From advancing Black and Brown entrepreneurship to stopping human trafficking to fighting climate change, the missions these role model companies pursue lift them above the rest.
Best in Business 2021: The Companies We Admire Most
They're smart, strategic, leaders in their industries. But more than that, the companies on our annual Best in Business list have heart—and they're pouring it into the people and communities around them.
Inc.'s Company of the Year has proved that cryptocurrencies can work like national currencies, and that the digital economy doesn't need the U.S. dollar at all. Here's why that's important--and why it matters to you. Brian Armstrong once feared he'd been born too late. As a teenager growing up in …
Scooters. Cargo ships. Decoy sea turtle eggs. Thanks to its innovative SIM cards, Hologram can equip pretty much any device to connect reliably to the internet. Hologram is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. In the second annual Best in Business awards, Inc. recognizes companies that have had a …
Air Protein's scientists are leveraging decades-old NASA technology to pull molecules out of the atmosphere and whip up a burger for you--the first carbon-negative protein source on the planet. Air Protein is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. With the second annual Best in Business awards, Inc. …
Robots can power networks of local factories--bringing your manufacturing closer to home and generating American jobs in the process. Bright Machines is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. With the second annual Best in Business awards, Inc. recognizes companies that have had a superlative impact …
Gravie spent years crunching the numbers and rewriting claims adjudication systems to create an affordable health care plan that covers 100 percent of common services--without the co-pays or deductibles. Gravie is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. With the second annual Best in Business awards, …
Participant uses its Oscar-winning movies, including 'An Inconvenient Truth' and 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' to educate audiences and inspire social change. Participant is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. With the second annual Best in Business awards, Inc. recognizes companies that have had …
The family-run Nexus Pharmaceuticals opened a $250 million factory in Wisconsin to be able to control the costs and quality of the drugs they produce. Nexus Pharmaceuticals is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. With the second annual Best in Business awards, Inc. recognizes companies that have …
Covid shutdowns decimated Sharebite's customer base. So the startup leaned hard into doing right by its customers, people, and local community. Sharebite is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. With the second annual Best in Business awards, Inc. recognizes companies that have had a superlative …
Brandon Nicholson's nonprofit The Hidden Genius Project gives young people of color intensive training in tech, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills. The Hidden Genius Project is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. With the second annual Best in Business awards, Inc. recognizes companies that …
The man who wrote the book on helping public schools get the funding they need just changed the game in California with this innovative project that will house more than 100 teachers in apartments they can afford. Dale Scott & Company is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. With the second annual …
Paramount Software Solutions might seem like your average dev shop, but its innovative blockchain tools could bring greater transparency, ethics, and equity to the global food supply chain. Paramount Software Solutions is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. With the second annual Best in Business …
Co-founded by the son of Russian immigrants, Nova Credit meets a need that established global financial institutions really can't: helping immigrants establish credit profiles in the U.S. Nova Credit is a 2021 Inc. Best in Business honoree. With the second annual Best in Business awards, Inc. …