmitt and Associates LLC | 1107 |
| EGA Associates, LLC | 1285 |
| Qmulos LLC | 1958 |
| Advanced IT Concepts, Inc. | 2054 |
| MO Studio | 2088 |
| GenTech Associates, Inc. | 2246 |
| TIME Systems, LLC | 2338 |
| Civility Management Solutions | 2625 |
| Veterans Alliance Resourcing, Inc. | 2679 |
| Pathfinder Consultants, LLC | 2753 |
| Nationwide Pharmaceutical, LLC | 2855 |
| REDCON Solutions Group | 2897 |
| Topsarge Business Solutions, LLC (TBS) | 3664 |
| Athena Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) | 3691 |
| scDataCom | 3693 |
| ACE Consulting Company, LLC | 3725 |
| Ops Tech Alliance, LLC | 3755 |
| Seventh Sense Consulting, LLC | 3899 |
| G2 Innovative Solutions, Inc. (G2IS) | 4033 |
| Sandoval Technology Solutions, LLC | 4226 |
| The Mayvin Consulting Group, Inc | 4502 |
| Agil3 Technology Solutions LLC | 4644 |
| Premier Enterprise Solutions, LLC | 4672 |
