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Inc. Magazine

WELCOME TO THE BIG DANCE

IN PRAISE—AND SUPPORT—OF FAST-GROWTH COMPANIES

ORIGIN’S ORIGIN STORY

SLOW DOWN TO GROW FAST

THE METRICS THAT MATTER MOST

TO CARRY ON MY FATHER’S LEGACY

FINDING THE RIGHT PEOPLE—AND KEEPING THEM

WHEN TRAGEDY BECOMES A FACTOR

A SECOND CHANCE AT A BETTER ME

Delivering Measurable ROI in Multiple Ways • Offloading HR responsibilities helps small and midsize business owners save money and focus on growth

Manifest Your Destiny • The day I committed to building a 100-year-old business is the day my company’s growth took flight.

How Fast-Growth Companies Refuse to Lose • The most successful businesses not only build quality into their products, but also tap their customers for help.

Solving Customers’ Toughest Cybersecurity Challenges • Praetorian’s success protecting leading innovators from a steady stream of cyberthreats has helped it land on the Inc. 5000 list eight times

He helped put the craft beer industry on the map. She’s taking it from Sugar Hill to Rocky Mount and beyond • There’s hard-earned wisdom on tap as Sam Calagione, founder of four-time Inc. 5000 company Dogfish Head Brewery, talks with Harlem Brewing Company founder Celeste Beatty on extending opportunity to new suds-men and suds-women.

Changing Lives, One Supplement at a Time • Humann is taking a Nobel Prize-winning discovery mainstream to help transform health

TRIUMPH OVER CHANGE • The Year in Spectacular Growth

PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR

THE 500 • Meet the top 10 percent of this year’s Inc. 5000 class. Then head to the website to check out the full list of all 5,000 elite performers: inc.com/inc5000/2022

Transforming Behavioral Health With the Help of a CRM Platform • RethinkFirst, a leading behavioral health technology company, uses Salesforce to manage and optimize nearly every aspect of its business

BLOCKFI’S GREAT RISE– AND EVEN GREATER ESCAPE • It was the country’s fastest-growing private company— until the crypto winter blanketed the sector. Here’s how an innovative financial startup is succeeding through good, old-fashioned fundamentals.

HOW I PERSUADED MY MOM AND DAD TO LET ME RUN OUR HOME-GROWN BEVERAGE BRAND

HOW I REIMAGINED THE FARMERS’ MARKET TO DELIVER LOCAL FOOD EVERYWHERE

HOW I BUILT A HOME CARE COMPANY DURING A HEALTH CARE LABOR SHORTAGE

HOW I TURNED A FAMILY HEALTH CRISIS INTO A THRIVING BUSINESS

OFF THE CHART • A former nurse builds a health care unicorn in just four years and changes her profession forever. The pulse-quickening case history of Cherie Kloss’s SnapNurse.

HOW I GOT SWEATY AND MUDDY AND MADE NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER COOL

HOW I REIMAGINED THE WORKPLACE–AND THE WORKFORCE

HOW I TOOK A VACATION AND LAUNCHED A COMPANY

HOW I UNEARTHED A BIG OPPORTUNITY BY DIGGING INTO CONSTRUCTION BUDGETS

HOW I TOOK ON THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM TO HELP THOUSANDS GET THEIR GREEN CARDS

BATTLE PLAN • This American tech company CEO didn’t lose hope when Russia invaded Ukraine, where he had 150 employees. Instead, he joined them.

COOKIE MONSTER • A BUSINESS-MINDED MOM CREATED SAFE TREATS FOR HER DAUGHTER, ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT HER NEW COMPANY WAS REALLY ABOUT INCLUSION FOR ALL

TOP HONORS • The 500 fastest-growing U.S. companies, by industry. To see the complete Inc. 5000 rankings, go to inc.com/inc5000/2022

SOLE MAN • AS CONSUMERS KISSED OFFICE ATTIRE GOODBYE, THIS CHICAGO-AREA MAVEN OF...