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A Year When Everything Seemed to Change

How 5,000 Voices Make a Powerful Chorus

Momofuku's Recipe for Growth By gambling on a line of pantry goods, the restaurant empire found a better business model.

A First-Class Idea How Shenique Sparks turned her luxury travel side hustle into a big business.

Designing a High-Tech Bra Forme Science's activewear got a boost from Taylor Swift, driving record sales.

The Revolution Will Be Tiny At 400 square feet or less, these starter homes offer an affordable path for ownership.

A Room of One's Own With pumps and fullservice lactation rooms, they have the space for anyone who needs to take the time.

Taking a Big Swing Bogey Bros trades the country club aesthetic for clothes with a naughty streak.

An End-to-End Solution for Better, More Efficient Patient Care • Here’s how Lightbeam Health Solutions, a population-health management company that empowers health care organizations to provide superior care at a lower cost, achieved multiple Inc. 5000 honors.

The Marketing Playbook Is Changing Fast. Here's How Founders Are Adjusting • Three Inc. 5000 alumni share their tips for marketing in a low-growth environment.

WELL-FOUNDED • Marina Khidekel | As your company grows, you’ll add new products. Here are common traps to avoid.

LIFETIME VALUES • Karen Dillon | Being on a winning streak is fun. But be careful you don’t get addicted to chasing success.

TOP HONORS • Meet the superstars of the Inc. 5000. Here, you’ l l learn about the list ’s top 500, companies posting triple-, quadruple-, and even quintuple-digit growth over a three-year period. Get ready to be inspired.

AKOOL • How a Huge Deal With Coca-Cola Springboarded My AI Avatar Company to the Top

They Were Champions, and Then … • These companies all charted at No. 1 over the past 25 years. It’s been a wild ride since then: acquisitions totaling over $7 billion, major bankruptcies, and, of course, some that are still alive and kicking.

Touchland Is Taking Self-Care to New Heights • Andrea Lisbona Vives secured a $700 million exit by breathing new life into hand sanitizer.

VIVA RAW • How We Built a $10 Million Raw Pet Food Business Like a Tech Startup

EVERGREEN • How a Quest for a Healthy Waffle Led to $9 Million in Retail Sales

ZOOM • A Long-Distance Love Story

SUN HOME SAUNAS • How Two Sauna-preneurs Sweated Their Way to $25 Million in Sales

CULINA HEALTH • How I Raised $10 Million While Beating Breast Cancer

BETABLOX • How This MTV Star Brings a Competitive Spirit to His Business Incubator

ORANGETHEORY • Sports Psychology at Scale

DOMINO'S • The Delivery King

The Mother of Reinvention • Everything is perfectly in place for Joy Mangano’s second act with CleanBoss, including her partnership with co-founder Pitbull.

LEADERS • Inc. 5000 CEOs tend to be college-educated early risers with a net worth of over $1 million. Most started their first business by the age of 34 and earned less than six figures upon launching.

Inc. 5000 • Meet the extraordinary high-growth companies that make up this year’s top 500. They appear in ranked order, starting with the No. 1 company, Akool, at 37,364 percent revenue growth. To peruse the complete list of 5,000 growth companies, go to Inc.com.

SALES • Sales data compiled in collaboration with Salesforce.

A Path to Growth Paved With Flexible CRM Tools • Mission Wealth...