OpenRoad Lending Named to the Prestigious SMU Cox Top 100 Entrepreneurial Companies List for 2015

FORT WORTH, Texas - Oct. 23, 2015 - PRLog -- OpenRoad Lending, a Direct-to-Consumer auto finance company, was recently selected to receive the prestigious SMU Cox Caruth Institute Dallas 100 Entrepreneur Award.

For 25 years, SMU Cox has annually ranked the top 100 Dallas entrepreneurial companies based on sales growth over a designated period.  Companies are evaluated selected based on based on the largest percent sales increase and absolute dollar growth for 2012 to 2014.

“We are excited to receive this recognition and this award.” Said Chris Goodman, President and CEO of OpenRoad Lending.  “OpenRoad’s success is driven by our passion to make great things happen for our customers.” “Our business model, which helps customers save money by refinancing their current auto loan, is a great way to turn that passion into reality.”

The top 100 winners will be revealed at the city’s most venerated celebration of entrepreneurial success, the Dallas 100™ Awards, on Wednesday, November 4.  The event, co-founded by the SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, honors the ingenuity, commitment and perseverance of the fastest-growing privately held entrepreneurial businesses in the Dallas area.

“This annual event, which this year celebrates its silver anniversary, honors the vibrant entrepreneurial community that makes Dallas such a dynamic city for business,” said Jerry White, director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at SMU Cox. “Entrepreneurs drive the thriving Dallas economy.  As hosts of the biggest celebration of successful entrepreneurs in Big D, we are proud to honor the work of today’s entrepreneurs, and we heartily encourage the achievements still to come of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.”

About OpenRoad Lending
OpenRoad Lending, headquartered in Fort Worth Texas, is an online Direct-to-Consumer auto finance company. OpenRoad Lending offers auto finance solutions to consumers with all types of credit in 38 states across the USA. OpenRoad Lending’s online application and approval process enables consumers to apply for financing in the comfort and privacy of their own home at OpenRoad’s website www.OpenRoadLending.com.  OpenRoad’s auto finance products include refinance,  cash-out auto refinance loans and new and pre-owned vehicle purchase.  Customers who refinance with OpenRoad Lending save an average of more than $100 a month.

Contact Don Chapman for additional information at 214-393-2224.

About The Dallas 100

The Dallas 100™ Awards Ceremony is presented annually by the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at SMU Cox. This year’s sponsors are Avison Young, BKD CPAs and Advisors, Carr Intellectual Property Law, The CFO Suite, The DallasBusiness Journal, Evos Financial, Executive Press, KRLD 1080 News Radio and Texas Capital Bank. The event recognizes privately held corporations, proprietorships or partnerships headquartered in the Dallas area that often don’t get attention, but which have created jobs and generated wealth for their founders and employees and enhanced the area economy.