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software health it services media government services environmental services travel & hosPitality health logistics & transPortation food & Beverage manufacturing software software construction retail
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2013 head count
$45.4 million $20 million $165 million $28 million $26.4 million $18 million $250 million $25.9 million $35 million $13.9 million $86.9 million $25.1 million $23.9 million $46.7 million $12.7 million
$59.4 million
2012 revenue
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on head count rather than revenue because we found that increased hiring is more predictive of future sustained growth, and that’s what this project is all about. For more details about the Build 100, see “Grow. Hire. Repeat.” on page 66.
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percent of the companies met that standard. Of those that did, we selected a representative sample that agreed to work with us on a longterm research project to understand the factors responsible for sustained growth. We focused
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more than 100,000 U.S. midmarket companies (those with 85 to 999 employees). We then looked at how many increased head count in every year from 2007 to 2012. Remarkably, fewer than 1.5
we Began the BuIld 100 project by collecting data on
It’s remarkably difcult to sustain growth year after year. These companies are among the elite that have managed to do it even during the worst of times
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