Nerdery makes Inc. 5,000 list of America's fastest growing private companies for third consecutive year
Ranked #1,471 after $8.6 million in 2009 revenue and a three-year growth rate of 195 percent
Inc. Magazine today announced its annual list of America's fastest growing private companies - and Nerdery Interactive Labs qualified for the third consecutive year - this time coming in at #1,471 on the Inc. 5000. Additionally, the web development firm ranked #20 on Inc.'s Top 50 Businesses in Minnesota, as well as #166 on Inc.'s Top IT Services Companies.
See Nerdery ranking at http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/nerdery-interactive-labs
"The leaders of the companies on this year's Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression," said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. "The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs."
This year's Inc. 5000 companies collectively employ a record 1.4 million people, up from one million on last year's list. With unemployment remaining stubbornly high, policymakers and business leaders will do well to look to the Inc. 5000 companies for fresh ideas on achieving growth and creating jobs. Talented web professionals will also do well to peruse opportunities at http://www.nerdery.com/jobs.
Despite the fact that most of this year's measuring period of 2006-2009 took place during the latest recession, aggregate revenue among Inc. 5000 companies actually increased to $321.6 billion, up more than 50 percent from last year. The effects of the recession are seen, however, in the median three-year growth rate, which dropped to 96 percent from last year's 126 percent.
Business Products & Services had the most companies on this year's list with 640, followed by IT Services (607), Advertising & Marketing (410), Health (396), and Government Services (336). The top five industries by total revenue are Business Products & Services ($84.7 billion), Health ($48.3 billion), Consumer Products & Services ($26.4 billion), Retail ($22.3 billion), and Government Services ($15.1 billion).
The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2006 to 2009. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by June 30, 2006. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found on www.inc.com/5000.
About Nerdery Interactive Labs at Sierra Bravo
Web development firm Nerdery Interactive Labs (The Nerdery) at Sierra Bravo specializes in executing interactive projects, including websites, social-media and mobile apps. With a staff of 140+ and offices in Minneapolis in Chicago, The Nerdery has over 100 web developers. Founded by three programmers in 2003, The Nerdery made the Inc 5000 and the Mpls-St. Paul Business Journal Fast 50 lists of fast-growing, privately-owned companies, and in 2010 made Minneapolis Star Tribune's Top Workplace list, as well as the Great Places to Work list published by Biz Journal. The Nerdery was honored in 2010 with The Quality of Life Award and The Jefferson Award for our record of corporate philanthropy through The Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge, at which volunteers have donated approximately a million dollars worth of web development services to 39 nonprofit organizations in the first three years of our annual 24-hour nonprofit nerdathon.
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