This official 2012 Empact100 List is a testament to the impact young entrepreneurs make on our economy and an inspiration for aspiring entrepreneurs. The list below is in no special order or ranking.
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| Company Name | Founder Name(s): | Year Started: | # of Employees: | City: | State: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
3289
|
Melen, LLC |
Alex Melen(29) Michael Melen(23) |
2011 | 20 | Little Ferry | New Jersey |
| 2 |
383
|
Nova Point of Sale |
Shai Benamo(29) |
2009 | 40 | Miami Beach | Florida |
| 3 |
376
|
Yodle |
Ben Rubenstein(29) John Berkowitz(30) |
2005 | 779 | New York | New York |
| 4 |
318
|
Crazy Egg |
Neil Patel(28) |
2008 | 8 | La Palma | California |
| 5 |
231
|
EarTop Technologies Inc. |
Ketan Rahangdale(20) |
2011 | 9 | Tallahassee | Florida |
| 6 |
227
|
Shoeboxed |
Taylor Mingos(28) |
2007 | 80 | Durham | North Carolina |
| 7 |
198
|
Startup Weekend |
Marc Nager(27) |
2009 | 24 | Seattle | Washington |
| 8 |
160
|
Real Social Dynamics |
Nicholas Kho(29) |
2002 | 100 | West Hollywood | California |
| 9 |
150
|
SPARK Experience Design |
Spencer Gerrol(30) |
2009 | 12 | Washington | District of Columbia |
| 10 |
136
|
Dyn |
Jeremy Hitchcock(30) Tom Daly(31) |
1998 | 150 | Manchester | New Hampshire |
| 11 |
125
|
ecomom |
Emily Blakeney(31) |
2009 | 15 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
| 12 |
123
|
sellbackyourBook.com |
glen nothnagel(25) |
2008 | 15 | Montgomery | Illinois |
| 13 |
113
|
AArrow Advertising |
Max Durovic(29) Mike Kenny(29) |
2002 | 10 | San Diego | California |
| 14 |
102
|
ReTargeter |
Arjun Arora(30) |
2009 | 29 | San Francisco | California |
| 15 |
98
|
Cater2.me |
Zachary Yungst(29) Alex Lorton(29) |
2010 | 15 | San Francisco | California |
| 16 |
90
|
DMV.org: The DMV Made Simple |
Raj Lahoti(31) |
2003 | 10 | San Diego | California |
| 17 |
86
|
A Thinking Ape |
Wilkins Chung(31) Eric Diep(25) Kenshi Arasaki(29) |
2008 | 5 | Redmond | Washington |
| 18 |
86
|
Road Rat Motors |
justin jackrel(30) |
2005 | 9 | Gainesville | Florida |
| 19 |
79
|
Missouri Star Quilt Company |
Al Doan(30) |
2008 | 23 | Hamilton | Missouri |
| 20 |
76
|
PaperG, Inc. |
Victor Wong(26) Roger Lee(27) Victor Cheng(26) Ka Mo Lau(26) |
2007 | 21 | San Francisco | California |
| 21 |
71
|
iCracked Inc. |
AJ Forsythe(25) Anthony Martin(28) |
2010 | 295 | Redwood City | California |
| 22 |
64
|
BuyAds.com |
John Ramey(27) |
2009 | 14 | Burlingame CA & NYC | California |
| 23 |
63
|
FUNK-tional Enterprises (d/b/a CitySlips) |
Katie Shea(26) Susie Levitt(26) |
2009 | 2 | 10001 | New York |
| 24 |
62
|
Ntiva, Inc. |
Steven Freidkin(29) |
2004 | 66 | McLean | Virginia |
| 25 |
59
|
3tailer |
Jon West(29) Chad Ledford(28) |
2005 | 10 | Charlotte | North Carolina |
| 26 |
57
|
The Marketing Zen Group |
Shama Kabani(28) |
2009 | 30 | Dallas | Texas |
| 27 |
55
|
ONEHOPE |
Jacob Kloberdanz(30) |
2007 | 27 | El Segundo | California |
| 28 |
54
|
Brightergy |
adam blake(27) |
2010 | 51 | Kansas City | Missouri |
| 29 |
51
|
HasOffers |
Lucas Brown(28) Lee Brown(28) |
2009 | 41 | Seattle | Washington |
| 30 |
46
|
Ahkeo Ventures |
Brent Skoda(27) |
2010 | 50 | Dallas | Texas |
| 31 |
46
|
Back to the Roots |
Nikhil Arora(26) Alejandro Velez(25) |
2009 | 31 | Oakland | California |
| 32 |
46
|
StyleCaster Media Group |
Ari Goldberg(31) David Goldberg(29) |
2009 | 25 | New York | New York |
| 33 |
42
|
Fueled |
Rameet Chawla(30) |
2009 | 45 | New York | New York |
| 34 |
42
|
Inspired Marketing, LLC |
Lewis Howes(30) |
2009 | 5 | Columbus | Ohio |
| 35 |
39
|
Paperless Post |
James Hirschfeld(27) Alexa Hirschfeld(29) |
2009 | 50 | New York | New York |
| 36 |
37
|
YellowHammer Media Group |
Jeremy Elbaum(29) Hagan Major(28) Joseph Hirsch(28) |
2009 | 19 | New York | New York |
| 37 |
35
|
PerBlue |
Justin Beck(26) |
2008 | 35 | Madison | Wisconsin |
| 38 |
34
|
Spartz Media |
Emerson Spartz(26) |
2009 | 30 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 39 |
33
|
CollegeSpring |
Garrett Neiman(24) Jessica Perez(25) |
2008 | 11 | San Francisco | California |
| 40 |
33
|
Applico |
Alex Moazed(25) |
2009 | 75 | New York | New York |
| 41 |
32
|
Ampush |
Jesse Pujji(29) Nick Shah(29) Chris Amos(29) |
2009 | 38 | San Francisco | California |
| 42 |
29
|
OrgSync, Inc. |
Eric Fortenberry(30) |
2007 | 35 | Dallas | Texas |
| 43 |
28
|
ThinkLite LLC |
Dinesh Wadhwani(23) |
2009 | 45 | Boston | Massachusetts |
| 44 |
24
|
HillSouth |
Robby Hill(30) |
2001 | 25 | Florence | South Carolina |
| 45 |
24
|
ShowClix |
Joshua Dziabiak(26) |
2006 | 51 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania |
| 46 |
23
|
SC Roofing Windows & Siding |
Sam Carrasquillo(29) |
2008 | 6 | Sherwood | Arkansas |
| 47 |
23
|
Gsm Nation LLC |
Ahmed Khattak(27) Junaid Shams(27) |
2010 | 14 | new haven | Connecticut |
| 48 |
23
|
Sentry Centers |
Ryan Simonetti(31) Christopher Kelly(30) |
2009 | 78 | New York | New York |
| 49 |
22
|
Highland Entertainment, LLC |
Scott Osburn(26) |
2010 | 2 | Dallas | Texas |
| 50 |
22
|
The Gelato Fiasco |
Joshua Davis(30) Bruno Tropeano(29) |
2007 | 36 | Brunswick | Maine |
| 51 |
21
|
Mutual Mobile |
John Arrow(26) Mickey Ristroph(26) Tarun Nimmagadda(26) Sam Gaddis(28) Jason Story(27) |
2009 | 272 | Austin | Texas |
| 52 |
18
|
Mixbook |
Andrew Laffoon(30) Aryk Grosz(28) |
2006 | 75 | Palo Alto | California |
| 53 |
16
|
ZIVELO |
Ziver Birg(30) |
2008 | 200 | Marion | Indiana |
| 54 |
16
|
PeerFly, Inc. |
Chad French(28) |
2009 | 7 | Alachua | Florida |
| 55 |
15
|
Astor & Black Custom Clothiers |
David B. Schottenstein(29) |
2004 | 140 | Columbus | Ohio |
| 56 |
15
|
COMSTOR Outdoor |
Jason Duff(30) |
2001 | 4 | Huntsville | Ohio |
| 57 |
15
|
Advantage Media Group |
Adam Witty(31) |
2005 | 16 | Charleston | South Carolina |
| 58 |
15
|
Anaptyx |
Kenneth Carnesi(28) |
2007 | 12 | Myrtle Beach | South Carolina |
| 59 |
14
|
Idea Buyer LLC |
Eric Corl(27) |
2007 | 5 | Columbus | Ohio |
| 60 |
14
|
Unreasonable Group |
Daniel Epstein(27) |
2010 | 18 | Boulder | Colorado |
| 61 |
14
|
99designs |
Matt Mickiewicz(29) |
2008 | 65 | San Francisco | California |
| 62 |
13
|
Intelligent Ventures |
Artem Mashkov(25) |
2010 | 3 | Brooklyn | New York |
| 63 |
12
|
GumGum |
Ophir Tanz(31) |
2007 | 26 | Santa Monica | California |
| 64 |
11
|
ContextMedia |
Rishi Shah(27) Shradha Agarwal(27) |
2006 | 36 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 65 |
11
|
General Fuels Company |
Ali Saad(23) |
2007 | 14 | Dearborn | Michigan |
| 66 |
11
|
Novatek |
Amy Castronova(30) |
2003 | 35 | Rochester | New York |
| 67 |
11
|
Airsoft Megastore |
Mike Zhang(22) |
2004 | 48 | Irwindale | California |
| 68 |
11
|
JESS3 |
Jesse Thomas(31) Leslie Bradshaw(31) |
2008 | 25 | Los Angeles | California |
| 69 |
10
|
The Starter League |
Neal Sales-Griffin(25) |
2011 | 10 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 70 |
10
|
Fabulous Coach Lines |
Ray Land(26) |
2004 | 175 | Branford | Florida |
| 71 |
10
|
UniversityParent |
Sarah Schupp(31) |
2004 | 18 | Boulder | Colorado |
| 72 |
10
|
Gold Bullion International |
Savneet Singh(30) |
2009 | 23 | New York | New York |
| 73 |
10
|
MeetMe |
Catherine Cook(23) |
2005 | 100 | New Hope | Pennsylvania |
| 74 |
10
|
Study Edge |
Ethan Fieldman(31) |
2010 | 50 | Gainesville | Florida |
| 75 |
10
|
BizChair.com |
Sean Belnick(26) |
2001 | 165 | Canton | Georgia |
| 76 |
9
|
Lifebooker |
Andrew Unger(31) Dana Reichman(31) |
2006 | 63 | Brooklyn | New York |
| 77 |
9
|
NEST |
Rebecca Kousky(31) |
2006 | 7 | New York | New York |
| 78 |
9
|
AdVentures |
Brent Beshore(30) |
2007 | 85 | Columbia | Missouri |
| 79 |
9
|
ReGreen Inc. |
David Duel(26) |
2008 | 45 | Los Angeles | California |
| 80 |
9
|
RadiumOne |
Gurbaksh Chahal(30) |
2009 | 175 | San Francisco | California |
| 81 |
8
|
Sanghavi Solitaire Inc. |
Vinit Jobanputra(26) |
2012 | 4 | New York | New York |
| 82 |
8
|
ooShirts |
Raymond Lei(22) |
2007 | 20 | Berkeley | California |
| 83 |
8
|
Innovators Fund |
Antonio Ruiz-Gimenez(29) |
2012 | 12 | New York | New York |
| 84 |
8
|
Unigo |
Jordan Goldman(30) |
2008 | 14 | New York | New York |
| 85 |
8
|
theory11 |
Jonathan Bayme(26) |
2007 | 11 | Charleston | South Carolina |
| 86 |
8
|
College Hunks Hauling Junk |
Omar Soliman(31) |
2005 | 500 | Tampa | Florida |
| 87 |
8
|
Conversation |
Frank O'Brien(31) |
2008 | 44 | New York | New York |
| 88 |
7
|
Video Blocks / Footage Firm |
Joel Holland(28) |
2001 | 11 | Reston | Virginia |
| 89 |
7
|
Pronovost Technologies |
Mike Pronovost(23) |
2009 | 25 | Fresno | California |
| 90 |
7
|
Dalecare |
Sabrina Hersi Issa(30) |
2000 | 28 | Springfield | Virginia |
| 91 |
6
|
Ciplex |
Ilya Pozin(30) |
1999 | 42 | Los Angeles | California |
| 92 |
6
|
Gemvara (www.gemvara.com) |
Matt Lauzon(28) |
2007 | 50 | Boston | Massachusetts |
| 93 |
6
|
SECURE ITADS, LLC |
Mario Jurcic(28) |
2008 | 5 | Mentor | Ohio |
| 94 |
6
|
Quad Cities River Bandits |
Stefanie Brown(29) |
2007 | 95 | Davenport | Iowa |
| 95 |
5
|
Getaround |
Jessica Scorpio(26) |
2009 | 40 | San Francisco | California |
| 96 |
5
|
Savored |
Benjamin McKean(27) |
2010 | 25 | New York | New York |
| 97 |
5
|
Zipbuds, LLC |
Erik Groset(28) Rob DeFay(29) |
2010 | 13 | San Diego | California |
| 98 |
5
|
iContact Corp |
Ryan Allis(28) |
2003 | 200 | Morrisville | North Carolina |
| 99 |
5
|
Hipstamatic, LLC |
Lucas Buick(30) |
2009 | 12 | San Francisco | California |
| 100 |
3
|
Doostang |
Jeff Berger(27) |
2005 | 15 | New York | New York |
