San Francisco Business Times
Oct 16, 2013, 3:54pm PDT
- Emily Fancher
- Senior Editor- San Francisco Business Time
We live in what is arguably the center of the entrepreneurial universe. Sure, we can be self-satisfied about our region’s status as the capital of innovation. But as we worked on putting together the list and publication of the Bay Area’s 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies, it only reinforced the idea that this is a special place and time for entrepreneurs. (To see the top 100 fastest-growing private companies in the Bay Area, please click) The 100 Bay Area companies, which range from mushroom kit manufacturers to construction firms and organic baby food makers to digital marketing agencies, have an astounding combined revenue of $3.5 billion. The top company on the list grew a whopping 4,696.8 percent and four other firms grew more than 1,000 percent. From 2010 to 2012, those 100 companies created 4,942 jobs. The 100 companies say that they are hiring several hundred more Bay Area employees by the end of the year. The economic impact of these companies is real and impressive — and they are the kinds of firms that have made the Bay Area ground zero for entrepreneurs with good ideas, passion and perseverance. Here’s congratulating our Fast Class of 2013!