In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Inc

• The Big Little Business Era
  Inc. 5000 companies are scaling with fewer workers. The quest for the $1 billion solo business is on.
• Marketing Toolkits
  Some of the fastest-growing marketing agencies on this year's Inc. 5000 have found success by focusing on blue-collar businesses.
• The GLP-1 Gold Rush
  Some 30 million Americans could be using GLP-1s by 2030. And it isn't just pharmaceutical giants that stand to benefit from the medication's boom.
• Wellness Unleashed
  A pack of fast-growing companies is pampering pets with specialty foods and health services.
• Who Wants to Be a Trillionaire?
  Elon Musk launches his way onto the Inc. 5000.
• Should You Work With a Coach?
  Founders share the biggest lessons they took away from their experiences with business coaches.
• Why There Is No Formula for Great Leadership
  By searching to identify what traits make for successful leaders, Good to Great author Jim Collins discovered a whole new philosophy.
• LEADERSHIP
  DATA FROM THE 2026 INC. 5000 CEO SURVEY
• To Build a Top Team, Consider Flawed Candidates
  Rejecting strong job seekers with noticeable weaknesses is a common mistake, as shown by Google, Moneyball—and Ulysses S. Grant.
• TALENT STRATEGY
  DATA FROM THE 2026 INC. 5000 CEO SURVEY
• How to Harness the Power of Compounding
  When you build a strong foundation on solid profits, the growth of your company can snowball.
• Why Future-Focused HR Is a Competitive Advantage
  With the right platforms, partners, and mindset, companies can ease HR's administrative burden, meet employee expectations, and scale faster.
• How Fast-Growth Companies Are Investing in AI
  Three enterprising founders share their strategies for leveraging artificial intelligence—without overusing it.
• SevenRooms Skipped an IPO and Never Looked Back
  Just five years after Covid nearly killed his business, Joel Montaniel sold his hospitality technology company to DoorDash for over $1 billion.
• Going Above and Beyond
  For some risk-taking founders, the best place to relax is at the yoke of their own aircraft.
• Top Honors
  Meet America's economic engine: Fast-growing companies building new industries, creating 600,000 jobs, and innovating like crazy. And the No. 1 company is …
• The Vibe Coders’ Dilemma
  Replit is meant to be the perfect marriage of AI and design. But as the company hits $125 million in revenue, it faces a classic innovation trap: The easier it is to code, the harder it is to sustain a software business.
• SALES
  DATA FROM THE 2026 INC. 5000 CEO SURVEY
• Fighting Fire With AI
  OVERSTORY SPOTS VEGETATION NEAR POWER LINES, PREVENTING A MAJOR CAUSE OF WILDFIRES. BUT BEFORE THE COMPANY COULD AVERT TRAGEDY, IT HAD TO SURVIVE ONE OF ITS OWN.
• HOW STATESIDE RODE A WAVE OF PHILLY FANDOM TO BECOME A $360 MILLION BOOZE BEHEMOTH
  At a time of declining alcohol sales, the company's Surfside vodka iced teas are surging.
• TECH
  DATA FROM THE 2026 INC. 5000 CEO SURVEY
• How a CRM Overhaul Helped a Lean Team Break Into a New Market
  Six-time Inc. 5000 honoree Boutique Recruiting is using Salesforce and Slack to deliver on its ambitions and expand the business.
• HR
  DATA FROM THE 2026 INC. 5000 CEO SURVEY
• KLEA Monetizing the Masses
  How two product nerds from LinkedIn turned word of mouth into one of the fastest-growing companies in the micro-creator economy.
• THE NO-LABELS STARTUP
  At 26, Ali Ansari has grown Micro1 to $49 million in revenue—and a valuation over $2.5 billion—by seizing each new AI opportunity as it comes.
• Whatnot's Billion-Dollar Pop
  Everyone said live-stream shopping wouldn't work in America. Grant LaFontaine and Logan Head built a platform anyway—and fans love it.
• Bringing Life and Annuity Back to the Future
  At Sureify, a team of seasoned experts and tech innovators is on a mission to update an industry that's been stuck in the past, and they're having fun doing it.
• The Boutique Insurance Firm That Puts People Before Policies
  Concierge Insurance Solutions has grown to serve hundreds of high-net-worth clients by investing in employees and values at the heart of its business.
• This Company Uses 10 Digits to Create a Culture for Everyone
  At Somos, everyone is responsible for maintaining the company's culture. Thanks to that accountability, the business has grown.