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16. Rome
What it does: Rome's software helps large companies assess their risk in deals that involve commodities or energy markets.Why it's growing: After the Enron collapse, Rome prospered. Many companies weren't easily able to unravel how much financial exposure they had to the many companies adversely affected in the post-Enron chain reaction. As companies sought to better manage their risks in choosing business partners, Rome won customers.
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Headquarters | Austin, Texas |
Industry | Software |
Founded | 2001 |
2003 revenue | $262,225 |
2006 revenue | $4.4 million |
Growth | 1,594% |
17. InnoPath Software
What it does: builds software systems that let mobile-phone-service providers update operating systems as well as multimedia, data and e-mail offerings -- and fix tech glitches as they arise.Why it's growing: People are using mobile phones in many new ways, creating greater need on the parts of carriers to be able to install, track, update and fix these services.
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Headquarters | Sunnyvale, Calif. |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 1999 |
2003 revenue | $1.7 million |
2006 revenue | $28.4 million |
Growth | 1,529% |
18. SellingSource.com
What it does: generates online customer leads for lenders that offer subprime loans, auto loans and credit cards. It also offers identity verification, credit reporting, data storage and data processing.Why it's growing: because of the growth of the subprime market, plus a breadth of services. Founder Derek LaFavor says other technology providers aren't offering lenders such a mix.
What's noteworthy: It's hard to find skilled labor in Las Vegas. About 75% of SellingSource's employees are relocated from somewhere else.
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Headquarters | Las Vegas |
Industry | Advertising and marketing |
Founded | 1997 |
2003 revenue | $4.6 million |
2006 revenue | $73.3 million |
Growth | 1,493% |
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19. SkyBitz
What it does: SkyBitz's satellite-based Global Locating System can tell trucking companies where their trailers are, whether they're loaded and whether they've been sitting too long at a customer's warehouse.Why it's growing: Trucking is an old-line industry that's starting to realize the benefits of technology. There are about 5.5 million trailers on the road in North America, and only 400,000 of them now use a tracking system. Of that 400,000, 30% use SkyBitz, estimates CEO Rick Burtner.
What's noteworthy: expanding overseas and into new industries, such as rail and marine. "We hope someday that we're the company that is protecting our ports so that the bad guys don't send a dirty bomb in one of those containers," Burtner says.
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Headquarters | Sterling, Va. |
Industry | Logistics |
Founded | 2002 |
2003 revenue | $1.7 million |
2006 revenue | $26.7 million |
Growth | 1,476% |
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20. Business Integra
What it does: provides IT staffing and services. Clients include Wal-Mart, Verizon and the U.S. Department of Labor.Why it's growing: IT staffing firms are a dime a dozen, so CEO Prathiba Ramadoss has shifted her focus to clients with complex projects that require both IT manpower and software development.
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Headquarters | Greenbelt, Md. |
Industry | IT services |
Founded | 2001 |
2003 revenue | $302,548 |
2006 revenue | $4.7 million |
Growth | 1,450% |
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