The Top 100 List

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 NameFounder Name(s):Year Started:# of Employees:City:State:
1
3289
 Melen, LLC Alex Melen(40)
Michael Melen(34)
 2011 20 Little Ferry New Jersey 001
2
383
 Nova Point of Sale 2009 40 Miami Beach Florida 002
3
376
 Yodle 2005 779 New York New York 003
4
318
 Crazy Egg 2008 8 La Palma California 004
5
231
 EarTop Technologies Inc. 2011 9 Tallahassee Florida 005
6
227
 Shoeboxed 2007 80 Durham North Carolina 006
7
198
 Startup Weekend 2009 24 Seattle Washington 007
8
160
 Real Social Dynamics 2002 100 West Hollywood California 008
9
150
 SPARK Experience Design 2009 12 Washington District of Columbia 009
10
136
 Dyn 1998 150 Manchester New Hampshire 010
11
125
 ecomom 2009 15 Las Vegas Nevada 011
12
123
 sellbackyourBook.com glen nothnagel(36)
 2008 15 Montgomery Illinois 012
13
113
 AArrow Advertising Max Durovic(40)
Mike Kenny(40)
 2002 10 San Diego California 013
14
102
 ReTargeter 2009 29 San Francisco California 014
15
98
 Cater2.me 2010 15 San Francisco California 015
16
90
 DMV.org: The DMV Made Simple Raj Lahoti(42)
 2003 10 San Diego California 016
17
86
 A Thinking Ape 2008 5 Redmond Washington 017
18
86
 Road Rat Motors 2005 9 Gainesville Florida 018
19
79
 Missouri Star Quilt Company 2008 23 Hamilton Missouri 019
20
76
 PaperG, Inc. 2007 21 San Francisco California 020
21
71
 iCracked Inc. 2010 295 Redwood City California 021
22
64
 BuyAds.com 2009 14 Burlingame CA & NYC California 022
23
63
 FUNK-tional Enterprises (d/b/a CitySlips) 2009 2 10001 New York 023
24
62
 Ntiva, Inc. 2004 66 McLean Virginia 024
25
59
 3tailer 2005 10 Charlotte North Carolina 025
26
57
 The Marketing Zen Group Shama Hyder(39)
 2009 30 Dallas Texas 026
27
55
 ONEHOPE 2007 27 El Segundo California 027
28
54
 Brightergy Adam Blake(38)
 2010 51 Kansas City Missouri 028
29
51
 HasOffers 2009 41 Seattle Washington 029
30
46
 Ahkeo Ventures 2010 50 Dallas Texas 030
31
46
 Back to the Roots 2009 31 Oakland California 031
32
46
 StyleCaster Media Group 2009 25 New York New York 032
33
42
 Fueled 2009 45 New York New York 033
34
42
 Inspired Marketing, LLC 2009 5 Columbus Ohio 034
35
39
 Paperless Post 2009 50 New York New York 035
36
37
 YellowHammer Media Group 2009 19 New York New York 036
37
35
 PerBlue 2008 35 Madison Wisconsin 037
38
34
 Spartz Media 2009 30 Chicago Illinois 038
39
33
 CollegeSpring 2008 11 San Francisco California 039
40
33
 Applico 2009 75 New York New York 040
41
32
 Ampush Jesse Pujji(40)
Nick Shah(40)
Chris Amos(40)
 2009 38 San Francisco California 041
42
29
 OrgSync, Inc. Eric Fortenberry(41)
 2007 35 Dallas Texas 042
43
28
 ThinkLite LLC 2009 45 Boston Massachusetts 043
44
24
 HillSouth 2001 25 Florence South Carolina 044
45
24
 ShowClix 2006 51 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 045
46
23
 SC Roofing Windows & Siding 2008 6 Sherwood Arkansas 046
47
23
 Gsm Nation LLC 2010 14 new haven Connecticut 047
48
23
 Sentry Centers 2009 78 New York New York 048
49
22
 Highland Entertainment, LLC Scott Osburn(37)
Hank Keller(37)
 2010 2 Dallas Texas 049
50
22
 The Gelato Fiasco 2007 36 Brunswick Maine 050
51
21
 Mutual Mobile 2009 272 Austin Texas 051
52
18
 Mixbook 2006 75 Palo Alto California 052
53
16
 ZIVELO 2008 200 Marion Indiana 053
54
16
 PeerFly, Inc. Chad French(39)
Corinna French(37)
 2009 7 Alachua Florida 054
55
15
 Astor & Black Custom Clothiers 2004 140 Columbus Ohio 055
56
15
 COMSTOR Outdoor Jason Duff(42)
 2001 4 Huntsville Ohio 056
57
15
 Advantage Media Group 2005 16 Charleston South Carolina 057
58
15
 Anaptyx Kenneth Carnesi(39)
 2007 12 Myrtle Beach South Carolina 058
59
14
 Idea Buyer LLC Eric Corl(38)
 2007 5 Columbus Ohio 059
60
14
 Unreasonable Group 2010 18 Boulder Colorado 060
61
14
 99designs Matt Mickiewicz(40)
 2008 65 San Francisco California 061
62
13
 Intelligent Ventures 2010 3 Brooklyn New York 062
63
12
 GumGum 2007 26 Santa Monica California 063
64
11
 ContextMedia 2006 36 Chicago Illinois 064
65
11
 General Fuels Company 2007 14 Dearborn Michigan 065
66
11
 Novatek Amy Castronova(41)
 2003 35 Rochester New York 066
67
11
 Airsoft Megastore 2004 48 Irwindale California 067
68
11
 JESS3 2008 25 Los Angeles California 068
69
10
 The Starter League 2011 10 Chicago Illinois 069
70
10
 Fabulous Coach Lines 2004 175 Branford Florida 070
71
10
 UniversityParent Sarah Schupp(41)
 2004 18 Boulder Colorado 071
72
10
 Gold Bullion International 2009 23 New York New York 072
73
10
 MeetMe 2005 100 New Hope Pennsylvania 073
74
10
 Study Edge 2010 50 Gainesville Florida 074
75
10
 BizChair.com 2001 165 Canton Georgia 075
76
9
 Lifebooker 2006 63 Brooklyn New York 076
77
9
 NEST 2006 7 New York New York 077
78
9
 AdVentures 2007 85 Columbia Missouri 078
79
9
 ReGreen Inc. 2008 45 Los Angeles California 079
80
9
 RadiumOne 2009 175 San Francisco California 080
81
8
 Sanghavi Solitaire Inc. Vinit Jobanputra(37)
 2012 4 New York New York 081
82
8
 ooShirts 2007 20 Berkeley California 082
83
8
 Innovators Fund 2012 12 New York New York 083
84
8
 Unigo 2008 14 New York New York 084
85
8
 theory11 2007 11 Charleston South Carolina 085
86
8
 College Hunks Hauling Junk 2005 500 Tampa Florida 086
87
8
 Conversation 2008 44 New York New York 087
88
7
 Video Blocks / Footage Firm Joel Holland(39)
 2001 11 Reston Virginia 088
89
7
 Pronovost Technologies Mike Pronovost(34)
 2009 25 Fresno California 089
90
7
 Dalecare 2000 28 Springfield Virginia 090
91
6
 Ciplex 1999 42 Los Angeles California 091
92
6
 Gemvara (www.gemvara.com) 2007 50 Boston Massachusetts 092
93
6
 SECURE ITADS, LLC Mario Jurcic(39)
 2008 5 Mentor Ohio 093
94
6
 Quad Cities River Bandits 2007 95 Davenport Iowa 094
95
5
 Getaround 2009 40 San Francisco California 095
96
5
 Savored 2010 25 New York New York 096
97
5
 Zipbuds, LLC 2010 13 San Diego California 097
98
5
 iContact Corp 2003 200 Morrisville North Carolina 098
99
5
 Hipstamatic, LLC 2009 12 San Francisco California 099
100
3
 Doostang 2005 15 New York New York 100



 
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