This official 2014 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.
The Empact100 List
| Company Name | Founder Name(s): | Year Started: | # of Employees: | City: | State: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
10068
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American Injury Attorney Group |
Anthony Johnson(41) |
2012 | 12 | Little Rock | Arkansas |
| 2 |
1474
|
MobileX Labs |
Dan Novaes(35) Kiran Panesar(30) |
2012 | 31 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 3 |
1196
|
SmartSites |
Alex Melen(40) Michael Melen(34) |
2011 | 20 | Englewood Cliffs | New Jersey |
| 4 |
1110
|
Skingenix |
Kevin Xu(35) |
2001 | 12 | Ontario | California |
| 5 |
324
|
Magoosh |
Bhavin Parikh(42) |
2009 | 13 | Berkeley | California |
| 6 |
311
|
V.I.P. Waste Services, LLC |
Jesse Lear(37) Travis Smith(37) |
2010 | 7 | Gahanna | Ohio |
| 7 |
227
|
Ajax Union |
Joe Apfelbaum(44) |
2008 | 70 | Brooklyn | New York |
| 8 |
214
|
Yodle |
Ben Rubenstein(40) John Berkowitz(41) |
2005 | 1156 | New York | New York |
| 9 |
195
|
Iron Tribe Fitness |
Jim Cavale(42) |
2010 | 30 | Birmingham | Alabama |
| 10 |
152
|
The Marketing Zen Group |
Shama Hyder(39) |
2009 | 30 | Dallas | Texas |
| 11 |
128
|
HUMAN |
Sean Kelly(41) |
2008 | 30 | Culver City | California |
| 12 |
123
|
Millionaire Media |
Timothy Sykes(43) |
2008 | 8 | Miami | Florida |
| 13 |
114
|
Influence & Co. |
John Hall(39) Kelsey Meyer(35) |
2011 | 35 | Columbia | Missouri |
| 14 |
103
|
CPXi |
Mike Seiman(44) |
2000 | 144 | New York | New York |
| 15 |
93
|
AppDirect |
Daniel Saks(39) Nicolas Desmarais(38) |
2009 | 112 | San Francisco | California |
| 16 |
90
|
Blue Acorn |
Kevin Eichelberger(45) |
2008 | 58 | Charleston | South Carolina |
| 17 |
88
|
RejuvaHealth |
Kelsey Minarik(37) |
2010 | 2 | Irvine | California |
| 18 |
75
|
Hotels for Hope |
Neil Goldman(42) |
2010 | 14 | Austin | Texas |
| 19 |
69
|
Myriad Mobile |
Jake Joraanstad(34) Ryan Raguse(34) |
2011 | 22 | Fargo | North Dakota |
| 20 |
64
|
The Zebra |
Adam Lyons(36) Joshua Dziabiak(36) |
2012 | 25 | Austin | Texas |
| 21 |
63
|
Miss O & Friends |
Juliette Brindak(35) |
2005 | 10 | New York | New York |
| 22 |
62
|
Fastport Passport |
steven fox(43) Lindsey Fox(37) |
2003 | 9 | brooklyn | New York |
| 23 |
51
|
Uassist.ME |
Alfredo Atanacio(40) Rodolfo Schildknecht(41) |
2009 | 75 | Miami Beach | Florida |
| 24 |
50
|
Adscend Media LLC |
Fehzan Ali(34) Jeremy Bash(40) |
2009 | 10 | Austin | Texas |
| 25 |
47
|
Kitchen Cabinet Kings |
Anthony Saladino(41) Andrew Saladino(36) |
2010 | 7 | New York | New York |
| 26 |
47
|
Ruckus Marketing |
Alex Friedman (39) Josh Wood(42) |
2009 | 14 | New York | New York |
| 27 |
46
|
Idea Buyer LLC |
Eric Corl(38) |
2007 | 5 | Columbus | Ohio |
| 28 |
46
|
Front & Center Marketing |
Avi Gardner(42) |
2008 | 6 | Boulder | Colorado |
| 29 |
46
|
UserVoice |
Richard White(43) |
2008 | 19 | San Francisco | California |
| 30 |
41
|
AddShoppers |
Jon West(40) Chad Ledford(39) |
2011 | 15 | Charlotte | North Carolina |
| 31 |
37
|
Global Good Fund |
Carrie Rich(38) |
2012 | 3 | Arlington | Virginia |
| 32 |
37
|
Academy for Global Citizenship |
Sarah Elizabeth Ippel(42) |
2008 | 34 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 33 |
36
|
SoapBox Soaps |
David Simnick(36) Dan Doll(36) |
2010 | 8 | Alexandria | Virginia |
| 34 |
34
|
Gravity Media |
Yuriy Boykiv(42) Luba Tolkachyov (42) |
2009 | 35 | New York | New York |
| 35 |
28
|
Excel Group |
Shoham Amin(40) |
2010 | 150 | Arlington | Virginia |
| 36 |
25
|
GLG Labs |
Prabhdeep Singh(39) |
2012 | 17 | New York | New York |
| 37 |
24
|
Fueled |
Rameet Chawla(41) |
2011 | 65 | New York City | New York |
| 38 |
16
|
Ciplex |
Zach Ferres(37) Ilya Pozin(42) Nikola Mickic(46) Adam Lilly(44) |
1999 | 23 | Los Angeles | California |
| 39 |
16
|
Vera Solutions |
Zak Kaufman(38) Karti Subramanian(39) Taylor Downs(37) |
2010 | 25 | New York | New York |
| 40 |
15
|
Optamark |
Tarang Gosalia(37) Nitesh Chaudhary(34) |
2011 | 24 | North Attleboro | Massachusetts |
| 41 |
15
|
Bloomboard |
Jason Lange(43) Eric Dunn(43) |
2010 | 38 | Palo Alto | California |
| 42 |
14
|
DASHED |
Philip Dumontet(36) |
2009 | 106 | Brighton | Massachusetts |
| 43 |
11
|
Infographic World, Inc. |
Justin Beegel(38) |
2009 | 13 | New York | New York |
| 44 |
11
|
BrandYourself.com |
Patrick Ambron(36) |
2010 | 40 | New York | New York |
| 45 |
10
|
Advocates for World Health |
Ryan Kania(35) |
2009 | 6 | Tampa | Florida |
| 46 |
10
|
YellowHammer |
Hagan Major(39) |
2009 | 40 | New York | New York |
| 47 |
9
|
ContextMedia |
Shradha Agarwal(38) Rishi Shah(38) |
2006 | 46 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 48 |
8
|
ZinePak |
Brittany Hodak(40) Kim Kaupe(38) |
2011 | 10 | New York | New York |
| 49 |
8
|
BA INTERESTS |
Brian Adams(45) |
2002 | 15 | Houston | Texas |
| 50 |
8
|
MorrisCore: Web & Marketing Solutions |
Benji Rabhan(38) |
2010 | 18 | Austin | Texas |
| 51 |
7
|
Brightergy |
Adam Blake(38) |
2010 | 60 | Kansas City | Missouri |
| 52 |
7
|
Ntiva |
Steven Freidkin(40) |
2004 | 76 | McLean | Virginia |
| 53 |
6
|
ZIVELO |
Ziver Birg(41) |
2008 | 26 | Scottsdale | Arizona |
| 54 |
5
|
COMSTOR Outdoor |
Jason Duff(42) |
2001 | 6 | Huntsville | Ohio |
| 55 |
5
|
Spartz |
Emerson Spartz(37) Gaby Spartz(36) |
2009 | 32 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 56 |
5
|
sellbackyourBook.com |
glen nothnagel(36) |
2008 | 20 | Montgomery | Illinois |
| 57 |
4
|
Sanghavi Solitaire Inc. |
Vinit Jobanputra(37) |
2012 | 4 | New York | New York |
| 58 |
4
|
Javelin.com |
Grace Ng(35) Trevor Owens(36) |
2010 | 10 | New York | New York |
| 59 |
4
|
UniversityParent |
Sarah Schupp(41) |
2004 | 18 | Boulder | Colorado |
| 60 |
4
|
OrgSync |
Eric Fortenberry(41) |
2007 | 43 | Dallas | Texas |
| 61 |
3
|
Curse Inc |
Hubert Thieblot(39) |
2006 | 78 | Huntsville | Alabama |
| 62 |
3
|
Clear Fork Royalty |
Joseph DeWoody(42) |
2009 | 12 | Fort Worth | Texas |
| 63 |
3
|
SECURE ITADS, LLC |
Mario Jurcic(39) |
2008 | 7 | Mentor | Ohio |
| 64 |
3
|
LCDcycle, LLC |
Chris Koerner(37) |
2013 | 4 | Huntsville | Alabama |
| 65 |
3
|
Novatek |
Amy Castronova(41) |
2003 | 23 | Rochester | New York |
| 66 |
3
|
DMV.org: The DMV Made Simple |
Raj Lahoti(42) |
2003 | 24 | Encinitas | California |
| 67 |
3
|
LKR Social Media |
Laura Roeder(39) |
2007 | 5 | Austin | Texas |
| 68 |
2
|
goods for good |
Melissa Kushner(43) |
2006 | 11 | New York | New York |
| 69 |
2
|
PVBLIC Foundation |
Antonio Ruiz-Gimenez(40) |
2012 | 10 | washington dc | Washington |
| 70 |
2
|
Next Big Sound, Inc |
Alex White(37) David Hoffman(37) Samir Rayani(37) |
2008 | 23 | New York | New York |
| 71 |
2
|
Highland Concerts |
Scott Osburn(37) Hank Keller(37) |
2010 | 4 | Dallas | Texas |
| 72 |
2
|
HillSouth |
Robby Hill(41) |
2001 | 25 | Florence | South Carolina |
| 73 |
2
|
AArrow Advertising |
Max Durovic(40) Mike Kenny(40) |
2002 | 10 | North Hollywood | California |
| 74 |
2
|
shoeboxed.com |
Taylor Mingos(39) Tobias Walter(39) |
2007 | 50 | Durham | North Carolina |
| 75 |
2
|
The Starter League |
Mike McGee(35) Neal Sales-Griffin(36) |
2011 | 11 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 76 |
2
|
BucketFeet |
Raaja Nemani(42) Aaron Firestein(38) |
2011 | 8 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 77 |
2
|
VideoBlocks |
Joel Holland(39) |
2001 | 25 | Reston | Virginia |
| 78 |
2
|
K4 Solutions, Inc. |
Sumi Krishnan(42) Sumi Krishnan(42) |
2001 | 213 | Falls Church | Virginia |
| 79 |
2
|
Qgiv |
Todd Baylis(40) Peter Rudden(42) |
2007 | 21 | Lakeland | Florida |
| 80 |
2
|
GingeRootz Asian Grille |
Doris Ng(44) |
2004 | 10 | Appleton | Wisconsin |
| 81 |
2
|
Sawhorse Media |
Gregory Galant(41) |
2007 | 10 | New York | New York |
| 82 |
2
|
Back to the Roots |
Nikhil Arora(37) Alejandro Velez(36) |
2009 | 11 | Oakland | California |
| 83 |
2
|
Wendell Charles Financial |
Evan Kirkpatrick(40) |
2011 | 4 | Manhattan Beach | California |
| 84 |
1
|
StudyMode |
Blaine Vess(43) |
1999 | 22 | West Hollywood | California |
| 85 |
1
|
Moneythink |
Ted Gonder(34) |
2010 | 3 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 86 |
1
|
Syndio Social |
Zachary Johnson(35) |
2008 | 8 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 87 |
1
|
Educate! |
Boris Bulayev(39) Angelica Towne(37) Eric Glustrom(39) |
2009 | 65 | Denver | Colorado |
| 88 |
1
|
iCracked Inc. |
AJ Forsythe(36) Anthony Martin(37) |
2010 | 35 | Redwood City | California |
| 89 |
1
|
Getaround |
Sam Zaid(45) |
2010 | 24 | San Francisco | California |
| 90 |
1
|
LightSail Energy |
Danielle Fong(36) |
2009 | 55 | Berkeley | California |
| 91 |
1
|
Blue Track Media |
Shahzil Amin(35) |
2009 | 5 | Dallas | Texas |
| 92 |
1
|
ivee |
Jonathon Nostrant(36) |
2011 | 7 | Los Angeles | California |
| 93 |
1
|
Meathead Movers |
Aaron Steed(43) |
1997 | 127 | San Luis Obispo | California |
| 94 |
1
|
Loverly |
Kellee Khalil (39) |
2010 | 17 | New York | New York |
| 95 |
1
|
Leading Edge Design Group |
Todd Boucher(42) |
2007 | 15 | Enfield | New Hampshire |
| 96 |
1
|
DNA |
Nick Nanton(44) |
2009 | 21 | Winter Park | Florida |
| 97 |
1
|
Ampush |
Jesse Pujji(40) Nick Shah(40) Chris Amos(40) |
2009 | 100 | San Francisco | California |
| 98 |
1
|
Mobius Consulting |
Melaine Privitera(42) Frank Privitera(44) |
2011 | 27 | Washington | District of Columbia |
| 99 |
1
|
Cater2.me |
Alex Lorton(40) Zach Yungst(40) |
2010 | 35 | San Francisco | California |
| 100 |
|
PeerFly, Inc. |
Chad French(39) Corinna French(37) |
2009 | 11 | Alachua | Florida |
