They thrived in spite of the pandemic, inflation, and supply chain woes. Here's what you can learn from their success. They thrived in spite of the pandemic, inflation, and supply chain woes. Here's what you can learn from their success.
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They thrived in spite of the pandemic, inflation, and supply chain woes. Here's what you can learn from their success.
The founders of Vytalize Health aimed to create a primary care clinic that produced better results at lower costs. They ended up reframing American medicine, and landed at the top of the Inc. 5000. To understand the power of small, nonobvious changes, consider the Long Island patient who kept …
A serial inventor, a first-time CEO, and alumni of some of the biggest shoe brands are bringing hands-free sneakers to the masses. It's not easy to put a shoe on a toddler. You need to hit the heel at just the right angle, and with a quick flip of the wrist, jam in a little foot. Mike Pratt, the …
Justine Tiu and Adrian Zhang quit their cushy corporate jobs to launch a crafting empire. When Justine Tiu and Adrian Zhang launched their crochet-kit business, The Woobles, in 2020, their product resonated with a newly homebound population that wanted to craft, and wanted it to be easy. Their …
Mirror Digital's Sheila Marmon never forgets the creators who can't take direction. She has a list. Working with influencers is the exact roller coaster you think it is--they can be as mercurial as they are savvy and their often outsize personalities can be explosive. Mirror Digital, which …
After a cold email from GE, this founder launched the most unlikely direct-to-consumer business. And now Manhole Covers Direct ranks No. 388 on the Inc. 5000. The direct-to-consumer sales model has demonstrated repeatedly that stuff you wouldn't think could be sold online absolutely can be sold …
It started with a Facebook ad and a plan to help pay the mortgage. Now her husband works for her. When Allyse Jackson, 30, started Beehive Meals in 2019, it was to help pay the mortgage until her husband, Adam, found a new job. But with just one click and a post to her neighborhood Facebook group, …
Matt Danna's Boulevard brought in more than $50 million in revenue last year by giving personal care companies a digital makeover. Plenty of founders start their businesses knocking on doors. Matt Danna, 36, and his co-founder, Sean Stavropoulos, 37, got their start hitting salons all over Los …
He saw his mom struggling with her medical bills, and started a company to solve the problem. How can something so vital to human life feel so lifeless? That's the question Alex Cyriac found himself asking about the health insurance industry after medical complications left his mother struggling …
Mari Llewellyn grew her following as a fitness influencer. To build her brand, she tapped others. Mari Llewellyn, 30, never expected to grow her social media following to nearly two million. But when she shared her own wellness journey online, her transparency and openness inspired a legion of other …
When Frank Yu first set eyes on luxe disposable diapers on a trip abroad, he knew an American audience would snap it up. If only he could convince investors. Tokyo's Mandarin Oriental hotel is an odd place to be passing around diapers, Frank Yu, 33, will admit. It was there, in 2016, that he met …
Liseth Velez of LJV Development didn't retire from the military, as she expected. But the lessons she learned as a soldier have proved to be lasting and, as it happens, a competitive advantage. Liseth Velez, 33, knows how it feels to completely rebuild. Growing up in Lowell, Massachusetts, where her …
Misprescribed medications cost the U.S. a staggering $530 billion annually. Arine co-founder and CEO Yoona Kim harnessed the power of AI to develop a groundbreaking solution. Yoona Kim, 44, wanted to help people access health care. That desire led her down a compounding path--from an early career …
Some of the world's biggest countries and companies depend on AngularJS to power their critical systems. When Google announced its deprecation, HeroDevs CEO Aaron Frost and his team stepped in to help. Aaron Frost founded HeroDevs to provide ongoing end-of-life support for open-source software …
Veronica Napier had to become an expert in everything from insurance to real estate while launching Stepping Stones Behavioral Solutions, which provides crucial health services to children. Veronica Napier, 35, followed an unlikely path to founding Stepping Stones Behavioral Solutions, which …
For Javon Frazier, becoming an entrepreneur let him pursue his childhood passion and spend more time with his family. Javon Frazier, 46, grew up in a single-parent home in L.A. His mom worked hard to support him, so comic books and video games were like his babysitters. That nerdy childhood …
First, you say, 'Yes, Chef!' Second, you scale your DTC cookware brand to $380 million in revenue. Daniel Winer was touring a trade show in Guangzhou, China, when he spotted a Korean vendor selling barbecue plates with a laser-etched stainless steel design. As a former national sales manager at a …
The autonomous-vehicles pioneer and founder of Kodiak Robotics describes the value of knowing what you're driving at--and how to get there. Don Burnette is circumspect about both the speed of technology and the patience required for massive leaps. While we're still waiting for robotaxis and EVs …
The company is launching a product category takeover, and facing the possibility that it could outgrow its reality-TV co-founder. Ask Kim Kardashian about her proudest business decision to date, and she may start talking about her breasts. More specifically, the Skims Ultimate Nipple Push-Up Bra, …
Hoan Ton-That, the co-founder and CEO of Clearview AI, is confident that past scrutiny won't stop his company from netting $2 billion a year in revenue. When Clearview AI launched in 2017, its founders had no intention of selling to the government. Indeed, its core product--a facial-recognition tool …
While everyone else at Harvard Business School was polishing PowerPoints, Maev CEO Katie Spies was mulling the best ways to chop chicken liver and beta-testing blends on her Italian greyhound, George. Katie Spies, 32, doesn't know how to live without a pet. In 2015, after graduating from MIT with …
To build a brick-and-mortar beauty business with staying power, Rachel Liverman committed to long-term plans. There is no shortage of competition in the $144 billion skin care industry. Still, Rachel Liverman, 39, knew she had an original idea when she founded Glowbar in 2019. She offered 30-minute …
Why Sharebite founder Dilip Rao is pushing for companies to cover lunch. Dilip Rao didn't need to start a business. As an investment banker at Credit Suisse, he was highly paid and good at his job. But on July 5, 2014, while crossing the street in Midtown Manhattan, the then 33-year-old newlywed was …
Religion of Sports carved out a niche with its sports legend docuseries. Now, it's expanding. When it comes to understanding athletes, Gotham Chopra has learned some lessons: Losses are more interesting than victories, the old guard has more enlightening things to say than up-and-coming phenoms, and …
Amid corporate DEI disparagement, this Los Angeles-based business is using AI to make training more effective. A well-meaning man at work consistently talks over women in meetings. A few women have filed complaints about the employee, and you, the manager, are tasked with giving him feedback. But …
CEO Jay McKee led Lessen to a billion-dollar valuation and then set out to buy SMS Assist in the biggest property tech merger in history. One night in late November 2021, Jay McKee, CEO of real estate tech platform Lessen, hosted 80 real estate VIPs at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, for an annual …
Branwyn is on track to hit $10 million in sales this year. It's hard to say exactly when serial entrepreneur Jeff Shafer soured on the apparel industry. It might have been when he learned, while sourcing for his fourth brand, Agave, that organic cotton wasn't necessarily organic. ("Ten times the …
EIC Mike Hofman spoke with the youngest entrepreneurs on the Inc. 5000 about the way they work now. Claudia and Carolina Recchi are sisters who run EdSights, a tech platform that enhances student retention, and one of the fastest-growing companies in America. But today, as I speak to them over Zoom, …
The process behind ranking the fastest-growing private companies in America. Inc. today revealed the 43rd edition of the Inc. 5000, our annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The list ranks companies based on three years of annual revenue growth and is considered …
